Andriy Shakhov: "I would not radically reduce Dynamo's chances of reaching the next round"

Famous journalist Andrey Shakhov commented on the outcome of the Europa League match between Dynamo and Lazio.

"Something is not going well for Dynamo in the Europa League. In the last nine matches of the tournament, Dynamo scored only one point, losing the remaining eight matches! Moreover, before the game with Lazio, our team conceded more than two goals only once, and that was in a draw in Cyprus with AEK Larnaca! And in five home matches there were five defeats without a single goal scored! It was horrible, of course.

Against Lazio, Dynamo did not look like their summer self. The far from the best offensive performance was compounded by gross errors in defense, which led to the first two decisive goals.

Let's add to the poor result the injury of Seballos, the removal of Bragar, whose European Cup debut was very unsuccessful. A truly black evening for Dynamo...

Nevertheless, I would not drastically reduce Dynamo's chances of reaching the next round. We wrote that they need to score at least 9 points to do so, and Kyiv has home games against Czech Victoria, Hungarian Ferencvaros and Riga ahead of them. However, in order to even beat them, they will need to play much better than against Lazio.

0-0 with Rukh, 0-3 with Lazio... Is this a reason to say that the team is in decline? I think two matches is not the right distance to say that. Let's see what will happen on the Left Bank, in Sinsheim, Germany, whose stadium can accommodate almost the entire population of the city, and at home with Kryvbas," Shakhov's words were quoted by the Bankova Mail telegram channel.