Well-known journalist Serhiy Tyshchenko shared his thoughts on Dynamo's 0-0 loss to Rukh.
"The fate of the UPL championship is not decided in head-to-head matches between Shakhtar and Dynamo. The one who loses fewer points in matches against mid-table sides and outsiders will win the gold medal. Last spring, Kyiv's defeat of Shakhtar in Lviv did not matter because they had not beaten Veres and LNZ before that. Therefore, the loss of points in the match against Rukh is a very painful topic for Dynamo. It turned from a minus-6 advantage to a minus-4 advantage.
I think it was a big mistake to play every three days. The match against Vorskla was simply unnecessary. It should have been postponed until later. Perhaps even in the spring, when there will be no more European Cups. The team is just not physically ready for such intensity. Plus, now it is still a difficult move to Hamburg.
We can say that it's even harder for the guys in the trenches, no need to whine. But in reality, professional sports is not about the trenches. No matter how hard it is for me, certain things cannot be changed. We need recovery, training, not just matches. Shakhtar never finished the game in Kryvyi Rih. They postpone everything for later.
Personnel is a big problem. With all due respect, Shovkovsky does not have two equivalent squads. "Rukh only miraculously did not realize their chances because of Mikhavko's poor performance. Taras's weakest match for the Dynamo first team. He did not cope with Krasnopir. Vanat has looked very weak not for the first match. Guerrero is not ready to play yet and cannot improve his game. Against Poltava, he showed nothing, in the match with Rukh he did not strengthen anything in the attack.
In the match between the youth teams, Geric scored 4 goals. Why not include him in the application for the first team if he is so effective? Vlad has 8 goals in 7 matches for the U-19s this season, but has never even been included in the application. Why does he score them then? What are all these 10-0 victories for?" Serhiy wrote on Facebook.