- Dynamo Kyiv captain Serhiy Sydorchuk spoke about the team's performance in the first part of the season. According to the midfielder, the problem was psychology.
Serhiy Sydorchuk. Photo by Yuriy Yuriev"The war factor cannot be overlooked. This is probably one of the most difficult reasons [for the team's performance]. The beginning seemed to be good, and then everything went downhill like a sine wave, and you can't do anything about it. Although in training and physical data, everything seemed to be fine. The problem was in psychology, in my head. How to get out of it? I just had to win. Mister once said: "Now you have to play not as champions, but as a team fighting for your survival." And that gave us such an impetus.
We were traveling a lot, and it was a huge problem. To be honest, we were without normal training for almost two months. Now we need to take it all as it is.
If you look at the whole complex and see how many new players Fenerbahçe signed for this season, they made more than 20 transfers. Then there's Rennes. To be honest, at the beginning of the season I thought that they would definitely be second in France. If we take the club itself, the structure, the players they take on and their very good academy. With AEK, it turned out this way... I won't make excuses, so I won't say anything.
And it was in the Europa League that we were missing a player. We really missed Mykola Shaparenko. It's no secret that before his injury he was our main player. We missed him and we miss him now," Sydorchuk said.
