The ex-coach of Dynamo Kyiv Maxim Shatskikh, who is now the coach of Pakhtakor Tashkent, in a commentary to Dynamo.kiev.ua spoke about the test match against Dnipro-1 (0:3), which took place yesterday in Belek, Turkey.
Maxim Shatskikh“This is a training camp... Yes, and we approached this match with Dnipro-1 in a different state. Our rival played with almost the same squad, and we had six players drop out at once. I had to play with an extremely combined, specific composition. For example, our nominal striker served as a right-back. At the same time, we are deliberately pulling the youth that we took to the training camp to the composition of the first team, we want the guys to gain experience, quickly understand our gaming philosophy.
So it's hard to judge from this match. Now, if we played with the main teams, and even in an official match, then it would be a different story. Of course, it is clear that Dnepr-1 has a well-trained team. But we also know our level, we know how we can play, and here the match with Dnipro-1 cannot be even remotely indicative. In a word, it is difficult to objectively judge something by such a match, it's just sparring.
Dnipro-1, moreover, is now not in the same condition as Pakhtakor: the Dnipro team already has the Conference League matches in a month, and we start the new season only on March 3 (The championship of Uzbekistan is held according to the spring-autumn system, - ed.). Plus, we spent only four training sessions at this camp, because we are here for the third day. And in Tashkent, before leaving for Turkey, we had mainly running work, ”said Shatskikh.
