Jozsef Szabo: "We have lost our main trump card in European competitions - physics"

Former Dynamo coach Jozsef Szabo commented on the poor performances of Ukrainian teams this week in the European Cup (Shakhtar vs. Atalanta - 0:3, Hoffenheim vs. Dynamo - 2:0).

"The worst thing is not the result, but the fact that there is no game. We can't even score! We haven't had a single one hundred percent chance, and it's frightening. Unfortunately, our clubs are at a very low level today. The best players have left our championship and the level of the UPL is going down. The players of Dynamo and Shakhtar have no class: they cannot handle the ball, they constantly give passes back.

Our great coaches, such as Lobanovsky, understood perfectly well that we are technically behind the West, so we have to outrun them physically. That's why Lobanovsky had crazy loads. And today we have lost our main trump card - physics. Now we are not superior to European teams in this regard.

We control the ball in our own half - what is this? Who the fuck needs these passes? No one in Europe uses this toothless control anymore, not even Man City! "Dynamo and Shakhtar are allowed to control the ball by their opponents when they intelligently sit back to play on the counterattack.

So far, today's Dynamo and Shakhtar look like the weakest teams in their history. I don't remember our teams performing so hopelessly in Europe. This is not criticism, but the pain of my heart and soul.

I really enjoyed the Porto vs Manchester United match. MU equalized from a corner kick in extra time - 3:3. It was crazy! This is what I understand - football for spectators," Sport Express quotes Sabo as saying .