Igor Linnik: "Dynamo is coming back to itself!"

Famous Ukrainian journalist Igor Linnik commented on the victory of Kyiv Dynamo over Scottish Rangers (2:0) in the return match of the 3rd qualifying round of the Champions League, which took place yesterday in Glasgow.

"Kyiv Dynamo, as expected, defeated Glasgow Rangers - a kind of Scottish Veres....

Beaten due to what? First of all, due to much better functional readiness! It was this newly acquired ability of Dynamo to use arrhythmia - when it is necessary to sharply increase the pace and keep it as long as necessary; and when a pause is necessary, to take it without losing the ability to control the course of events on the pitch - that became the basis of the victory in Glasgow.

On the foundation of high functional readiness coach is much easier to vary tactical rearrangements, because in this case in his hands in the main levers of control of the entire battlefield. Only then is it possible to concentrate the epicenter of events needed by the coach in one or another point/direction.

The current Rangers are totally unprepared for such an increase in stakes - they are operating in a "get physical as the season progresses" mode. And all he's left with in the end is to blame his defeat on the referees. Well, let them, it's their problems.

"Dinamo, as in the case with Partizan, was head and shoulders stronger than the opponent offered to it, although compared to Partizan, Rangers is a much more experienced, well-rounded and skillful team.

Thus, I come to the assumption that Salzburg, an even better team, will have a very difficult time against Dynamo!

Without getting into the tactical maze for obvious reasons, I would like to mention only one thing: in Glasgow Oleksandr Shovkovskiy left Pihalenok on the bench, and released Buyalskiy in the starting lineup. Why? I think, this way he thought in advance about the need to strengthen (and speed up!) Dynamo's game in the final phase of the duel in Glasgow, about the possible extra time, etc.

What is the point of all this? It is encouraging to see how thoroughly and comprehensively the Dynamo coaching staff approaches the organization of the process of managing the game actions of its players, providing for the most different variants of developments on the pitch.

It means that Dynamo is coming back to itself!

P.S. Why Rangers is Scottish Veres? Because by the style of play it is the same fighting club, trying to intimidate the opponent rather than to outmaneuver him with the power of mind. And in this regard, it was very useful for Dynamo to look at Rivne before the visit to Glasgow. The difference is in one thing - in Glasgow the referee did not condone hooliganism on the pitch, while in Rivne the red carpet was laid out for Akhmetov's bonus earners...," Linnyk wrote on his Facebook page.