On Wednesday, November 6, Kyiv’s «Dynamo» played the first leg against Slovenian «Maribor» in the 2nd round of the «Path of Champions» UEFA Youth League for the 2024/2025 season. Reminder: the first meeting between the rivals ended in a draw, 1:1.
UEFA Youth League, 2nd round. Second leg
«MARIBOR U-19» (Slovenia) — «DYNAMO U-19» (Kyiv, Ukraine) — 1:3 (0:1)
Goals: Koreni (75) – Redushko (45), Ponomarenko (46, 49)
First match - 1:1
«Dynamo U-19»: Surkis (c) – Sizyonyuk, Korobov, Zakharchenko, Dykhyi – Ishchenko, Salenko (Lyusyn, 90), Osypenko (Bilyi, 87), Redushko (Pashko, 76), Kremchanyn (Andreyko, 75) – Ponomarenko (Lobko, 90).
«Maribor U-19»: Handanovic – Lorbek (c, Shaubach, 86), Rashid, Kramberger (Senekovich, 68), Slana – Vikhier, Agbeko, Belovich (Kikets, 68), Koren, Videnovich (Osterts, 68) – Podlesnik.
In the first match, the «white-blues» had total dominance, taking 30 shots at the opponent's goal. The game pattern did not change in the reporting match. From the first minutes, the Dynamo players took possession of the advantage, trying to find keys to the opponent's goal. Igor Kostiuk's charges focused on flanking crosses, but the hosts expertly neutralized all their attempts.
Long-range shots did not yield dividends either, in particular, Ishchenko shot over the goal. After a corner kick, Salenko tried to flick the ball into the net with his heel, but missed the target.
Overall, «Maribor» predictably played defensively. The Slovenes did not often control the ball and attack, but they acted much more effectively in defense than in the first match. The first moment at Dynamo's goal arose in the 27th minute, when Koren found himself in a shooting position and fired under the pressure of a defender from about 17 meters, but Surkis reacted and played reliably.
Ponomarenko actively looked for his chance. After a cross from Redushko, the forward narrowly missed getting to the ball; in another episode, Matviy's shot was blocked, and when the striker closed Osypenko's cross from the left flank from close range, the ball, unfortunately, soared above the goal.
In the final minutes, Salenko again decided to test his luck with a long-range shot, but again missed the frame. Nevertheless, at halftime, the teams went in with Dynamo leading. In the 45th minute, Korobov joined a positional attack, crossed from the right flank, and Redushko successfully closed the far post, scoring practically «in the locker room» – 0:1.
The start of the second half was «striking» for our team. Immediately after the game resumed, the score was doubled. Redushko broke through the left flank, entered the penalty area, and gave a comfortable pass for Ponomarenko's shot, and Matviy touched the ball into the practically empty net – 0:2.
A few minutes later, the forward scored his second goal of the match. This time, teammates found Kremchanyn on the right flank, who broke into the penalty area and crossed to the goalkeeper’s area, where Ponomarenko outpaced Redushko and pushed the ball into the net literally from a meter – 0:3.
Even having such a serious lead, the Dynamo players did not think of giving the initiative to their opponent and withdrawing to their goal. Attack after attack continued to assault the hosts' goal. Redushko once again burst into the penalty area from the left flank, but his shot from about 10 meters was blocked by a defender; after a corner kick, Kremchanyn could not connect with the ball, being within the penalty area, and later, in one episode, the Maribor goalkeeper made two saves in one instance, parrying Ishchenko's shot from outside the penalty area and Kremchanyn's follow-up shot practically from point-blank range.
The players of the Slovenian club played on the rebound, not thinking about attacks, so most of the time the «white-blues» defense, led by Surkis, remained unoccupied. However, it was necessary to maintain concentration, as the hosts did not abandon the hope of scoring at least a prestige goal and tried to break forward at the first opportunity. At the opposite goal, Kremchanyn had a super chance, breaking free to the goal, but instead of passing to the completely free Ponomarenko, who could have gone one-on-one with the goalkeeper, he went against several defenders and could not shoot at the goal.
The hosts did not give up and eventually reduced the deficit. A Maribor attack went through the center, partners softly set up Koren, and he shot past Surkis into the corner – 1:3.
A little later, Salenko was unlucky – Roman shot from outside the penalty area after a pass from Pashko, who broke through the right flank, but the post saved the hosts. In the final minutes, Dynamo calmed down, allowing nothing to the opponents, and the score did not change until the final whistle.
Thus, «Dynamo» confidently defeats «Maribor» on aggregate (1:1, 3:1) and advances to the next round, where they will meet the team «2 Korriku» (Kosovo), which won against «Yuk Dublin» (Ireland) with an aggregate score of 2:1 at home and 3:1 away.
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