Football journalist and expert Andrey Shakhov commented on the return match of Kyiv’s Dynamo against Israeli Maccabi (1:0) in the playoff round of the UEFA Europa League qualifying. Recall that based on the results of two matches (1:3, 1:0), Aleksandr Shovkovskiy’s team failed to advance to the main stage of the tournament and will now compete in the group stage of the Conference League.
Andrey Shakhov“A quick goal - what more could you wish for! A great debut, but the continuation... The team must certainly score, yet their first shot on target in the second half came in the 90th minute. And that was merely the fourth shot on target against Maccabi after the break. The fifth and final one was a humorous shot by Karavaev in stoppage time.
This time the players cannot be blamed for lack of will or desire to rectify the situation. But it once again felt like they simply had no idea HOW to do it.
Moreover, there were no internal games between the matches against Maccabi. For an entire week, Shovkovskiy prepared the team in Poland for the return match, yet when they stepped onto the field, the players clearly did not understand how to break through the opponent’s defense, how to get into shooting positions, how to create chances,” wrote Shakhov in his Telegram channel “Shakh and Shakh”.
