Today, August 9, the second leg of the third qualifying round of the Champions League "Sturm" - "Dynamo" (Kyiv) will take place. Recall that the first meeting of the opponents was held last week in Polish Lodz and ended with the victory of the Ukrainian team with a score of 1:0. The return match will take place in Graz at the Graz-Libenau stadium. The meeting starts at 20:30.
"Sturm" - "Dynamo": where to watch, online broadcastA live TV broadcast of Sturm - Dynamo will be held on the Setanta Sports TV channel. In addition, it will be possible to follow the progress of this meeting online for free on setantasports.com. Also, the Sturm-Dynamo match will be shown by the Ukrainian TV channel 2+2, but with a 15-minute delay.
On Dynamo.kiev.ua there will be a text online broadcast of the match "Sturm" - "Dynamo", which will also contain online statistics of the game. Expect the starting lineups of the teams for the upcoming match on the pages of our website and its social networks about an hour and a half before the start of the game. At the final whistle, as usual, we will provide the fans with an operational report on the match.
Dynamo arrived in Graz on Sunday, having made a flight from Lodz, Poland, where the team is now temporarily based. It should be noted that midfielder Viktor Tsygankov also arrived for the upcoming match as part of the White-Blues, who, we recall, was injured during the warm-up before the first meeting with Sturm and was urgently replaced by Alexander Karavaev. However, there is no final information on how ready Tsygankov is to enter the field today.
On Tuesday, Dynamo held a training session on the field of the Graz-Libenau stadium, and before the start of this session, Dynamo head coach Mircea Lucescu gave a pre-match press conference, at which he noted that the result of the first match with Sturm does not give the slightest cause for reassurance.
As for Sturm, between the first and return matches with Dynamo, the team from Graz held another match in the Austrian championship, drawing with Ried - 1:1. "Sturm" in this meeting confidently went to victory, but, being in the majority, managed to concede a goal at the end of the match.
The head coach of the Austrian Sturm, Christian Ilzer, at a press conference before today's match, said that the result of the first meeting with Dynamo leaves his team with every chance for overall success. But at the same time, the mentor noted a number of strong qualities of the opponent, which are especially evident when Dynamo players control the ball.
Recall that the second leg of the 3rd qualifying round of the Champions League "Sturm" - "Dynamo" will be held on Tuesday, August 9, in Graz at the Graz-Libenau stadium (beginning at 20:30). Where to watch: Setanta Sports TV channel, 2 + 2 TV channel (with a 15-minute delay) Online text broadcast, report, photo - on Dynamo.kiev.ua.
