Jozsef Szabo: "Lucescu dumped Dynamo players into the pit"

Ex-coach of Dynamo Kyiv Jozsef Szabo commented on the disastrous start of his former club in the 2022/23 Ukrainian Championship. Recall that at first the White-Blues lost heavily to Dnipro-1 - 0:3, and then lost to Zorya Luhansk - 2:3.

— Jozhef Jozhefovich, what happened to Dynamo?

- My opinion - Lucescu simply overloaded the players. He gave crazy loads in order for the team to get into the Champions League. Lucescu loaded them to such an extent that they walk on foot in the second half. He no longer knows what to do with them.

Even after the loss to Dnipro-1, I said that they would lose the second game as well. Lucescu dumped the Dynamo players into the pit, now they need to be pulled out. We also talked with Lobanovsky about this topic, that you can’t overload the players like that. Loads should be given gradually.

- But Lucescu is an experienced coach, he should have known what would happen in the end if he gave such a load?

- For him, the main thing was to get into the Champions League. Missed! If he had gone there, then much could have been forgiven him. Now the people of Kiev are in such a state that I don't think they will win.

- The next match Dynamo plays in the Europa League with Fenerbahce, then in the championship with Lviv. When can we expect the victory of the people of Kiev?

- They will definitely lose to Fenerbahce, but maybe they will make a draw with Lviv. Lucescu sent the players down. At the beginning of the match, they can still move, and after the 30th minute they sit down altogether. In the second half, there is no speed, no thinking, no freshness. There is nothing, everything is in decline!

- Can you already forget about Dynamo's championship?

- It may still be a long championship. I don't know if Lucescu will be able to pull them out of this hole. Let's see.

- The transfer window in the top leagues has closed, and no one has moved from Dynamo. Surprised?

- You - journalists - have elevated Tsygankov to such a rank that it is as if Manchester City should buy him. He was a good growing player, but over the past year he has had a lot of injuries. He does not play and cannot even prepare himself physically.

Why should European clubs buy Tsygankov to treat or keep him on the bench? Many write that everyone is chasing him. It's all bullshit!

Andrey Piskun