Dynamo midfielder Viktor Tsygankov will continue his career in Spain. The winger signed an agreement with Girona for four years. Dynamo will receive an agreed compensation of 5 million euros and 50% of the possible future sale of the player.
What, besides goals, did one of the most talented Dynamo players remember for five and a half years at the club?
great talent. Tsygankov stood out even at a youthful level. Closer to the age of 16, it was clear that he would play for the first team. The only question is when and for how long? It is difficult to immediately recall which of the Dynamo pupils before Tsygankov was able to gain a foothold in the first team at the age of 17. Moreover, in an attacking position, which is a priori more difficult than defense.
Injuries. Viktor Tsygankov never played a full season for the first team. It was the same at the youth level. As soon as he got in shape and in the end he had to show his best qualities, how something happened and he had to go to the infirmary. Then it took time to get in shape. There was no feeling that the player was playing at the limit of his abilities. Such is the physiology of Victor. Physically, he cannot sustain a full 90 minutes and play twice a week. It should be given credit that Mircea Lucescu managed to significantly improve this problem.
By winning the championship. After the work of Sergei Rebrov, Dynamo fell on hard times. The team could not compete with Shakhtar for gold awards. For 5 seasons at Dynamo, Tsygankov won one championship, two Cups, three Super Cups. In fact, this is very little for not the strongest championship.
instability. Good matches were followed by mediocre or failures. Dynamo lost points where it was impossible to do this, if the task was to win. Tsygankov is also to blame for this. It was unrealistic to fight for something serious with such a leader. The football player did not have stability. Nobody knew what to expect from him in the next match.
Performances in the Champions League. In his first match in the Champions League, Tsygankov gave an assist in the game against Napoli. Two weeks later, he scored against Besiktas in Istanbul.
Fantastic results for a 17 year old boy. In the first season, Lucescu scored against Barcelona at the Nou Camp and at Ferencváros in Budapest.
Back-to-back goal against Lazio. In the Europa League, Dynamo failed to achieve significant results. In the best case, it was an exit from the group and the passage of the first opponent at the playoff stage. Then a stronger opponent fell out and that was it. The highlight for Tsygankov in this tournament was a goal against Lazio in the spring of 2018.
The young Dynamo winger dealt with goalkeeper Strakosha in cold blood and humiliatingly scored with his heel at the Stadio Olimpico.
Failure on the Euro. Tsygankov has never been a key player for the Ukrainian national team. With the progress of Mikhail Mudrik, his positions in the national team have already weakened. The player's peak is the Lviv match against Serbia and a goal against the Spanish national team in Kyiv. During the time of playing for Viktor's national team, the national team failed to qualify for the World Cup twice. She reached the quarterfinals of the last Euro, but Tsygankov hardly played due to health problems.
High salary. After 2014, money in Ukrainian football has become significantly less. Good salaries were paid only by Shakhtar and Dynamo. After Andrei Yarmolenko left the team, it was Tsygankov who had the highest salary in the club. According to media reports, his earnings amounted to 1.2-2 million euros per year.
Refusal to sign an agreement. There are not many cases when the players did not want to continue cooperation with Dynamo and went into confrontation with the owners of the club. There was a situation with Yerko Leko, who did not want to sign a new agreement and was sent to reserve before moving to Monaco. Aleksandar Dragovic and Jermain Lens left the club heavily. Yevgeny Khacheridi had a difficult situation. But there was a conflict between the player and the coach. Tsygankov became a pioneer here.
red hair. Redheads have always been loved in Dynamo. This has been the custom since the time of Valery Lobanovsky. The team had to have one player with red hair. Fans always considered Tsygankov their own and Dynamo because of his hair color.
unrealized talent. At the age of 25, Tsygankov was expected to lead the Ukrainian national team and play for a strong club from the leading championship. So far none of this has happened. A great talent that stood out against the background of the team and the championship, but did not shine so fully. There are many reasons for this state of affairs - the level of coaches at the time of formation, the level of the team, injuries, character, big earnings.
The absence of scandals. There was no bad news about Victor's life outside the football field. He lived his own life, not allowing publicity into it. Against the background of Aliyev and Milevsky, he has an impeccable reputation.
Sergei TISHCHENKO