Former Ukrainian midfielder Ihor Khudobiak pointed to those responsible for Dynamo's 0-3 defeat of Lazio in the opening match of the Europa League.
Igor Khudobyak- "An unexpected game from Dynamo. In the first half, there was a terrible failure in defense, especially from the central defenders. So, probably, somewhere young players lacked experience. In addition, Ceballos was injured, although he also made a mistake in the first goal. And it is worth noting that the entire Dynamo team did not look fresh in this game. This unexpected result of 0-3 is, of course, a defeat. Again, I would like to emphasize the very poor defense, although Kyiv created chances. There were moments from set pieces, Brazhko scored from the penalty spot, etc. We could have scored, but the attack played very poorly.
The result was not according to the game, it was not supposed to be devastating, it should have been somewhere around 2:4 in favor of Lazio. But this is Dynamo's first bad game since the beginning of the season, so it's hard to say whether this is the true level of Kyiv, but it is a loss in the Europa League against a top club. Before that, Dynamo played quite well. We need to watch three or four more games of Kyiv in the European arena and then draw conclusions about their level.
Shaparenko's failure? Not only he failed, it's hard to single out anyone at all, because almost the entire team failed in this match. Yes, they did some things, but they didn't score, didn't realize their half-chances, so that's the score.
I think Shovkovsky and the coaching staff will find the reasons, understand the game, draw conclusions and pass it on to the players so that they don't repeat it. I noticed that the team did not look fresh, I think Dynamo needs more rotation, better recovery, etc. We also need to analyze the game well, correct mistakes and prevent them. This is the first game that has been a failure since the start of the season, so we can't criticize the team too much. We need to see how they will react after this defeat and how they will play further," Khudobyak said.
