The ex-striker of the white-blues – about the performance of the people of Kiev in the Champions League qualification
The ex-forward of Dynamo, and now the newly minted head coach of Pakhtakor Maxim Shatskikh, in an exclusive interview with Sport Arena, spoke about the upcoming matches of the white and blue with Lisbon Benfica in the Champions League.
– What are your predictions for the confrontation between Dynamo and Benfica? What are the chances of the people of Kiev?
– Dynamo need to play against Benfica, that’s all. The game will show how everything will be. I watched all Dynamo games in this Champions League qualifier. The Kyivans have chances in the confrontation with Benfica. There are always chances! What, Benfica is just some top rival? You can play with her. It is clear that Lisbon have a good, balanced team. And you can play with everyone.
– What do you think about the game of young Vivcharenko and Vanat? Do they already fit into the Dynamo first team?
– Vivcharenko scored against Sturm, and that’s good. Scored a goal, well done! The people of Kiev won, they went further. Vanat is still having a hard time. It is difficult to reach the level that the Dynamo team needs now.
– Viktor Tsygankov, if he is in his best shape, will he be able to stretch out the matches with Benfica and prove himself as a team leader?
“He won’t pull anything by himself. If the whole team works like a well-coordinated mechanism, then yes. Then there is some chance. There is still a lack of such skill as, for example, Real Madrid, when they play on the individual qualities of football players. Dynamo does not have this yet. It will be difficult. That is why it is necessary to play only all together and for each other. The only way!
– Hope that Georgy Bushchan will pull again?
– God forbid that he had nothing to drag. To have as little work as possible for him (laughs). His direct duty is to rescue and help. He is a player like everyone else. It’s just that he is at the finishing stage, so to speak, at the final echelon. And he has no room for error. And these are his direct duties – to rescue the team. Thank God that everything worked out so well in the matches with Sturm. And everything was natural! The Kievans naturally went further, beating Sturm. And now Dynamo players will solve the following problem.
– How are things going in Pakhtakor? What are your goals for the season?
– The tasks are maximum, like Dynamo Kyiv. Pakhtakor is, one might say, Dynamo for Uzbekistan. Therefore, the tasks are always maximum in all tournaments. There can be no other tasks here. It has always been and always will be. The more interesting.
Dmitry Kotkov
Source: Sportarena
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