Dynamo Kiev beat Donetsk Shakhtar in the 1/8 finals of the Ukrainian Cup at Vlasny Pole.

Dynamo - Shakhtar 2:1 Video of goals and review of the Ukrainian Cup match After the completion of the game, the White-Blues' senior Oleksandr Pikhalonok commented on the performance of the powerful team.

“After the match I feel that we were given a lot of emotions. We had two very difficult fights in three days. Today's game, the first half is not over for us, Shakhtar has a lot of chances, he can score three or four goals and close the game.

Luckily, Ruslan Nesheret played very well in these moments, winning. After scoring the ball on the other half of the team Shakhtar, we turned the ground over and controlled it. This was a turning point.

This is football, so we can’t but let everything be good forever. The other half of the squirrels changed their pattern. Uzagali, Rozmova at the break was calm, constructive, without shouting. So, we conceded the first half, but in general, in the other half we played much better - we created enough chances, scored two goals and won.

To be honest, missing the ball made us angry. After we missed it, we started playing in a completely different way. We will analyze this match in detail, because this week the championship will have another fight with Shakhtar, and they will need to start playing like this from the first champions, and not from the 55th.

If we can finish the fight and maintain a good pace, it means we are physically well prepared.

It’s quiet that we began to score more goals after set pieces, because in training we pay more respect to set pieces both in attack and in defense.

Match of the week? “Let us see a little after today’s battle, and tomorrow we will prepare for the onset of the war,” said the Ukrainian Vicont.

It’s worth remembering that the series without defeating Shakhtar for Dynamo lasted ten matches.