Kolos Kovalivka hosted UCSA in the Round of 64 of the Cup on Friday evening, and the visitors saw out a straightforward 3-0 victory. The match, played on 22 August 2026, ended with Kolos reduced to ten men well before the result was in any doubt.
And here's the thing about this one — Kolos folded rather quickly. The hosts had lost two of their last three across all competitions, including a 2-0 defeat to Zorya Luhansk and a 1-2 loss to Dynamo Kyiv. UCSA, meanwhile, had drawn twice in their previous five outings and was looking to build momentum.
The turning point came in the fifty-fourth minute when A. Tsurikov received his first red card. By then, UCSA were already controlling the tempo, and the dismissal changed everything. A second red card for the same player followed a minute later, leaving Kolos with nine men.
UCSA took advantage without hesitation. A. Rrapaj opened the scoring in the sixtieth minute, and the visitors ran the show from there. To be fair, the hosts refused to go away entirely, but with ten men down they had nothing to offer when UCSA pressed high up the pitch.
A. Tahiri added a second in the eighty-sixth minute, and Y. Klymchuk sealed the result with a third goal in stoppage time. The away side had nothing to lose at that stage and took their chances without fuss.
The result leaves UCSA through to the next round of the Cup, while Kolos return to domestic league duty with work to do. They were outplayed from the start and made their task impossible with two red cards in two minutes.
