Unlike the match of the 30th round between Dynamo and Shakhtar, in the decisive match in Kryvyi Rih both teams played more cautiously and there were not that many particularly dangerous moments.
For Dynamo, it is worth noting Rebrov's shot from outside the penalty area, after which the ball hit the post. For the miners, Chyhrynskyi's header was less dangerous, but the ball went about two meters over the crossbar.
The second half began with attacks by the nominal home team, which was Shakhtar. In the 50th minute, Marica won a sprint against Kadouri and shot over the crossbar.
Five minutes later, danger again arose on Kadouri's flank. Elano shoots from about 11 meters and Kadouri somehow dodges the ball, but Shovkovskyi parries the Brazilian's shot. On the rebound, Marica falls and hits the post, and after a cross from the same Elano, the Romanian beats Shovkovskyi with a header from two meters, and Shovkovskyi immediately expressed complaints to his central defenders.
After conceding the goal, Dynamo seized the initiative and quite dangerous shots from medium distance were taken by Rebrov, which Shust parried, and Husiev — over the goal.
Milevskyi, who came on as a substitute, intensified the game. And Demyanenko really guessed right with the Rodolfo substitution. After a series of deflections, the ball reached Rodolfo, who feinted past a defender and hit the corner of Shakhtar's goal — 1:1. In that moment, Shust did not even react to the shot because he did not see the moment of the strike.
In the ten minutes remaining until the end of regulation time, both teams did not go all-in and waited for extra time. In the 89th minute, Dynamo players signaled that Tymoshchuk handled the ball in his own penalty area, but Slovak Lubos Michel paid no attention to it.
In the first extra 15-minute period, the Dynamo players had the first chance to score, but Shatskikh, who ran out to meet Shust, was beaten by the young goalkeeper.
In the 99th minute, Shakhtar used a set piece. Moreover, this goal was again the defense's fault. Fernandinho took the corner and Fedorov and Shatskikh merely watched as Agahowa sent the ball under the crossbar from three meters — 2:1.
In the final 15-minute period, Dynamo tried to break through the miners' tight defense, but it was not so easy to do. Three minutes before the end of extra time, during corner kicks, Shovkovskyi twice ran into Shakhtar's penalty area. In one moment, the Kyiv goalkeeper even made a header, and in another, Shust beat him to the ball. However, in the last minute of the game, Rodolfo could have saved Dynamo, but the Brazilian's header went just a few centimeters wide of the post...
Demyanenko merely clutched his head, and with good reason, because a minute later the final whistle sounded, announcing the crowning of Donetsk's Shakhtar.
Then came the awarding of the gold and silver medal winners. The Dynamo players, having received their medals, took them off almost immediately and tried not to look into the eyes of FFU President Hryhorii Surkis, who was awarding the winners and prize-winners. In addition to medals, Surkis also presented Shakhtar with a crystal Cup for the champions, and the main fan of the Donetsk club, Viktor Yanukovych, also received his gold medal.
In Donetsk, after Shakhtar's victory, a festive concert began, one of the hosts of which was Russian TV commentator Vasyl Utkin.
The next meeting between Dynamo and Shakhtar will take place in mid-July in Odesa, where these teams will compete for the Super Cup.
Shakhtar – Dynamo - 2:1 (extra time) (0:0, 1:1, 1:0, 0:0) Goals: Marica 59, Agahowa 99 - Rodolfo 79 Shakhtar: Shust, Rats, Chyhrynskyi, Hubschmann, Srna, Lewandowski (Stoican, 91), Tymoshchuk (capt), Elano (Dulai 73), Fernandinho, Brandao, Marica (Agahowa 80) Dynamo: Shovkovskyi (capt), Yeshchenko (Milevskyi, 68), Vashchuk, Fedorov, El Kaddouri, Gavrancic (Rodolfo 55), Husiev, Rotan (Belkevych 106), Rebrov, Kleber, Shatskikh Yellow cards: Elano 21, Hubschmann 57, Dulai 110 - Kleber 45+1, Milevskyi 82, Rebrov 101, El Kaddouri 109.