The former midfielder of Kyiv «Dynamo» and Donetsk «Shakhtar» Mykhailo Stelmakh called the victories of these teams in the 13th round of the Ukrainian championship challenging.
— I think the victories over Luhansk «Zoria» (3:1) and Zhytomyr «Polissia» (2:1) respectively turned out to be quite difficult. You understand: after games on the European stage, it was hard for the «miners» and «Dynamo» players to recover, considering the flights, transfers, logistics...
However, despite these circumstances, I can say that «Shakhtar» has been having a hard time playing against «Zoria» lately. The Luhansk team knows how to act against the Donetsk team and prepares accordingly for them. Nevertheless, considering the higher class of «Shakhtar» players who regularly play in European competitions, they managed to defeat «Zoria». Perhaps the superior individual skills of their players made a difference. Although «Zoria» played well in the first half and even took the lead. But two quick goals conceded in the second half somewhat broke the Luhansk team.
If we talk about the match between «Dynamo» and the Zhytomyr team, then «Polissia» started strong. For about twenty minutes, until the first conceded goal, the guests even held the initiative. But when the Dynamo players scored a stunning goal, the result of a good combination (Shaparenko provided an excellent pass, and Vanat shot beautifully), the class difference became even more noticeable. In such games, the outcome is determined by the individual skills of the players. As for «Polissia», despite the sending off of their player, the Zhytomyr team did not give up and continued to play until the end. And they even scored a goal. Meanwhile, «Dynamo» aimed for the maximum result, and it was achieved, — said the expert.