Mykola Matvienko, Getty Images May 14 2025, 23:33

The Final of the Cup of Ukraine in Zhytomyr gave Ukrainian fans tense classic confrontation – Donetsk Shakhtar and Dynamo Kiev completed the main and extra time of 1: 1 draw, and in the penalty series The wards of Marino Pushich were more accurate – 6: 5.

The central defender and the Miners captain Mykola Matvienko shared his impressions of the result of this confrontation.

“At this point, I am happy. But at heart I was sure we would win. I don’t know why. I felt, so to speak. To us this victory is much more important than for Dynamo, because we finished the championship in third place, and this victory, as far as I understand, gives us a voucher.

Miners’ unsurparable for the first time in 25 years? My understanding is that we go out for every game and try to win. And what a tournament is – it doesn’t matter at all. The main thing is that he is, at least some, we will speak in it and, I think, will manifest ourselves.

What were the thoughts when Elias did not score his first blow? Pajon (laughs). I thought that the pajon. Because when people simply do not kill a penalty, this happens. And when the pause, stuck, overturned, danced – it is, ” – said Matvienko for UPL TV.

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