Sergiy Tyshchenko's column. Why Zorya's problems have become problems for Dynamo

Last season, Dynamo Kyiv benefited greatly from Zorya's success. Patrick van Leeuwen's team was in contention for silverware until the last round, and could even fight for the championship. The quality of the game was one of the best in the league.

"Dynamo received a ready-made player for the first team in Volodymyr Brazhko. This allowed us not only to say goodbye to captain Serhiy Sydorchuk, who is no longer young by football standards, and his considerable salary, but also to get an asset, an opportunity to progress and improve our own game.

Serhiy Buletsa left for the Polish championship, where he plays for Zagielembe on loan. If the Poles buy out the transfer, a certain amount will go to Dynamo's accounts. I heard that it is somewhere around 2 million euros.

I hope that Dynamo has prescribed a percentage of further transfers in the case of Nazariy Rusyn. In the summer, he became a Sunderland player for €2.5 million.

In other words, the players who did not suit the then-coach Mircea Lucescu were able to progress in another team. As a result, Dynamo received financial and personnel benefits.

Now, in the summer, a new group of players who did not fit in the first team left for Zorya to seek opportunities. Unfortunately, the club's owner Yevhen Heller made a mistake with the coaches. The appointment of Nened Lalatovic looked a bit absurd from the start. Valery Krivintsov has a very difficult personality. Somewhere he could not keep silent. He is now the third coach at Zorya. The result is the relegation zone in the UPL and failure in the Conference League.

Of the loan players from Dynamo, Oleksandr Yatsyk has made the most progress. He came as a player who was supposed to replace Brazko. Lalatovic did not trust him. It seems that this was the choice of the previous coach, Van Leeuwen. At Kryventsov, Oleksandr has already started to play consistently. It's unlikely that his current level of Yatsyk allows him to hope for a return to Dynamo.

Anton Bol is completely lost. He was sitting on the bench at Dynamo, and he is sitting on the bench at Zorya. There was no trust, neither from Lalatovic nor from Kryventsov. In the summer, the club invited the Brazilian Jordan to fill this position. Anton has only 281 minutes so far this season. One match in the UPL and three in the LC. No progress.

Vikentiy Voloshyn was recruited as a potential replacement for Serhiy Bulets. Before that, Voloshyn did not do well at Oleksandriya. He will be 23 in the spring. 2 goals and 3 assists in 13 matches does not look hopeless. But it doesn't seem as if Vikentiy will make a difference in his team's attack. Zorya have started to trust him more than they did in Oleksandriya, but he hasn't had any "wow effect".

Ihor Horbach scored two goals and made two assists in the LC. In the UPL, he hasn't been effective. Ihor is only 19 years old. He is in the process of developing in adult football. So far, his level does not allow him to be even a mainstay at the level of Zorya.

Artem Benediuk did not play for the first team. Although Oleh Danchenko and Bohdan Butko had problems at right-back. On the opposite flank, Maksym Smiyan and Roman Vantukh have health problems. Despite this, Artem has not played a single minute for Zorya's first team. Benediuk plays at the U-19 level.

Serhii Tyshchenko