The club's main striker Viktor Leonenko was serving few months-long disqualification by FIFA, while another Kiev's leader Pavlo Yakovenko was missing due to injury.
Tavriya on the other hand was missing disqualified Ihor Volkov and Sergey Andreyev and in addition there was injured Talyat Sheikhametov and the season's top scorer Yuriy Hudymenko did not feel well.
Tactics that were picked by Anatoliy Zayaev and his assistant Andriy Cheremysin worked and counter arguments against them were not found by Dynamo's players.
The Tavriya's captain Sergei Shevchenko managed not only ruin attacks of Kievans, but quite often bothered the goalkeeper Valdemaras Martinkenas with far "shots".
With 15 minutes before end of the match responding to the serve of Andriy Oparin from a corner kick, the 32-year-old halfback playing to forestall with a soft header, volleyed the ball into goal.