Dynamo head coach Mircea Lucescu talked to reporters in Rennes on the eve of the match of the 3rd round of the Europa League group stage with the local club of the same name.
Mircea Lucescu (photo: Oksana Vasileva)— Rennes is a very strong team that plays on the same level as Dynamo. I have known the mentor of this team Bruno Genesio for a long time, he is a high-level specialist. In the match against Fenerbahce, they did the same as Shakhtar did 15 years ago.
I'm very upset that I couldn't find a hotel in Rennes and the team lives away from the city. We have a difficult situation, the players are on the road all the time, they do not see their families. However, we strive to bring pleasure to our fans and demonstrate a good game in this difficult time for Ukraine.
Dynamo is an international brand representing Ukraine, so we need to keep the brand.
Tomorrow I expect a tough match, but we need a positive result, and we will do our best for this.
As for the readiness of the players, all those who arrived in Rennes are preparing for tomorrow's match. Unfortunately, in the match against Fenerbahce we lost Shaparenko for a long time, but now we can count on Popov.
