Well-known journalist and commentator Igor Tsyganyk answered the question why Dynamo coaches do not try to use Mykola Shaparenko “higher”.
Nikolai Shaparenko (photo: Yury Yuryev)- They tried to put Shaparenko higher: even under Khatskevich and Mikhailichenko, he was used in the position of "tens". And it didn't work at all. It seems to me that Dynamo's current midfield configuration is optimal. Shaparenko can really take the ball from defense to attack, he does it great. He has good ball control and good dribbling. But he doesn’t feel very good above, because he likes to tinker with the ball, and you don’t really tinker in someone else’s penalty area. There they hit hard on the paws. For him and other football players, Lucescu found their natural positions, - said Tsyganik in the Tsyganik Live program.
