Head coach of Scottish Rangers Philip Clement told what he expects from the return match of his team with Dynamo Kyiv in the 3rd qualifying round of the Champions League, which will be held next Tuesday in Glasgow. Recall, the first meeting of the rivals ended in a draw, 1:1.
Philippe Clement- "Dynamo and Rangers are teams of the same level. Our opponent has an advantage in the respect that they have been playing with this squad longer than we have been playing with ours, but our team did really well tactically in the first match against Dynamo, and it is not easy with new players.
I was very happy about it and the goal scored in the last minute, it was a deserved goal, so in the end we had more shots on goal than Dynamo. Of course, everyone would have liked that goal to be scored earlier, but our opponent has a really good goalkeeper.
In the first match with Dynamo you saw the weaknesses of this team, which we can take advantage of. Tomorrow we will focus, first of all, on this.
I don`t know how our opponent will play. Maybe they will wait and play more from defense, counting on counterattacks. We must be ready for different scenarios.
"Dynamo" is a really good team, and I think that in the first match against them we achieved a lot, playing compactly and pressing with the whole team. But this opponent is very dangerous when playing standard positions and in the transition from defense to attack.
As for our personnel situation, we have only doubts about Leon Balogun, he felt discomfort at the end of Saturday's match with Motherwell, and he did not train today. We will see how he feels on the day of the game.
It is important to determine the lineup for the match with Dynamo and understand what positions need to be changed compared to the first match. We also need to take into account the possibility of overtime when determining the lineup," Clement said during the pre-match press conference held today in Glasgow.
