Well-known Ukrainian coach and football expert Vyacheslav Grozny shared his expectations for the return match between Dynamo and Benfica in the playoffs of the Champions League qualifier.
V'yacheslav Grozny“I have great respect for bookmakers, but they are not coaches or football players. The first match is already history that can be changed. Of course, you can’t change the score, but certain moments in a future match can.
Of course, Benfica is the favorite on paper. They have a bigger budget, high-level players, they play in the Champions League every year, they successfully played the first match. But! Dynamo has a chance.
Our task is to destroy everything good in the opponent and force them to defend, and they do not do it so well. Sometimes a large group of Benfica players turn off when they lose the ball. Then they get nervous. This is typical for the southern players.
Tsygankov was close to scoring twice, Karavaev went one on one, but the implementation let him down. Therefore, I see the main problem for the people of Kiev in this component. We need to tighten up the implementation.
They have two and a half line-ups and this makes a large group of players nervous, because it is not clear who will play. Everyone who goes to the base tries to prove that he is the best and starts to pull the blanket over himself.
Sidorchuk will definitely return to the main team. I'm not saying that Andrievsky is worse, but Sidorchuk is the captain of the team, he will bring reliability to the support zone and will lead the younger guys. Sergei performs a large amount of rough work and the Dynamo team got used to him. This will untie the hands of the attacking players - Buyalsky and company.
It seems to me that Karavaev will take the place of the right winger in the starting lineup. Sasha always creates scoring chances and plays very sharply. Don't discount Garmash. He is a lifesaver and a joker who, at a difficult moment, can radically change Dynamo's game in a positive direction.
Lucescu is so experienced and wise that he will squeeze the maximum positive out of the first game. Dynamo is now very well prepared and conditioned. They put a lot of pressure and cover.
I noticed (and, therefore, Lucescu also noticed this) that Benfica has a lot of adventurous passes to players with their backs to the goal. Such transmissions can be intercepted. And Benfica will not have time to change the system of its game.
Their game is built on short passes. They don't kick the ball, they try to keep it and go to the dribble. This will take into account Lucescu.
I am sure that Dynamo will take advantage of this. But you will have to raise the defense line higher and make harder pressure to score an early goal. If we succeed in doing this, we will gain a psychological advantage.
Dynamo play matches better away than at home. Note that in away matches, opposing players are removed. So it was with Fenerbahce and Sturm. Why? Because Dynamo knows how to endure and squeeze the most out of the situation.
The Lucescu team does not play adventurously and does not look at the ball possession percentage. And the tactics of a small foul unsettle a more technical team. The opponent starts to get nervous and sits down on the cards
Dynamo has a chance to win with a two-goal lead in regular time, to move the game into overtime. I would like to believe that in extra time luck will be on our side, and if not, then I believe in Buschan in the penalty shootout.
After reading this, many will say that Grozny is crazy. But you have to be a patriot of your teams! I believe that Dynamo will be able to qualify for the Champions League group stage," Grozny said.
