The legendary footballer of the Kyiv club believes that the “white-blues” helped a lot in eliminating their opponents.
At the same time, the specialist admitted that the departure of the opposing player helped the “white-blue” a lot, because the home team had to change tactics and play less aggressively in attack.
“We played quite confidently. Not a bad game in terms of content, in terms of episodes. It’s clear that the departure, of course, had a big impact. I think it’s more difficult with equal composition. As it turns out , it turned out that the main thing was that we won with confidence, moved and there was only one left.
In the first half, the hosts came out more aggressively, there was a lot of contact, a lot of pure Scottish football. Obviously they played at home – we know how many people get sick there. Yes, in terms of movement they are more reckless, but Dynamo stood up, didn’t panic, controlled the ball normally. The Kievans created 2-3 good phases with the participation of Kabaev and Shaparenko.
Yarmolenko, of course, if with these two crosses he had been more aggressive in the last period, I think he would have been able to close it. In the second half, after the penalty, the Rangers themselves realized and started to play to keep the score to bring the game to extra time, to the penalties. They understood that being a minority would be very difficult for them.
Removing it made the problem easier. I don’t know what would have happened if there was no withdrawal, no one knows, but it contributed to a faster solution to the problem. There was no such invasion Rangersno emotions for powerful attacks, etc. Dynamo who completely controlled the course of the match,” Dynamomania quotes Shatskikh.
We remind you Dynamo won Rangers in the third qualifying round of the Champions League and reached the decisive playoff stage of the tournament.
Source: korrespondent
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