Mentor of the White-Blues summed up the results of the match in which his team steamrolled the vice-champion of Serbia.
The head coach of Dynamo Kiev Alexander Shovkovsky commented on the resounding victory over Partizan Belgrade in the first match of the second round of qualifying for the Champions League season 2024/25.
In the match that took place on July 23 at the Arena Lublin in Lublin, Poland, Dynamo destroyedsilver medalist of the Serbian championship with a score of 6:2.
This is the biggest victory for the “white-blues” in European competition since the 2016/17 season, when the Kiev team defeated the Turkish “Besiktas” with a score of 6:0 in the group round Champions League.
“I congratulate everyone on the victory, but I would like to immediately emphasize that the task has not yet been solved. There is still a return match, so we will continue to prepare for it in the same direction as for this game. We will watch and analyze the first match, analyze our own mistakes, without which there is no football. But the most important thing is the efforts that were on the field, our achievements, the guys carried out the setup for the game, and now we have a pretty good result before the return match.
Why didn’t Alexander Tymchik even hit the target? in the application for the match? Unfortunately, during training camp he was injured and is now recovering, so we are waiting for Alexander to start full training. While he is working individually.
This game provided us with certain information. In particular, what we agreed on before the match is, in general, what happened. I won’t say anything about the tactical instructions that we tried to convey regarding the opponent, because we still have a return match ahead, but in general, the guys did everything we asked. What I liked most is that even after giving the opponents a penalty, my players did not wilt and continued to adhere to the game plan. No matter how the match turns out, we must be concentrated until the final whistle,” the official Dynamo website quotes Shovkovsky.
Review of the match “Dynamo” – “Partizan”
The return match between Dynamo and Partizan will take place on Wednesday, July 31, in Belgrade. It starts at 21:00 Kiev time. .
The winner of the two-game confrontation between Dynamo and Partizan will face the Scottish Rangers in the third round of Champions League qualifying, and the loser of the third round of Europa League qualifying will face the loser of the pair, Lugano. (Switzerland) – Fenerbahçe (Turkey).
We would like to remind you that Dinamocancelled all bilateral eventsbefore the match with Partizan due to the participation of the Serbian club in a friendly tournament in Moscow in early July this year. Also, before the start of the game, the Kiev players did not shake hands with the Belgrade players.