The matches of 1/8 finals of the Crimean football union Cup, season-2017/18 were played in the Crimea on October 18. According to the tournament format, clubs from the Crimea Open Championship hosted professional teams of the CFU Premier-League on their fields.
FC SSOR (Specialized school of Olympic reserve) team hosted the leader of the CFU Premier-League championship "Yevpatoriya" in Krasnolesie village, Simferopol district. Guests put out half-reserve line-up for this match, allowing them to approve themselves from the beginning, players who rarely come out to the field from the first minutes. Yevpatoriya aheaded in the count in the 5th minute after the goal in the performance of Iaaroslav Iudin. In the second half, "Yevpatoriya" scored three unanswered goals to "Olympians" goal. Distinguished themselves Evgeniy Kharchenko, Nazim Eiupov and Iaaroslav Iudin made "double". As a result, 4:0 – the victory of "Yevpatoriya".
The city team PFC "Sevastopol" hosted Bakhchysaray "Kyzyltash". Bakhchysaray won 3-0, thanks to two goals which made Andrey Mamatiuk and a penalty kick by Dmitriy Zelenkevich and broke into the Cup quarter-finals.
Real football thriller happened in Gvardeiskoe urban-type settlement, Simferopol district, where the local "Gvardeets" hosted "Rubin Yalta". Guests a headed in the count in the 33rd minute and kept their advantage until 88 minutes, when Kirill Meilakh managed to wipe out a goal deficit. Transferring the game to the extra time, "Gvardeets" was again in the role of winning back team and missed a goal in the 92nd minute (the well-placed shot on the asset of Vsevolod Kashlak from Yalta). But "Gvardeets" wiped out a goal deficit after hit of Egor Poddiachiy at the second extra time, in the 103rd minute – 2:2. The winner of this confrontation was determined only in post-match shootout, where "Rubin Yalta" turned out to be stronger, won with the score 5:4.
In Dzhankoi city local "Spartak-MAIB" hosted one of the outsiders of the Premier-League – Feodosiya "Kafa". The team from Feodosiya continued its series of championship defeats at the CFU Cup match, lost to the amateur team with the score 0:2. Aslan Ashinov distinguish himself at the lines-up of Dzhankoi team in the 45th minute, and Shamil Gadzhiev secured the success of "red-white" in the 89th minute. Thus, "Spartak-MAIB" broke into the next tournament stage.
"Artek", which is biding for class promotion hosted the vice-champion of the CFU Premier-League – Molodezhnoe "Krymteplitsa" in Yalta. Lucas, the Brazilian legionary of "teplitsa", brought his team forward already in the second minute. But Anton Tatarintsev restored the status quo in the 17th minute. Molodezhnoe team came forward again seven minutes later (a goal on the asset of Iakov Erlikh). Lenur Akhunov, who come to substituted, soloed in the second half and managed to make a hat-trick for 45 minutes allocated to him. Lenur scored in the 53rd, 81st and 89th minutes. In the end 5:1, more than a confident victory of "Krymteplitsa".
In Saky, the local same named football club met with the Kerch "Ocean". Guests a headed in the count after the ball in the performance of Mikhail Svetozarov in the 22nd minute. Artem Shcherbak doubled the advantage of Kerch in the second half of the match in the 56th minute, Igor Zubko made the score 0:3 in the 72nd minute and Anton Alaev made finally assist at this duel in the 80th minute – 4:0, win "Ocean".
The second team of "Kyzyltash" could not anything oppose against FC "Sevastopol" In Bakhchysaray city, miss seven unanswered goals. Aleksander Zhabokritskiy and Iurii Pleshakov have a "doubles" on their account, Redvan Osmanov and Andrey Kiva scored once. "Kyzyltash-2" scored another one goal to its own net after a rebound Vidas Alunderis. 7:0 – devastating victory of "Sevastopol".
Let us recall that the match between the Yalta Mriya-Avangard" and "TSK-Tavriya" did not take place, as the Yalta team was denied from participation at the CFU Cup – 2017/18 in connection with the not timely submission of the registration team list. Thus, "TSK-Tavriya" automatically broke into the tournament quarter-finals.
According to the tournament grid of the CFU Cup were formed quarter-finals pairs of the draw. In the quarter-finals will play: "Krymteplitsa – "Kyzyltash", "Yevpatoriya" – "Ocean", "Sevastopol" – "Spartak-MAIB" and "TSK-Tavriya" – "Rubin Yalta".
Duels will consist of two matches at this stage of the tournament (home and away game). The games dates will be announced later.