UEFA included the matchup between Kyiv’s Dynamo and Real in the selection of the most sensational upsets in the Champions League

UEFA published on its official website a selection of the most sensational upsets in the history of the Champions League knockout stage.

Andriy Shevchenko against Cristian Panucci in the first match against Real

Second on this list is the confrontation between Kyiv’s Dynamo and Madrid’s Real in the quarter-finals of the Champions League in the 1998/99 season. The first match between these teams, held in the Spanish capital, ended in a draw, 1:1, while in the return match, the Kyiv team secured a 2:0 victory.

— The talisman of Kyiv’s Dynamo, Andriy Shevchenko, put the Ukrainian team ahead in Madrid, and although Predrag Mijatović equalized the score, the forward settled all questions in the return match — his first goal was a follow-up after Bodo Illgner saved a penalty, and the second was scored after a clever pass from Serhiy Rebrov.

This was perhaps the high point of Dynamo’s second golden age under coach Valeriy Lobanovskyi. In the semi-finals, the team lost to Bayern (3:3, 0:1, — ed. note), and then Shevchenko moved to Milan, — thus UEFA comments on the inclusion of this matchup in the selection.