Former Dynamo Kyiv striker Maxim Shatskikh spoke about the upcoming matches of the white and blue with Lisbon Benfica in the Champions League.
Maxim Shatskikh. Photo: 1927.kiev.ua— What are your predictions for the confrontation between Dynamo and Benfica? What are the chances for the people of Kiev?
- Dynamo need to play with Benfica, and that's all. The game will show how everything will be. I watched all Dynamo games in this Champions League qualification. Kiev has chances in the confrontation with Benfica. There are always chances! What, Benfica is just some top rival? You can play with her. It is clear that Lisbon has a good, balanced team. And you can play with everyone.
- What do you think about the game of young Vivcharenko and Vanat? Do they already fit into the Dynamo first team?
- Vivcharenko scored against Sturm, and that's good. Scored a goal, well done! The people of Kiev won, they went further. Vanat is still having a hard time. It is difficult to reach the level that Dynamo needs now.
- Viktor Tsygankov, if he is in his best shape, will he be able to pull out the matches with Benfica and prove himself as a team leader?
- He won't pull anything out alone. If the whole team works like a well-coordinated mechanism, then yes. Then there is some chance. There is still a lack of such skill as, for example, Real Madrid, when they play on the individual qualities of football players. Dynamo does not have this yet. It will be difficult. And therefore, it is necessary to play only all together and for each other. The only way!
- Hope that Georgy Bushchan will pull again?
- God forbid that he had nothing to drag. So that he has as little work as possible (laughs). His direct duty is to rescue and help. He is a player like everyone else. It's just that it is at the final stage, so to speak, at the final echelon. And he has no right to make a mistake. And these are his direct duties - to rescue the team. Thank God that everything worked out so well in the matches against Sturm. And everything was natural! The Kievans naturally went further, beating Sturm. And now Dynamo players will solve the following problem.
- How are things going in Pakhtakor? What are your tasks for the season?
- The tasks are maximum, like those of Dynamo Kyiv. "Pakhtakor" - one might say, this is "Dynamo" for Uzbekistan. Therefore, the tasks are always maximum in all tournaments. There can be no other tasks here. It has always been and always will be. The more interesting.
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