Football expert Andriy Shakhov told us what he expects from tomorrow's match of the 2nd round of the main stage of the Europa League between German side Hoffenheim and Kyiv's Dynamo.
Andriy Shakhov"After the 0-3 defeat by Lazio in the first round of the Europa League, Dynamo will play in Germany again, but this time it will be an away match. So again, three modes of transportation, again almost a day on the road. Moreover, this time Dynamo had to travel another 80 km from Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden airport to the hotel. It is clear that such traveling does not add freshness to the players, but within a few hours of their arrival they went to training, which shows their mood and desire to rehabilitate.
Unfortunately, Bragaru, who was sent off in the game against Lazio, will not help in the match, but Shepelev, who missed the start of the season, is training with the team, and Mykhailenko even played with Left Bank.
The opponent, Hoffenheim, is a new name in German football. The club is owned by one of the richest Germans, billionaire Dietmar Hopp, who made a business out of making commercial software. But he doesn't spend a lot of money on the club, he demands self-sufficiency. He methodically raised the provincial team from the lower regional leagues and even brought it to the Champions League. Having made their debut in the elite of German football in 2008, Hoffe has never left the Bundesliga.
But now the team is not in the best condition. It has lost four consecutive league matches, including the last one to Werder, leading 3-0 until the 12th minute, and has dropped to third from the bottom of the table. The draw in the first match of the Europa League in Denmark diluted this black streak a bit, but the team wants to break this string of failures.
I hope that Dynamo will not allow them to do so," Shakhov was quoted as saying by the Bankova Mail telegram channel.
