The Blues have lost four games in a row.
Dynamo Kiev in its second match in the 2022-2023 season suffered a second defeat in a row. This time from Luhansk Zorya with a score of 2:3. This is the worst start in the history of the club. The legendary club has never started worse.
Dynamo played a nominal away match with Zorya in Kyiv, on the field of their home stadium named after Valery Lobanovsky. Before the game was the opening ceremony of the season. Of course, there were not enough fans, but we all know what time we live in. But there were a lot of VIPs. There was also the coach of the national team of Ukraine Oleksandr Petrakov, UAF vice-president Oleg Protasov was nearby, Pavel Yakovenko and Evgeny Khacheridi were present at the match.
The first thing that surprised me was the starting lineup of the people of Kiev. The presence of Andrievsky, Shepelev and Kendzhera made the journalists shrug their shoulders. These players have not been impressive in recent games. Looking ahead, let’s say that they failed the game against Zorya.
In general, in the first half, Dynamo simply did not know how to find a gap in the enemy’s defense. There was not a single truly worthwhile moment at the gates of Matsapura. And Zarya ran great in counterattacks. Rusin and Mishnev were well versed in the situations that their partners created for them. And forget Rusin in the 45th minute, going one on one with Buschan, the second half could not have been played.
We don’t know for certain what Mircea Lucescu said or did during the break of the match. However, three substitutions made by the Kiev mentor allowed the capital team to completely take control of the game.
From the 46th to the 60th minute of the meeting, Dynamo scored one goal, and missed a couple more chances to score. And when Vantukh was removed from Zorya (he received two warnings in 11 minutes), it seemed that Dynamo would put pressure on his opponent.
But it was not there. Dynamo’s catastrophic positional mistakes during the defense allowed Luhansk team to score more. Rusin and Brazhko easily beat four rivals and the young midfielder Zarya drove the ball under the crossbar. As it turned out, it was the winning goal of the match. A beautiful goal by Buyalsky did not affect anything.
As a result, the victory of Zorya with a score of 3:2 and the leadership in the UPL. And Dynamo, shares 15-16th place with Rukh. If we recall two defeats from Benfica, then a series of four defeats in a row to Dynamo with a goal difference of 2-11 does not give any hope before a visit to Istanbul. On Thursday, Dynamo expects an angry Fenerbahce. We all remember who knocked out the Istanbul club from the current Champions League.
Source: Sportarena
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