The Kiev team, with Guerrero’s debut goal and Vanat’s decisive finish, defeated the visiting Poltava team.
On Wednesday, October 30, the 1/8 finals of the Ukrainian Cup took place, where Vorskla hosted Dynamo Kiev in Poltava.
The team of Yuri Maksimov, playing his second match after returning to the post of coach of the “green-whites”, managed to impose a battle with the minor team of the leader of the UPL, but still lost in extra time , and Alexander Shovkovsky’s charges will continue tournament play in the quarterfinals.
The home team took the lead midway through the first half. In the 26th minute, Vorskla organized a counterattack, where Viktor Kornienko fired a cross from the left flank, and Samson Iede crossed at the far post.
However, this slight advantage of the Poltava team did not last long. A few minutes later, Dynamo earned the right to a penalty after Alexander Sklyar fouled Nazar Voloshin in his own penalty area. Eduardo Guerrero shot accurately from the penalty spot into the bottom left corner and scored his debut goal for the “white-blues”.
The second half of the meeting was not enough for the opponents to determine the winner in regular time, and the match went to extra time. And halfway through the first extra fifteen minutes, Dynamo scored. After a long-range shot from Voloshin, Pavel Isenko did not adjust the ball, released it in front of him, and Vladislav Vanat played successfully at the end, scoring the decisive goal.
Statistics of the match Vorskla – Dynamo 1/8 finals of the Ukrainian Cup
Vorskla – Dynamo 1:2 dv
Objectives: Iede, 26 – Guerrero, 31 (pen), Wanat, 99
Vorskla: Isenko – Batsula (Chornomorets, 105), Huchek, Khripchuk, Perduta – Kornienko (Ndukwe, 60), Chelyadin (Kulakovsky, 90+4), Sklyar, Kane – Kovtalyuk (Nesterenko, 74), Iede (Izotov).
Dynamo: Neshcheret – Vivcharenko (Dubinchak, 91), Dyachuk, Malysh (Mikhavko, 106), Karavaev – Mikhailenko (Buyalsky, 85), Andrievsky (Brazhko, 64) – Bragaru (Kabaev, 64), Rubchinsky, Voloshin – Guerrero (Vanat, 85).
Warnings: Perduta, 90+1 – Dyachuk, 75, Dubinchak, 108.
Source: korrespondent
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