The 25th round of the Ukrainian championship turned out to be rich in sensational results. Only the victory of Donetsk "Shakhtar", which for the first time took three points in a game in Lutsk against "Volyn", was fully predictable. All other teams presented their fans with surprises. Some pleasant, some less pleasant... \n \nThus, Dnipropetrovsk "Dnipro", which had set its sights on second place in the championship, stumbled in Mariupol, where it lost to the local "Illichivets" with a score of 3:1. To Venhlynskyi's goal, Mykola Pavlov's team responded with a double by Zakarlyuka, and Eduard Tsykhmeistruk also recorded one goal to his name. After this defeat, "Dnipro" will most likely have to bid farewell to dreams of the Champions League. Another contender for the UEFA Cup from Ukraine suffered an unexpected setback. In the match in Donetsk, "Metalurh" lost to the terror of Donetsk teams, "Kryvbas", 1:2. \n \nIn their own way, three Kyiv teams distinguished themselves in the 25th round. The capital's "canoniers" in Poltava were beaten by "Vorskla" with a score of 4:2 and are moving further and further away from the UEFA zone. A fireworks display of goals was produced in the game between "Obolon" and "Borysfen", which ended in a 3:3 draw. \n \nIn the duel of outsiders between "Zirka" and "Karpaty", the Kirovohrad team celebrated its third victory in the national championship, and it is dragging the Lviv club down to the first league with it. By the way, it is possible that if the FFU had not taken three points away from "Zirka", this club could well have realistically fought for survival among the elite... \n \nReturning to the game between "Shakhtar" and "Volyn", which became historic for the miners, under the leadership of acting head coach Viktor Prokopenko the team is showing quite interesting football, and most importantly there is a result, although they have not played against the giants. True, in the game against "Volyn" the "miners" had enough only for the first half and the beginning of the second, after which the guests mostly played to preserve the score. Notably, Andriy Vorobey again began scoring, and having gotten rid of the "Schuster complex", he again played as he did under Skala and Prokopenko. This is also evidenced by Vorobey's two goals, as he twice entered the penalty area at speed, where his accurate shots found the target. \n \nAnd if earlier talk about "gold" at "Shakhtar" had quieted down, now the team from Donetsk has the right to at least dream, which could become reality. Tuesday, May 18, is one of the most important days this year for "Shakhtar". Firstly, on this day their president Rinat Akhmetov is to name the new coach. Secondly, on Tuesday Kyiv "Dynamo" will play its 25th round match against Zaporizhzhia "Metalurh".... \n \nResults of the 25th round matches: \n \n"Metalurh (Donetsk) - "Kryvbas" (Kryvyi Rih) - 1:2 \nGoals: Tkachenko 57, Morozov 19, Morozov 55 \n \n"Illichivets" (Mariupol) - "Dnipro" (Dnipropetrovsk) - 3:1 \nGoals: Zakarlyuka 21, 74, Tsykhmeistruk 43, Venhlynskyi 40 \n"Dnipro": 23. Kernozenko, 16. Rusol, 14. Radchenko, 19. Mykhailenko (Hrytsai 50), 10. Kostyshyn (Semochko 75), 29. Rotan, 28. Nazarenko (Melashchenko 59), 6. Shelayev, 20. Rykun, 11. Venhlynskyi. \n"Illichivets": 1. Nikitin, 2. Diryavka, 6. Krasnoperov, 7. Yesin, 11. Kryvosheiev (Hribanov 84), 14. Zakarlyuka, 16. Platonov, 17. Maltsev, 20. Boiko, 44. Shyshchenko, 55. Tsykhmeistruk. \n \n"Zirka" (Kirovohrad) - "Karpaty" (Lviv) - 3:0 \nGoals: Pohorelov 4, Kirilov 26, Firsov 90 \n \n"Volyn" (Lutsk) - "Shakhtar" (Donetsk) - \nGoals: Vorobey 14, Vorobey 31 \nSHAKHTAR": 12.Shutkov, 2.Starostyak, 18.Levandovskyi, 5.Popov, 28.Florya (Bakharev 85), 4.Tymoshchuk, 26.Rats, 14.Stoikan (Dulai 67), 10.Vukich (Pukanych 46), 11.Vorobey, 17.Ahakhova. \n"VOLYN": 1.Humeniuk, 2.Riakhn (Miloslavovych 46), 5.Hancharzhyk, 3.Dzhudovych, 11.Dombrai, 20.Tryshovych, 22.Siankam (Kovalets 57), 34.Lanko, 7.Sachko, 9.Mitich (Stepanov 67). \n \n"Tavriya" (Simferopol) - "Chornomorets" (Odesa) - 0:0 \n \n"Vorskla-Naftohaz" (Poltava) - "Arsenal" (Kyiv) - 4:2 \nGoals: Ovekov 13, Frontini 75, 83, Shevtsov 85, Monaryov 27, Aristakhov 32 \n \n"Obolon" (Kyiv) - "Borysfen" (Boryspil) - 3:3 \nGoals: Mazurenko 51 - from a penalty, Serheiev 83, 85, Klymenko 44, 61, Dmytruk 87. \n \nOn Tuesday, May 18, "Dynamo" (Kyiv) plays "Metalurh" (Zaporizhzhia).