The White-Blues set off to Simferopol to contend Tavriya in a Ukrainian Cup quarter-final first leg in one of the three encounters left to play before the winter break.
With so much said and written about the injuries chasing the team, it makes no sense to reiterate. To put it briefly, Oleh Luzhnyy is unable to lineup over a dozen of players. In order to complete the 18-men squad, the acting head coach is going to deploy four reserves footballers: defender Artem Butenin, half-back Denys Harmash and strikers Artem Kravets and Roman Zozulya.
Teams on their way to the quarter-final
Round of 32
Dynamo 2-0 Dnipro
Goals: Shatskikh (18, 69)
Dynamo lineups: Shovkovskyy, Vashchuk, Gavrančić, Mykhalyk, Ghioane (Fedorov, 88), Yussuf, Rotan, Corrêa, Діого Рінкон (Lysenko, 77), Shatskikh, Мілевський (Rebrov, 70)
Metalurh Zaporizhya 0-1 Tavriya
Goal: Halyuza (94)
Tavriya: Kozachenko, Zelmikas, Boyko, Pershyn, Halyuza (Linev, 116), Маркович, Holaydo, Ilnytskyy, Ljubenović (Zborovskyy, 90), Kovpak (Idahor, 46), Homenyuk
Round of 16
IhroServis 1-4 Dynamo
Goals: Martynov (51) - Shatskikh (6), Corrêa (7), Bangoura (14), Ghioane (88)
Dynamo: Rybka, El Kaddouri, Diakhaté, Gavrančić (Farkas, 46), Doplika, Ghioane, Corrêa, Rotan, Bangoura (Herasymyuk, 78), Milevskyy, Shatskikh (Harmash, 46)
Nyva Ternopil 0-0 Tavriya (pen shootout 5:6)
Tavriya: Todić, Pershyn, Jokšas (Holaydo, 62), Boyko, Ilnytskyy, Markovic, Halyuza, Ljubenović, Kovpak (Kutarba, 72), Homenyuk, Idahor (Zborovskyy, 67)
Refs
Frank de Bleeckere from Belgium is to referee the Ukrainian Cup quarter-final game between Tavriya and Dynamo. He will be assisted by his compatriots Peter Hermans, and Danny Huens, while Joeri Van De Velde will act as fourth official. Ivan Hayvoronskyy and Viktor Zvyahintsev will act as UFF observers.
Born in the town of Oudenaarde, the 41-year-old oversaw his first international match back in 2001 in a FIFA World Cup 2002 Qualifier between Cyprus and the Republic of Ireland. Fluent in French, English, German and Dutch, the Belgian works as a PR manager.
Kick-off: 18.00
Live TV coverage: Pershyy Natsionalnyy (First National Channel)
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