Dynamo Kyiv President Igor Surkis spoke about the team's performance in the Champions League qualification.
Igor Surkis“Only my ambitions and the ambitions of the head coach made me stay up at night and probably him too, to get into the Champions League this year. But now I would have a question. Well, if we got there, what would we do there? We can't get stronger, I don't want to be dishonored. Last year, when everything was fine, we performed even then without a hitch.
In the Europa League, teams of the Champions League level are Fenerbahce, Rennes, which played in the Champions League last year. We lost to Dnipro-1 0:3, and AEK beat them twice. Today it is a serious team. I would like to see how we will look.
And do the players understand that if they lose in the UPL, this is such a thing, this is an internal championship, each team wants to win. And on the European arena - be so kind as not to go out, as you and Benfica did, you scored goals for yourself. And you go out and fight until bloody, as our Armed Forces are fighting today and liberating villages and cities. This is how it should be.
But I don’t go out on the field, understand, this is their job. I can somehow morally stimulate them, financially. They give beautiful interviews, they say that they are for our Armed Forces, that they are ready. But if you are not ready for the field - well, you are of draft age. Be, guys, then be kind and admit it honestly, take a weapon and go defend our country. This is my message to them,” added Surkis.
