Famous Ukrainian journalist and commentator Roberto Morales shared his expectations for the match of the final, 8th round of the main stage of the Europa League between Kyiv’s “Dynamo” and Latvian RFSH, which will take place today in Hamburg.
“Before the start of the main round of the Europa League, the end of this stage seemed perfect for ‘Dynamo’ according to the calendar. A Latvian no-name team, here ‘Dynamo’ will definitely take points!
But “it didn’t happen as expected.” There is no confidence in anything before the game. Against “Galatasaray,” the Kyiv team delivered their best result in the main round (3:3, — ed. note). In any circumstances, a draw on the field of this opponent looks like a positive result. And after all the horrors that Alexander Shovkovskiy’s team produced in the current Europa League, this looked like a significant feat.
The Riga club, like ‘Dynamo,’ prematurely lost the chances of continuing their European cup performances. However, they scored more goals, conceded less, and have three points more than the “white-blues.” Additionally, they have a victory over “Ajax,” 1:0.
As is typically the case in not very football-oriented countries, clubs that suddenly show something in European cups are filled with legionnaires, furthermore, rather colorful and exotic legionnaires. RFSH has 21 of them on their roster. Africans, Balkans, Japanese, a Finn, an Albanian. There is also a young Ukrainian, Maksym Derkach,” — said Morales.
