Luganskaya “Dawn” in the 1/8 finals of the Cup of Ukraine beat “Desna” in the penalty shootout - 1: 1 (pen. 5: 4).

Chernigov team opened the scoring in the 38th minute - Denis Bezborodko finished the ball into the net after Zauri Makharadze parried the first blow of the striker in a spectacular jump.

“Zarya” responded at the end of the second half - Bogdan Lednev easily punched the goalkeeper after a splendid cutting pass by Igor Kharatin.

Immediately after the ball conceded, “Desna” could snatch victory, but Vitaly Yermakov did not get into the empty net from a deadly position..

In the extra-time, the teams did not want to risk and frankly pulled the time before the penalty shootout. And in the post-match lottery, the fortune smiled on the Luhansk side - Makharadze parried the blow of Egor Kartushov and brought the team a start in the next round.

Thus, Zarya advanced to the quarterfinal of the Ukrainian Cup, the draw for which will take place on November 2. The base date of this stage matches is April 3, 2019..