Such a stir around the "Karpaty" match in Lviv had not been seen for many years. The stands of the local "Ukraina" stadium were packed to capacity, and around the seated places, those willing to watch the game standing were looking for spots. After all, it had been quite a while since the champion of Ukraine had come to the city of the Lion. The excitement around the game was reinforced by the quality of the game itself and the sensational outcome. In a tense confrontation, Lviv's "Karpaty" secured victory – 1:0.
On the eve of the cup confrontation, news spread through the media that "Karpaty" had valued the rights to broadcast the match at one hundred thousand dollars. TRK "Ukraina", which broadcast all of "Shakhtar"'s matches, could not find the necessary sum. And FC "Shakhtar" decided not to burden itself with unnecessary expenses. As it turned out, not in vain... A day before the match, rumors circulated that "Karpaty" were negotiating with the sports television channel "Mega-Sport" regarding the broadcast of the game. However, in the end, the match "Karpaty" – "Shakhtar" was broadcast by local television, and the second half – by UT-1.
From the first minutes of the match, it was noticeable that the Lvivians felt somewhat constrained before their renowned opponent. Instead, Donetsk's "Shakhtar" was too self-confident. Overall, in the first half of the confrontation, the teams operated mainly in the center of the field or on the approaches to the opponent's penalty area. The forays of one team or the other did not create any particular chances for scoring. In the 22nd minute of the match, Oleksiy Byelik receives a yellow card for a rough foul. Four minutes later, Lvivian Mykola Lapko also receives a yellow card for a foul.
In the 34th minute, thanks to the efforts of "Karpaty" goalkeeper Bohdan Shust, the score on the board remained unchanged. The home team did not delay with a response. In the 40th minute, a "Karpaty" counterattack ended with a shot by Roger Batista, after which the ball whistled under the crossbar, but Dmytro Shutkov deflected the ball for a corner. In the 45th minute of the game, the "Karpaty" players scored into the opponent's goal for the first time. But the assistant referee recorded an offside position for the "green-white" forward – after a free kick was taken, Holban sent the ball into the net. The first half ended in a goalless draw. In the second half, Andriy Vorobey came onto the field instead of Julius Aghahowa. In the 56th minute, after a shot by Jadson, the ball hit the crossbar. In the 60th minute, Anatoliy Tymoshchuk came onto the field instead of Vyacheslav Shevchuk.
The culminating moment of the game came in the 77th minute -- a cross toward "Shakhtar"'s goal ended with a follow-up shot by Batista – 1:0. Having conceded a goal, the "miners" became significantly more active and reacted quite agitatedly to the home team's time-wasting. However, the reliable actions of the defense and the goalkeeper of "Karpaty" did not allow the Donetsk team to equalize. Thus, the match of the 1/8 finals of the Ukrainian Cup draw between Donetsk's "Shakhtar" and Lviv's "Karpaty" ended with a victory for the first-league team – 1:0.
"Karpaty" - "Shakhtar" - 1:0 Goal: Batista 74 "Karpaty": Shust, Fedoriv, Tymchyshyn, Ishchenko, Raspopov, Lapko (Petrivskyi 73), Hodvin (Feshchuk 63), Shmakov, Batista (Holban 89), Khudobyak, Suchkov. "Shakhtar": Shutkov, Stoican, Lewandowski, Hubschman, Shevchuk (Tymoshchuk 60), Duljaj, Rat, Fernandinho, Jadson, Aghahowa (Vorobey 46), Byelik.