Proboi Horodenka overturned a two-goal deficit to beat Lokomotiv Kyiv 3-1 in the Round of 64 of the Cup on Thursday. The visitors were cruising at 2-0 after twenty minutes before events at the other end of the pitch changed everything. Lokomotiv Kyiv had looked comfortable, but a pair of red cards in consecutive minutes turned the tie on its head. The away side took advantage, scoring four times in the space of forty-one minutes to seal a famous victory.
Lokomotiv Kyiv struck twice in quick succession to put themselves in control. O. Lepskyi opened the scoring in the twentieth minute, and his side added another goal a minute later, though the scorer was not recorded. The home side seemed to have the match by the throat, but the momentum shifted sharply after half an hour. Two red cards arrived in the forty-third and forty-fourth minutes—O. Savchuk was sent off in the latter—leaving Lokomotiv Kyiv with a numerical disadvantage.
Proboi Horodenka did not waste the opportunity. I. Guk pulled one back in the fifty-first minute before O. Sakhnenko struck twice in consecutive minutes to complete the turnaround. Sakhnenko found the net in the fifty-second and then again in the fifty-third, leaving the home side to chase the game with ten men. A. Fesenko added a late fifth goal in stoppage time to make it 1-3, though that merely confirmed what had already been decided.
Lokomotiv Kyiv's recent form offers little comfort. They have drawn three of their last five matches without scoring, including a goalless stalemate against Agrobusiness Volochysk on the fourteenth. Their last defeat came against Viktoria Mykolaivka, and they have struggled to find the back of the net consistently. Proboi Horodenka, meanwhile, have been inconsistent but showed character to come from behind and take all three points.
The defeat ends Lokomotiv Kyiv's Cup campaign in the Round of 64. They will have to look at how a two-goal advantage was surrendered so comprehensively. Proboi Horodenka advance to the next stage with a result that will be remembered far longer than any statistics.