Famous coach and now recognized expert Oleh Fedorchuk expressed his opinion on Dynamo's game in the first match of the Champions League playoffs against Salzburg.
Oleg Fedorchuk"Objectively speaking, we definitely deserved a goal, but Salzburg deserved two. "Dynamo looked very bright, but without a forward it is very difficult to expect goals. It is interesting that after two goals were scored, Salzburg made substitutions and was already playing the game, having more chances. Therefore, the fact that Dynamo had an advantage in the end was most likely due to the Austrians' score.
Vanat? It was his worst game. He hasn't gained any form since the European Championship, where he played about ten minutes. He has some kind of psychological decline, because he had a very weak game: one shot, two fights, bad openings and no imposition of the fight. In general, the team started playing only when he was replaced.
If we look at the prospects, Salzburg is higher because they have a very young team. In general, they are a very interesting team. But this is, one might say, Leipzig's second team. That's why I really liked it. Salzburg is also similar to the Austrian national team, which also played quite confidently at Euro 2024. They play very interesting football, no one in our league plays like that. Players run out with great force and you don't know who to expect to make a breakthrough. This is the tactic that our Armed Forces are demonstrating now.
I was also surprised by Dynamo. The head coach and players said that Salzburg was a very fast team, but we met them very far from the goal. The tactics Dynamo chose were very risky. If we draw an analogy with boxing, it is if you know that the opponent has a knockout punch from the left, but you keep climbing and climbing under the left.
"Salzburg fights for space first and foremost. A lot of coaches make a mistake when they say that the one who has the ball controls the game. In fact, the main thing is to control space and time. That's what Lobanovsky always said. If you have speed, you need space. And if you want to have space, you have to run out of your own half. That is to say, you have to act as a second choice, but at the same time have the initiative. In this case, you decide when the opposing team will have possession. That's what Lobanovsky did. His team gave the ball away, but had the initiative.
In general, Dynamo's players changed their mentality on the field a lot. Kabayev has become much more aggressive, very confident. The same Brazhko and Popov have added a lot. It seems to me that Lucescu still restrained the emotions of the players with his authority, and this affected the game. But today, those who were supposed to become decisive personalities - Brazhko, Popov and Vanat - failed," Fedorchuk said.
