The central match of the round in Dnipropetrovsk against "Dnipro" marked another loss of points for the champions of Ukraine – Donetsk "Shakhtar". The game ended with a score of 2:2, although both teams had a chance to win. The match was played on equal terms and with a large number of fouls. Moreover, among the offenders, the players of "Dnipro" stood out, who as a result received six yellow cards.

The game itself turned out to be rich in chances and goals. The score was opened already in the 28th minute by Shelayev, who with a long-range shot into the top corner put his team ahead. Before that moment, both teams alternately exchanged dangerous shots, but it never came to a goal.

"Shakhtar" equalized in the second added minute of the first half. Matuzalem took a corner and Fernandinho, who found himself alone at the far post, with a shot into the corner of the goal from two meters made the score 1:1.

Both teams started the second half more actively, especially the miners. Kernozenko pulled off a dangerous long-range shot from Tymoshchuk, Agahowa shot dangerously from a few meters but missed the goal. And still, "Shakhtar's" activity was rewarded. In the 56th minute, Matuzalem with a free-kick shot from about 20 meters hit the top corner, forcing Kernozenko to capitulate 1:2.

In the next attack, "Dnipro" could have equalized, after Nazarenko's shot from about 10 meters, but the ball, which Lashtuvka failed to control and which was rolling into the empty goal from the line, was cleared by Duljaj at the cost of injury. And still, "Dnipro" equalized a few minutes later. It is worth noting Lucescu's incomprehensible position. Shutkov, who had been a good replacement for the injured Lashtuvka, was put on the bench by Lucescu, and he again trusts the Czech. But already for the second game in a row, Jan looks unconvincing.

Although Lashtuvka's fault in the second goal against his own team is small, there is such a term – he didn't save the team. So, in the 63rd minute, again a shot from Nazarenko, which hits the wall of "Shakhtar" players, and a follow-up shot from Radchenko from 23 meters flies into "Shakhtar's" goal past the frozen Lashtuvka.

In the remaining minutes, Kravchenko and Kornylenko had good chances to score, but they lacked accuracy. And Agahowa's header from three meters was parried by Kernozenko. Closer to the end of the game, "Shakhtar" scored, but the linesman raised his flag. If it was for offside, then let us note right away that there was none…

As a result, the game ended with a score of 2:2 and, probably, in the very near future we can expect a portion of criticism from Mr. Lucescu towards the referees. However, if this problem in Ukrainian refereeing does exist, "Shakhtar" should look for problems within the team.

And for now, "Shakhtar" trails "Dynamo", which on Sunday beat "Arsenal" in the Kyiv derby with a score of 3:1. The Dynamo players had an absolute advantage in this game and already in the 16th minute, with a long-range shot from 19 meters, Kleber put his team ahead. In the 28th minute, Yussuf with a shot into the lower corner of the goal made the score 2:0. Moreover, in the first half of the game, "Dynamo" should have scored several more times. At least twice Rotan and Shatskikh could have distinguished themselves.

In the second half, Demyanenko's charges relaxed and conceded one goal into their own net. Kovalchyk distinguished himself, hitting the top corner of Shovkovsky's goal. The intrigue in the game was renewed, but there were no more chances for "Dynamo" to score against the "gunners". In the 90th minute, with an accurate shot into the corner of the goal, Belkevych set the final score in the game. 3:1 – "Dynamo" wins.

Results of the 17th round matches.

"Dnipro" - "Shakhtar" - 2:2 Goals: Shelayev 28, Radchenko 63, Fernandinho 45, Matuzalem 56 "Dnipro": Kernozenko, Hrytsay, Yezersky, Shelayev, Balabanov (Kornylenko 46), Radchenko, Rusol, Rykun (Lysytsky 89), Semochko, Kravchenko (Andriyenko 90), Nazarenko "Shakhtar": Lashtuvka, Lewandowski, Hyubshman (Korotetsky 86), Tymoshchuk, Matuzalem, Duljaj (Marica 80), Srna, Shevchuk, Fernandinho, Bjelik (Fomin 69), Agahowa.

"Dynamo" - "Arsenal" - 3:1 Goals: Kleber 16, Yussuf 29, Belkevych 90, Kovalchyk 68 "Dynamo": Shovkovsky, Fedorov, Rodolfo (Nesmachny 73), Belkevych, Kleber, Rotan, Shatskikh (Verpakovskis 61), Husyev, Vashchuk, Kadouri, Yussuf (Rincon 46) "Arsenal": Bazhan, Hanchazhyk, Rozhon, Pershyn, Uvarov (Kovalchyk 46), Mizin (Babych 53), Ivanov, Okoduwa, Skoba, Ibanga (Bunyevchevich 83), Benyo

"Volyn" - "Metalurh" Zaporizhzhia - 0:1 Goal: Modebadze 39

"Vorskla" - "Illichivets" - 1:0 Goal: Tsurri 85

"Metalurh" Donetsk - "Zakarpattia" - 1:0 Goal: Zakarlyuka 84

"Kryvbas" - "Metalist" - 2:1 Goals: Hihiadze 20 - from a penalty, Mrdakovic 30, Dunjic 65

FC Kharkiv - "Tavriya" - 0:0

"Chornomorets" - "Stal" - 2:2 Goals: Mityeryev 26, 30, Sernetsky 10, Okano-Stazi 80