Former midfielder of Dynamo Kyiv, the Ukrainian national team and ex-coach of the Ukrainian youth team Serhii Kovalets shared his thoughts with theBookmakers' Ratingon the central match of the 26th round of the Ukrainian championship between Dnipro-1 and Dynamo.
Sergey Kovalets- This confrontation deserves attention, as there is always a fierce struggle in such matches. We should not forget the fact that Dnipro-1 beat Dynamo in the first round. Therefore, we hope that this confrontation should confirm the status of the central match in the round.
In the spring, the Dnipro team drew many times. One of the reasons for this is the number of injured players. In addition, the club had a transfer ban from FIFA, which did not allow them to buy new players. I think the team was not psychologically ready to fight for gold medals, although after the autumn part of the championship Yuriy Maksymov's team was among the contenders for the top places.
In a short period of time, the young coach of Kyiv, Oleksandr Shovkovskyi, managed to relieve the tension from his players in the training process - this carried over to the championship matches, in which the team achieves results by showing good football. Moreover, experienced players are already available - Andrii Yarmolenko and Vitalii Buyalskyi. These are the players who "make the weather" in the current game of Kyiv and help young people grow professionally and gain experience faster.
For some reason, it seems to me that the champion will be the one who wins the Shakhtar-Dynamo game on 11 May. As for the match in Dnipro, I would estimate Dynamo's chances of winning at 55%, and I predict a 2-1 scoreline in favour of Oleksandr Shovkovskyi's team," the expert predicts.
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