Today, the third preliminary round matches of the Vbet Cup of Ukraine in football took place. There was everything: spectacular goals, extra time, a penalty shootout after the match — and, unfortunately, an air raid warning that forced participants to take a break…

In cup battles — there are their own rules, here the fighting spirit is respected, which often comes in handy for lower-ranked teams when competing against more famous ones. And today, we must pay tribute to newcomers from the second league of Kudryvka and Trostyanets, who put up a determined resistance but were ultimately forced to yield to first-league FSK Mariupol (2:2, after penalties — 6:7) and Horokhiv-Sport (1:2), respectively. However, this is precisely the case when they left the field with their heads held high…

And how not to take off one's cap before a single amateur team that has yet to drop out of contention — Mykolaiv from Lviv Oblast. The wards of Vitaliy Shumsky fell behind first to guests from the first-league Agrobusiness, but equalized early in the second half. And only in extra time did the home team finally tip the scales in their favor (1:3).

In matches where teams of the same caliber faced off, we note «Viktoriya», which forced «Ingulets» to capitulate away from home by scoring a decisive goal in the first half. 1:0.

Official data of third preliminary round matches of Vbet Cup of Ukraine-2023/2024