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During the training camp in Austria, «Dynamo» will hold a series of friendly matches.

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Yuriy Klimchuk leaves “Rukh” and will continue his career at “Kolos”, with which the “yellow-blacks” have reached a transfer agreement, as reported by their press service.

The forward joined the “yellow-blacks” back in the winter of 2019, when the club was competing in the first league. Thus, Yuriy is one of the creators of Rukh’s successes, helping the team reach the UPL and perform at a high level there.

In total, Yuriy Klimchuk played 135 matches for Rukh, scoring 42 goals and providing 15 assists. At the same time, Yuriy leads the club rankings in all these statistical indicators.

Former goalkeeper of Kyiv’s Dynamo and the Ukrainian national team Alexander Rybka, who recently became the goalkeeping coach of Odessa’s Chornomorets, had the opportunity to coach the youth team of Kyiv’s Obolon — a club he was part of until the end of the 2024/25 season.

This was reported by the acting head coach of the first team of the "brewers" Alexander Antonenko.

“The management of our club offered Alexander to work as the coach of ‘Obolon U-19’. But Rybka chose a different path and moved to ‘Chornomorets’. We thanked each other and said goodbye,” Antonenko is quoted by ‘Ukrainian Football’.

The legendary Ukrainian forward Andriy Shevchenko recalled the period of his career at London’s Chelsea and his work under the head coach of that team Jose Mourinho.

“That Chelsea had a strong desire to win. Players like Frank Lampard, Petr Cech, John Terry, and Arjen Robben were at the peak of their careers. This was combined with experienced players in the squad, such as Claude Makélélé, Michael Ballack, and myself.

We were a strong team. We started the 2006/07 season a bit inconsistently, but I liked that there was very high competition in the locker room, a good atmosphere, and we motivated each other for success.

Working with Jose Mourinho was a wonderful experience — I have great respect for him because he always made the best decisions for the team.

He was a master of motivating each player in different ways and knew how to strike the right chord in each of our souls — he used his intellect to convince us both individually and collectively as a team.

We were his soldiers. I was lucky that every coach I worked with throughout my career had one and the same trait: a winning mentality.

For me, the most special moment at Chelsea was winning the FA Cup final in 2007 against Manchester United (1:0, — ed. note) at the new Wembley Stadium, because of how much that stadium means to the English. In both of my seasons at Chelsea (2006/07, 2007/08, — ed. note) we were close to winning the EPL, but Manchester United won both times by a small margin (6 points in the 2006/07 season and 2 points in the 2007/08 season, — ed. note),” — Shevchenko’s words are quoted by FourFourTwo.

«Porto» has determined a candidate for the position of head coach of the team, reports RTP Desporto.

According to the source, the former coach of «Ajax» Francesco Farioli may head the Portuguese club. The 36-year-old specialist is currently a free agent and is on the verge of signing a contract with «Porto». The Lisbon club is ready to offer the Italian coach a 2+1 scheme contract.

«Porto» is considering the possibility of replacing Martin Anselmi, who took over the team at the beginning of the year.

Former goalkeeper of Kyiv’s Dynamo Artur Rudko, who, apparently, is leaving his current club, Odessa’s Chernomorets, may continue his career outside of Ukraine.

As reported by journalist Dmitry Venkov on his Telegram channel, the 33-year-old goalkeeper has received an offer from a club representing the top division of Cyprus.

Rudko has previously played in this country from 2019 to 2022, guarding the goal for Pafos, but now he associates himself with Ukraine, adds the source.

As already reported, the defender of Kyiv’s “Dynamo” Taras Mikhavko is among the nominees for the prestigious Golden Boy award, which is awarded annually to the best young (under 21 years old) footballer in Europe.

As part of this project, there is also the “Golden Boy Web” award: in this case, the survey is conducted among fans.

Therefore, anyone can cast their vote for Mikhavko right now.

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Former defender of the Italian “Roma” Vincent Candela believes in the potential of Ukrainian striker Artem Dovbik, who is a part of his former team.

“Dovbik definitely deserves trust. Every great center forward had a difficult first season (in the 2024/25 season Dovbik played 45 matches for “Roma”, scoring 17 goals and providing 3 assists, — note ed.). He has quality, speed, and hunger.

But at the same time, “Roma” needs three significant reinforcements: a defender for the flank, Mancini and Ndiki, a midfielder, and also a striker to partner Dovbik,” quotes Candela forzaroma.info.

News from the camp of the potential opponent of Kyiv’s "Dynamo" in the 2nd qualifying round of the Champions League.

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The Hungarian "Kishvarda" announced on its official website a scheduled friendly match against the Kyiv "Dynamo". It has been reported that this friendly will take place next Saturday, July 5.

It is interesting to note that three days before this, "Kishvarda" will play against another representative of the UPL - the Luhansk "Zarya".

It is also noteworthy that the Hungarian team is holding its training camp in Slovenia, in the town of Zrece, while "Dynamo" is training in Bad Waltersdorf, Austria. The distance between these two towns is about 150 km.

Last season, "Kishvarda" became the winner of the second-tier division in Hungary and thus returned to the elite division.

Let us remind you that earlier the names of two more sparring partners for "Dynamo" during the training camp in Austria became known: on July 7, the "white-blues" will play against the Austrian "Hartberg", and on July 9 - against the Danish "Midtjylland".

“Boca Juniors” has reached a final agreement on the signing of midfielder “Roma” Leandro Paredes, reports Italian journalist Nicolo Schira on Twitter.

The amount of the upcoming transfer of the 31-year-old footballer will be 3.5 million euros. It is expected that the parties will sign a contract for three years, under which Leandro will earn 2 million euros per season plus bonuses.

In the past season, Paredes played for “Roma” 32 matches in all tournaments, scoring four goals and providing two assists.

The head coach of the US national team, Mauricio Pochettino, commented on the rumors about a possible collaboration with the English "Brentford".

"This club has never contacted me. I have never held talks with them," Pochettino is quoted by Fox Sports.

It is worth noting that recently "Brentford" appointed Keith Andrews as the head coach. The 44-year-old specialist replaced Thomas Frank, who has taken over "Tottenham".