On May 15 true football feast took place in Poltava. FC Dynamo Kyiv faced FC Shakhtar Donetsk within the Ukrainian Cup final.
The White-Blues starting lineup was almost similar to the one, which featured against FC Chornomorets Odesa in semifinal. The only difference was the absence of injured Oleh Husiev. Domagoj Vida took his place. Croatian defender became one of the key performers in the first half.
Game aspects
Both sides didn’t hurry early in the game.
Dynamo started featuring more actively with long-range shots from Yarmolenko, Lens and Belhanda.
Shakhtar committed a lot of fouls and the White-Blues took some free kicks.
39 minutes into the game Kyivans took a corner, Piatov didn’t manage to clear the ball properly, Vida unleashed a shot on target, Kucher tried to save his team, but netted the own goal.
Four minutes later Serhiy Rebrov’s men scored again. Miguel put a cross into the box and Vida headed the ball in – 2:0!
Early in the second half Dynamo created a couple of good attacks, which resulted in shots from Belhanda and Mbokani.
53 minutes into the game Olexandr Shovkovskyi parried a good header from Kucher.
Four minutes later Shakhtar scored. Douglas Costa entered the penalty area and hit the far bottom corner.
After that both coaches made several substitutions. Mircea Lucescu decided to stake on more attacking players, such as Eduardo. Serhiy Rebrov enforced the midfield with Vukojevic and Sydorchuk.
Right before the starting whistle emotions on the pitch reached the peak.
Anyway Serhiy Rebrov is the coach, who has taken the long-awaited trophy to Kyiv!
Key episode
Key episode of the game is Dynamo second goal. After that it became clear that it would be really difficult for Shakhtar to equalize.
Top person
Top person of the match is Dynamo caretaker manager Serhiy Rebrov. There were no certain heroes on the pitch, but there was a sole team.
Ukrainian Cup final
15.05.2014. Poltava. Vorskla Stadium named after O. Butovskyi. 9,700
Dynamo – Shakhtar – 2:1 (2:0)
Dynamo: Shovkovskyi (c), Vida, Danilo Silva, Dragovic, Makarenko, Miguel, Harmash (Kalytvyntsev, 89), Belhanda (Sydorchuk, 85), Lens (Vukojevic, 71), Yarmolenko, Mbokani.
Shakhtar: Piatov, Srna (c) (Kryvtsov, 79), Kucher, Rakytskyi, Shevchuk, Stepanenko, Fred, Bernard (Eduardo, 69), Douglas Costa, Alex Teixeira, Luiz Adriano.
Goals: Kucher (39, o.g.), Vida (43) – Douglas Costa (57)
Yellow cards: Rakytskyi (31), Srna (45), Adriano (90+), Kucher (90+) – Mbokani (45), Yarmolenko (70), Vukojevic (90+), Dragovic (90+).
Red cards: Yarmolenko (90+, second booking) – Rakytskyi (90+, second booking).
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FC Dynamo Kyiv will face FC Shakhtar Donetsk within the 2013/2014 Ukrainian Cup final.
The game will start at 20:00 at Vorskla Stadium named after O. Butovskyi in Poltava.
Both sides triumphed within this competition nine times.
Moreover Kyivans won three face-to-face fixtures against Shakhtar within the national cup final just like Donetsk side.
Dynamo: to win long-awaited trophy
Dynamo last UPL match could have been skipped as FC Illichivets Mariupol couldn’t host the game in their city.
Still the president of our club Ihor Surkis paid for Mariupol side flight to Kyiv and staying at the hotel in order to let the match take place at the NSC Olimpiyskyi.
The game was useful for Dynamo as players had a possibility to try new tactical schemes. Still it wasn’t easy to do as Kyivans played outnumbered after Yevhen Makarenko was sent off early in the game.
Open training session at Dynamo Stadium named after Valeriy Lobanovskyi was also important for performers. Serhiy Rebrov stated that players needed to get some positive energy from supporters before the important match.
The forthcoming game will be the first duel for Dynamo caretaker manager against experienced Mircea Lucescu.
The White-Blues centre back Yevhen Khacheridi won’t feature in the final. It’s also not clear whether Oleh Husiev will take the field.
Shakhtar: the moist important competition
Mircea Lucescu can’t definitely count upon suspended Ilsinho and injured Yaroslav Rakytskyi.
Shakhtar way to the final wasn’t really difficult, but in the semifinal Donetsk side unexpectedly faced difficulties as they performed against FC Slavutych Cherkasy. They managed to score three, but only in extra-time.
This season Shakhtar had some problems as Fernandinho and Mkhitaryan left the team. Still Lucescu’s men eventually won the title.
Anyway Shakhtar president Rinat Akhmetov has stated that this season triumph in Ukrainian Cup is more important for him than success in the UPL.
Last face-to-face match:
UPL. Matchday 19
16.04.2014. Kyiv. NSC Olimpiyskyi. 59,360 spectators
Dynamo – Shakhtar – 0:2 (0:2)
Dynamo: Rybka, Danilo Silva, Vida, Dragovic, Makarenko, Vukojevic, Harmash (Ideye, 77), Sydorchuk (Belhanda, 40), Yarmolenko (c), Lens (Husiev, 59), Mbokani.
Shakhtar: Piatov, Srna, Kucher, Rakytskyi, Shevchuk, Stepanenko, Ilsinho, Alex Teixeira, Douglas Costa (Ferreyra, 90), Taison (Eduardo, 48), Luiz Adriano (Bernard, 88).
Goals: Luiz Adriano (10, 34).
Yellow cards: Vukojevic (31), Danilo Silva (45), Belhanda (60), Makarenko (75) – Rakytskyi (20), Ilsinho (29), Kucher (61).
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