Having conceded a goal, "Shakhtar" immediately went to equalize, but in their very first dangerous attack near "Dynamo's" goal, the Miners received another slap in the face. Rodolfo and Marica, fighting for position, exchanged pleasantries in the form of pulling each other's shirts, and Marica was the first to lose his nerve, striking Rodolfo in the face. Then events unfolded like a dramatic theater production. Rodolfo remained lying on the turf, demonstrating pain, and a special football "ambulance" cart even drove onto the field for him, taking him off... Terje Hauge, after consulting with the assistant referee, shows Marica a red card and he leaves the field to the whistling of the Kyiv supporters.

What followed was no less interesting. A minute later, Rodolfo appears at the edge of the field — alive and well. Hauge immediately ran up to the Brazilian, who had been lying on the turf a few minutes earlier, and shows a yellow card to Rodolfo — apparently for the provocation after which Marica was sent off.

The episode with Marica's sending-off could be discussed for a long time, but the fact remains a fact. Marica lost his nerve and he was the first to foul, striking Rodolfo. Another matter is that the Kyiv Brazilian could have avoided making a circus after Rodolfo's strike. After all, it wasn't Klitschko who hit him, but then there probably wouldn't have been a sending-off either. Although, these are purely football tricks by the players. By the way, after Rodolfo came onto the field, his compatriot Brandao ran up to him, waving his arms expressively in his direction, and Hauge did not spare a yellow card for him either...

After "Shakhtar" was left a man down, Hauge also pleased the Miners' fans by awarding a penalty at "Dynamo's" goal. In the 26th minute of the match, Gavrancic fouls Lewandowski in the penalty area. Another penalty. The "Dynamo" players, like the "Shakhtar" footballers in the episode with the first penalty, did not particularly protest. The victim himself went to take the kick. At the post-match press conference, Lucescu would say that it was a mistake for Lewandowski to go and take the 11-meter kick himself. Nevertheless, the Pole shot weakly and without guile, and the experienced Shovkovskyi parried the ball that was flying toward the corner of the goal.

"Shakhtar" had a chance to equalize even with ten men, but they wasted it. The team of Lucescu was able to fight on against Kyiv "Dynamo" even a man down and was not even inferior to the Kyivans in anything, but they were not destined to score, although there were chances. In the first part of the game, the Donetsk side continued to press on Shovkovskyi's goal, but Brandao's and Srna's shots were saved by the "Dynamo" goalkeeper that day.

In the second part of the match, little changed in the pattern of play. True, Sabo replaced the blundering Gavrancic and brought on Fedorov in his place, who practically completely shut down Brandao. Brandao himself can consider the final not his day. In at least two moments the Brazilian had chances to score. In the 72nd minute, Brandao raced down the right flank, entered the penalty area, closed in on Shovkovskyi, but instead of shooting, gave an inaccurate and incomprehensible pass to Jadson, who was running toward the far post. In another game episode, the active Jadson passed into the center of the penalty area to Duljaj, who passed to Brandao, and the latter, in a struggle with Shovkovskyi and Fedorov, was unable to push the ball into the Kyivans' goal from a few meters...

"Dynamo" also conducted several dangerous attacks in the second part. In one of them, only Lashtuvka's excellent reaction saved "Shakhtar" from a second goal. In the 68th minute, Shatskikh also got a chance to waste a moment, when after his shot from about 10 meters the ball ricocheted off a defender to Verpakovskis, and he shot over the goal on the follow-up.

Closer to the 80th minute, the players were noticeably tired, especially "Shakhtar," which could be felt playing a man down. But the danger near "Dynamo's" goal did not disappear. The most realistic chance to score was had by Jadson, who from a free kick from about 25 meters hit the crossbar. In the remaining time, "Shakhtar" fought on. In this struggle, everyone got it, especially Tymoshchuk, who on his legs "earned" two yellow cards for Shatskikh and Rincon.

Already in the time added by the referee, "Shakhtar's" onslaught nearly ended in a goal, but Matuzalem's shot into the corner was pulled out by Shovkovskyi, who became the best "Dynamo" player in this game.

Then the final whistle of the foreign referee Hauge recorded "Dynamo's" victory in a super-intense and interesting duel.

Afterwards, the president of the Miners, Rinat Akhmetov, came onto the field, personally shook hands with each "Shakhtar" player, exchanged remarks and gestures with Lucescu, and together with the team approached the "Shakhtar" fan sectors to thank them.

Akhmetov was not particularly willing to give a post-match comment, noting that it was a real cup game, and to the question of how he felt about the debut of foreign referees in this game, he remarked that they are only carrying out the decisions of higher football authorities. Moreover, from the expression on Akhmetov's face and after he quickly took off the medal for second place in the Cup, it was clear that the richest man in Ukraine was not in the best mood and could say a lot, but for some reason does not want to...

In turn, the awarding of the Cup to "Dynamo" was spectacular. Ihor Surkis, the entire coaching staff, and the footballers were doused with champagne — under this shower of alcohol also got Surkis Sr. along with the Minister of Youth and Sports Pavlenko, and Shovkovskyi and Chernat started drinking from a 5-liter bottle right on the stage.

Ukrainian Cup. Final.

"Shakhtar" - "Dynamo" - 0:1 Goal: Rincon 11 - penalty

"Shakhtar": Lashtuvka, Srna (Stoican 84), Lewandowski, Barcauan, Rat, Tymoshchuk, Matuzalem, Duljaj (Vorobey 80), Vukic (Jadson 59), Marica, Brandao "Dynamo": Shovkovskyi, Rodolfo, Chernat (Leko 54), Rincon, Shatskikh (Belkevych 72), Husiev, Verpakovskis, Nesmachnyi, Gavrancic (Fedorov 46), Yussuf, Rodrigo

Yellow cards: Tymoshchuk 42, Barcauan 90 Yellow cards: Rodrigo 4, Verpakovskis 17, Rodolfo 20, Rincon 52, Shatskikh 54

Sending-off: Marica 19

Missed penalty: Lewandowski 26.