The Cup final was without Moscow team and since the game was always played in Moscow… it was like fans had 6th sense – 75 000 attended to see Dinamo (Minsk) vs Dinamo (Kiev) and were not disappointed. The final was rare show of attacking football and drama. Minsk scored first – Kondratyev in the 20th minute.
Ratz equalized in the 45th minute: 1-1 at half-time.
The next goal was scored in the first minute of the second half – Zygmantovich made it 2-1 Minsk from penalty kick.
In the 60th minute Aleynikov made it 3-1 and it was… all over? Not at all – Kiev came back. Kuznetzov scored 3 minutes later and in the very last minute of the game Zavarov equalized. 3-3. Kive’s strong come back perhaps crushed Minsk psychologically – after all, Kiev equalized twice in the last minute: made it 1-1 in the 45th and 3-3 in the 90th. But no goals were scored in the overtime and penalty shoot-out had to decide the winner. Only at this stage Minsk lost – Borovsky and Aleynikov failed to score (Aleynikov missed, Chanov saved poor shoot by Borovsky). Metlitzky and Kurnenin scored for Minsk, but Kiev players scored 4 penalties without fail (Demyanenko, Mikhailichenko, Baltacha, and Evtushenko) and the Cup was theirs.
Opposite moods after Evtushenko’s penalty: teammates Zavarov, Gorily, Bal, Kuznetzov, Demyanenko, Yakovenko, Ratz rushed to congratulate Evtushenko (number 10). At the same time disappointed Satzunkevich, Aleynikov, Metlitzky, and Kondratyev having nothing to say.
Dinamo (Kiev) won the Cup for 8th time. Apart from anything else, the battle for supremacy between Dinamo (Kiev) and Spartak (Moscow) continued: this year Spartak equalized Dinamo’s record of 11 titles. Spartak also was leading with 9 Cups, but Dinamo now was only one trophy behind.
Too bad Dinamo (Minsk) lost – they did not have many trophies and would have been great to add a Cup, but… no. Played a great game and to a point fell victims of classier squad – perhaps another team would have given up after the result was 1-3 against them. However, Minsk had nobody by themselves to blame: they permitted Kiev to equalized twice in the last minute. They also failed to close the game after scoring their third goal, so Kiev was left free to attack. Even the penalty shoot-out: it was the leaders of Minsk Borovsky and Aleynikov who did not score. Small things, but put all together…
Top row from left: Vassily Dmitrakov – doctor, Andrey Shalimo, Nikolay Shpilevsky, Sergey Omelyusik, Aleksandr Metlitzky, Gennady Lessun, Sergey Pavlyuchuk, Pavel Rodnenok, Leonid Vassilevsky – administrator.
Middle row: Sergey Borovsky, Viktor Yanushevsky, Vyacheslav Nikiforov, Yury Trukhan, Anatoly Bogovik – assistant coach, Mikhail Vergeenko – team chief, Aleksandr Gorbylev – assistant coach, Sergey Aleynikov, Lyudas Rumbutis, Sergey Gotzmanov, Sergey Shiroky.
Sitting: Yury Kurnenin, Viktor Sokol, Aleksandr Kisten, Ivan Zhekyu, Ivan Savostikov – coach, Andrey Satzunkevich, Andrey Zygmantovich, Georgy Kondratyev, Aleksandr Dozmorov.
8 times Cup winners! Not the team at the final, but that was Dinamo (Kiev) at the time – even with some injured or out of form players, it was formidable squad. Standing from left: Viktor Chanov, Aleksey Mikhailichenko, Andrey Bal, Oleg Blokhin, Pavel Yakovenko, Mikhail Mikhailov.
In the middle: Vladimir Bessonov.
Crouching: Aleksandr Zavarov, Sergey Baltacha, Igor Belanov, Vassily Ratz, Vadim Evtushenko, Anatoly Demyanenko, O. Morozov, Oleg Kuznetzov, V. Gorily.
Injured Bessonov and Belanov did not even go to Moscow for the final and Morozov was not selected even as a reserve for the final, but the rest played and prevailed. V. Evseev and V. Karataev completed the group of 16 at the final. Plus I. Yaremchuk, who replaced Blokhin in the 57th minute only to be replaced himself in the 70th minute by Gorily.
Important victory for Dinamo (Kiev) – the season was not good for them, they lost form and were not a force in the championship, had a string of injured players and some with psychological problems, so winning a trophy was important to boost confidence. Dramatic final like this one was important for moral: Dinamo showed character, did not give up when everything looked lost.
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