In the main match of the tournament, the Pitmen will meet with the winner of the “Polesie” pair – Vorskla.
Donetsk Shakhtar defeated Odessa Chernomorets in the match of the 1/2 Cup final Ukrainefor the 2023/24 season. The match at Arena Lviv ended with a score of 4:1.
The Pitmen took the lead already in the 12th minute of the match, when Daniil Sikan closed in a cross from the right flank from Georgiy Sudakov from close range.
Six minutes later ” the sailors” bounced back – Andrey Shtogrin was left alone at the far post and sent the ball into the goal.
However, even before the break, Marino Pusic's team again found themselves in the role leader – in the 44th minute the penalty was converted by Artem Bondarenko.
In the second half, the Donetsk team strengthened their advantage. In the 52nd minute, Sudakov pulled the ball from the center of the field into someone else's penalty area and fired into the lower left corner.
In the 79th minute, Sudakov scored a double, setting the final result of the game. Georgiy received a pass from Lassina Traore, dealt with the defender and aimed the ball under the far post.
Review of the match “Shakhtar” – “Chernomorets”
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Thus, Shakhtar became the first finalist of the Ukrainian Cup. The second ticket to the decisive match of the tournament on April 4 will be played between Zhytomyr “Polesie” and Poltava “Vorskla”.
The final of the Ukrainian Cup 2023/24 will take place on May 15 at the Avangard stadium in Rivne .
We would like to remind you that the last winner of the Ukrainian Cup is Dynamo Kiev, which beat Zarya (1:0) in the final of the 2020/21 season. In the 2021/22 campaign, the tournament was ended early due to Russia's full-scale military invasion of Ukraine, and last season the national cup was not held at all.