Physically, the people of Kiev are ready for serious confrontations
Captain of Kyiv Dynamo Sergei Sidorchuk in an interview Sport Arena spoke about the performances of the team in the first part of the season. According to the midfielder, the problem was in psychology.
“The war factor cannot be missed. This is probably one of the most difficult reasons [такого выступления команды]. The beginning seemed to be not bad, and then, like a sinusoid, everything went down, and you can’t do anything about it. Although in training and physical data – everything seemed to be fine. The problem was in psychology, in the mind. How to get out of it? You just need to win. Mister once said: “Now you have to play not like champions, but like a team that is fighting for its survival.” And it gave such an impetus.”
“We hit a lot, and it was a huge problem. To be honest, we were almost two months without normal training. Now it all needs to be taken as it is.
“If you look at the complex and see how many Fenerbahce have signed new players for this season, they have made more than 20 transfers. Next is Rennes. To be honest, at the beginning of the season I thought that he would be exactly the second in France. If you take the club itself, the structure, the players they hire and they have a very good academy. It happened with AEC… I won’t make excuses, so I won’t say anything.”
“And just in the Europa League, we lacked a footballer. We really missed Nikolai Shaparenko. It’s no secret to anyone that before the injury, he was our main player. We missed him, and we don’t have enough now.”
This season, Sidorchuk has played 25 matches for the people of Kiev in all tournaments. The midfielder has one assist.
Mircea Lucescu’s wards did not make it to the Eurospring, leaving the group stage of the Europa League. In the standings of the UPL, the Kievans occupy the third position.
The team will play its next match within the Ukrainian championship in the spring. As part of the 16th round, Dynamo will meet with Ingulets in a home match, the base day of the tour is March 4.
Source: Sportarena
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