Former Ukrainian national team player Artem Fedetskyi assessed the chances of Dynamo Kyiv in the first Champions League qualifying playoff match against Salzburg Austria. The Austrian team won the first game in Lublin, Poland (2-0).
"The score is unpleasant, of course, but not hopeless. The level of play demonstrated by the Kyiv team in Lublin gives us reason to hope that all is not lost. The goal-scoring chances created by the nominal hosts confirm that the young Salzburg defenders are not blameless, and Kyiv can take revenge if they improve their aim.
The match in Lublin showed that Dynamo's functional training is at a high level. Therefore, it is now very important to approach the second confrontation psychologically hardened. It should also help that Kyiv will have no problems with recovery this time. The UPL calendar match with Vorskla has been postponed, and Dynamo will have the proper conditions to prepare for the match in Austria.
Conclusions. In Salzburg, Kyiv should play in their usual style, but try to score as soon as possible. Then the intrigue will return immediately, and the young Austrian team may start to get nervous and make mistakes. But Kyiv must not concede, because then the task of reaching the next round will become much more difficult.
So, there is no doubt that it will be very interesting next week in Salzburg," said Fedetsky.