Former Dynamo Kyiv head coach Oleksandr Khatskevich shared his prediction for the Blue-and-White team's match against AEK in the second round of the Europa League.
Alexander Khatskevich (photo: A. Ustimenko)- AEK showed itself well in the games with Dnipro-1, but Dynamo is still the favorite in this match. They have more experienced players and their level and class are higher. Above and the organization of the game.
I can only judge about AEK by the matches against Dnipro-1. The Cypriots have a well-organized team with experienced players. They have individually strong players who work well with the ball and set pieces. It is clear that it simply will not. In the first game, Rennes also suffered with AEK, but I would like Dynamo to take three points in this game. If we compare AEK with the teams of our championship, then this is the average level, perhaps, of today's Zorya. "Dynamo" in the UPL creates chances, but the implementation is still lame. I think Dynamo will definitely score, I hope not one goal, because there are chances. I'll bet that Dynamo will win with a difference of two goals and not concede
Tactics? If Denis Garmash has been in the attack for the fifth year, then this, in fact, is no longer funny. If we look at the last games in which Dynamo scored, then two players participated in the attack. Everything was decided by Buyalsky's individual skill and completion by Tsygankov. Therefore, the tactic should be this - to deliver the ball to these two players. We all need to play together, because now the most important thing for Dynamo is the result. You need to take the field not for the company, but to give it your all. These phrases about "forcing preparation" are spoken for ordinary people. A team of the Dynamo level must show a class: both in terms of the game and in terms of the result. Yes, it's hard, we lost five games in a row. But the match with FC "Lviv" showed that when they play reliably in defense, then in the attack there are chances that need to be realized. But without a scoring forward, this is hard to overcome. Two or three people cannot pull, the whole team must work for the result.
Losses? It is clear that Buschan was a prominent figure in the Champions League qualifying matches and helped the team more than once. But Boyko is an experienced goalkeeper, and I don’t see a problem in this position. Except that in the game with his feet, Bushchan looks more confident. Shaparenko in the last year has become the leading player of Dynamo, who disperses attacks. To some extent, Shepelev can replace him, but at the moment there is no full-fledged replacement for Shaparenko at Dynamo.
Lucescu? I will answer with the words of the president of the club, who has been in football for more than 25 years. Igor Mikhailovich is one of the oldest presidents in the Ukrainian championship, and Lucescu is one of the most experienced coaches in Europe. Whether Lucescu has exhausted himself, only time and results will show. Let's go back a month. When Dynamo passed Fenerbahce and Sturm, everyone said that Dynamo was well prepared functionally. Then they lost to Benfica, Dnipro-1 and Zorya - and the opinion changed dramatically. It is clear that five defeats is a lot. And criticism of the quality of the game is justified. But only the head coach and, first of all, the players can fix this, - said Alexander Nikolayevich.
