Former player and head coach of Dynamo Kyiv Leonid Buriak spoke about the Kyiv team after it became the leader of the Ukrainian championship.
Leonid Buriak. Photo: V. Rasner
- Leonid Yosypovych, yesterday Dynamo beat Vorskla 3-1 and took the first place in the Premier League. Kyiv also has a UPL match with Rukh, and then a Europa League match with Lazio. In what form are the white and blues approaching the test with the Romans?
- "Dynamo has a good, young team now. As for the form, I can say that it should change every day. I think the Kyiv team is in the best shape right now. The team consists mainly of Ukrainians. But now the coaching staff is giving foreigners a chance.
Colombian defender Bryan Ceballos and Panamanian forward Eduardo Guerrero played their first matches with Vorskla. Let's see how they do! The Ukrainian championship and European competitions are different things. Of course, it will be very difficult to rebuild. But we have already played Salzburg this season. Before that, we had successful matches with Glasgow Rangers and Partizan. Let's see what happens in Rome! "Dynamo needs to improve with every step, with every match. The season has just begun!
- Doesn't yesterday's victory over Vorskla mean anything in the context of Lazio?
- No, no. This is a different level.
- Will there be a special match for Mykola Shaparenko with Lazio? Earlier the media wrote that the Roman club wants to buy him.
- The match will be special for everyone. All players want to prove themselves in European competitions with such rivals. Every game at this level is about self-affirmation. Dynamo players must feel when they are playing poorly. And they need to play in such a way that everyone thinks they are in perfect condition. In these Europa League matches, every Dynamo player has to show his best, because the performance in matches like the one against Lazio is a mirror of the player.
- Roma, also Dynamo's future opponent in the Europa League, has had a change of head coach. Instead of Daniele De Rossi, the Romans will be led by Ivan Juric. What advice do you have for Artem Dovbyk, who will now have a new coach?
- Artem needs to play football. Some people make Dovbyk a second Mudryk. If the Giallorossi wing players provide him with passes, he will score. If they don't, it's a different story. Dovbyk is not Mudryk. He doesn't have any kind of filigree dribbling. Artem needs to be provided with passes, then he will score.
- They write that Mudryk can move to Inter. Is this a normal option for him?
- That's for Mudryk to decide(laughs).
Dmytro Kotkov.
