Andrii Polunin, the former player of Dnipro and the Ukrainian national team, shared his impressions about the central match of the 22nd round of the Ukrainian championship, in which Dynamo and Shakhtar met last Saturday (1:1).
Andrey Polunin- You know, for me this is the first derby in recent years, which went relatively smoothly, there was no real scramble. There were very few memorable episodes, the teams did not create many scoring chances.
"The Pitmen scored an early goal thanks to Stepanenko's efforts, and they were already playing to their strengths. However, Dynamo wanted to get back into the game right away and in the first half had two good chances to score. First, the ball hit Rakitskiy in the shoulder, and Voloshyn failed to score, and then there was a cross and the hosts could level the score.
- After the game, in comments, players of both teams expressed differently why there were minimum chances. Konoplya said about the bad lawn, and Andriyevskyy emphasized the importance of the meeting. Who's right?
- The pitch at the stadium is the same for everyone. I don`t think that the reason is the lawn. We need to create more chances to win. Lucescu threw more attacking players into the fight in the second half and it paid off. Andrievskyy executed everything perfectly. Also, Tsarenko helped Dynamo.
- This draw is in favor of Dnipro-1 and Zoria?
- Of course. Not only Shakhtar has lost points, but also Dynamo. "Zorya and Dnipro-1 look both up in the standings and who is behind them.
- There were about 500 fans at the central match of the tour in Kyiv. And the game looked very different from the stands. When the stadium is empty and emotions are completely different. Do you agree?
- Of course. We need to quickly win the war and return to the old life. Supporters miss soccer. The stands will not be filled immediately, but people will return to the stands. Soccer players play for the spectators.
