" A tense meeting ended with a score of 1:2 after extra time. Due to the full-scale war that the Russian invaders are waging against Ukraine, the nominally home fight for the Dnipro took place in the Slovak city of Kosice. In the first match with Spartak, the Dnipro club in the minority escaped from defeat (1:1). After two removals, the Ukrainian team had to finish the meeting with nine. The return match started unsuccessfully for the vice-champion of Ukraine. Already in the third minute, Dnipro conceded - Eric Daniel completed the counterattack of the Slovak team with a shot past the goalkeeper. Dnipro-1 equalized at the start of the second half. In the 61st minute, the Argentine defender of the Trnava club, Nicholas Gorosito, struck under the crossbar of his own goal after a cross from the left flank from Sergei Gorbunov. The main time of the match ended in a draw, so the game went to extra time. In the 99th minute, Dnipro remained in the minority - Ruslan Babenko received a direct red card for a dangerous tackle. At the start of the second overtime, the club from Trnava took the lead - Martin Bukata was the first to react to the rebound in the penalty area of \u200b\u200bDnipro-1 and sent the ball into the goal. In the 108th minute, another penalty occurred for the Dnipro club - Oleg Gorin, who had come on as a substitute seven minutes earlier, hit his opponent in the face with his elbow, for which the referee showed him a second yellow card.

Completing the second match in a row with nine men, the team of Valery Gorodov failed to organize the final assault on the gates of Spartak. Dnipro lost to the Slovak club 2:3 on aggregate and flew out of European competition. Recall that Dnipro-1 started the current European season from the 2nd round of the Champions League qualification, where they lost to the Greek Panathinaikos (1:3, 2:2), and then lost to the Czech Slavia in the 3rd round of the Europa League qualifier.