Famous journalist Mykola Nesenyuk - about the performance of Dynamo Kyiv in the group stage of the Europa League. We will remind, "white and blue" in their group prematurely took the last place.
"The other day, one of the football experts said that the current Kyiv "Dynamo" reminds him of "Barcelona". Of course, they started making fun of him. And for good reason. Because the current "Dynamo" also reminded me of "Barcelona". As it was exactly a quarter of a century ago - in the fall of 1997.
Let me remind you that that fall, the glorious Barcelona was eliminated from the Champions League at the group stage, losing twice to Dynamo Kyiv. First away 0:3, then at home 0:4.
How to forget the mad hysteria that engulfed Ukrainian journalists at that time? In one voice, they raised "Dynamo" to the heavens, declaring the players to be superstars and the coaches to be geniuses and miracle workers. Why not? After all, they completely destroyed "Barcelona" itself!
What happened next is well known to everyone - already in the spring, everything fell into place. "Barcelona" continued to win all possible trophies and titles, and "Dynamo" - to remember those two victories, which remained the last.
But it was! "Barcelona" really looked helpless in those matches in the fall of 1997! Just like the current "Dynamo", which is very similar to its former one," Nesenyuk wrote on his Facebook page.