Former Ukrainian footballer Mykhailo Kopolovets criticized Dynamo Kyiv on the eve of the "classic".
- "It's not clear what's going on at Dynamo! Just look at how they are playing in the league: they lost to Ingulets, failed to beat Rukh. The team is unstable. Now I've stopped watching Dynamo's matches because it's just not interesting. They can lose points in every match, even against outsiders. I don't remember the last time that happened.
I think Dynamo needs global reforms, they need to follow Shakhtar's example. In the Donetsk club, the players are moving smoothly, there is a change, but in Dynamo there is some kind of a mess. It is not clear what is going on! I would call it a swan, cancer and pike. Everyone is pulling for themselves, but there is no team.
Look what they did to Tsygankov. The leader of the team, who plays really well, was sold for only five million, and they didn't sell him for 20 million before, when there were offers. They overextended him, and he started to regress at Dynamo. All that's left of Dynamo is the name, and they need a new breath. It's a shadow of the great Dynamo that was built over generations," Mykhailo said.