The former player of Kyiv’s Dynamo, Ukrainian coach Oleg Kuznetsov believes that in the central match of the 11th round of the Ukrainian championship Dynamo versus Shakhtar, Vitaliy Buyalskyi was unable to replace Mykola Shaparenko.
— Unfortunately, Vitaliy Buyalskyi could not adequately replace Shaparenko. One could also mention the loss of Yarmolenko and Pihalionok, but it is unlikely that they can currently be considered key players for Dynamo. Overall, Shovkovskyi took a big risk because he decided to field one squad against the Italian Roma and another for the match against Shakhtar. We lost to the Italians, and if we had also lost to the miners, Shovkovskyi could have faced a lot of criticism.
These two matches showed that Dynamo does not have two equally strong squads: if the main players had gone to Rome, Dynamo would not have lost. The Kyiv team bet on the Ukrainian championship because next season only the winner of the UPL will get a chance to compete in the Champions League," said the expert.