The White-Blues lost to Austrian Salzburg by two goals.
Head coach of Dynamo Kyiv Oleksandr Shovkovsky commented on the defeatfrom Austrian Salzburg in the first match of the playoff round of the 2024/25 Champions League qualification.
The match at the Arena Lublin in Lublin, Poland ended with a score of 0:2.
“Of course, I am not happy with the game. Also, in a sense, I am not happy with the referee's actions, because the foul on Yarmolenko there was 100%. And if it is not a penalty, then at least a very dangerous free kick.
As for the team's play, we created many chances, but the game consists of goals scored, not of opportunities created by us. We still have a return game, we will prepare for it – this match is not over yet.
There were enough chances to score, but we failed to finish in some places, we failed to close in others, and we hit the post in others. This is a game. We will analyze this game in detail in order to play successfully in the return match. Salzburg's weaknesses? I will tell the team about this,” the official website of the “white-blues” quotes Shovkovskiy as saying.
Dynamo midfielder Nikolay Shaparenko also commented on the result of the match.
“With such a game, we deserved to score a goal at home. I don't know what it is connected with that we couldn't do it – we just didn't realize our chances, and the opponent realized theirs.
The opponent's players defended very well. We had several approaches to the goal, but the defenders fought back well, blocked our attempts. We had several shots, but they were unsuccessful. I repeat, we couldn't realize the chances we had. We will wait for the return match and try to rehabilitate ourselves.
The head coach pointed out our mistakes and you saw that after the break we played well. But there was an unfortunate incident with the penalty. That's football, things like that happen. Although we had chances to come back, it all depended on us.
In my opinion, the team played very well. The start of the first half was good, we could have scored. The second half was also good. It was an interesting game, unfortunately we lost. I am pleased with the team, the players, and the fact that they took to the field not just to serve their number, but played for the Dynamo emblem and gave their all to win a worthy result,” the official website of the Kiev club quotes Shaparenko.
Dynamo goalkeeper Georgiy Buschan also shared his impressions of the match on MEGOGO.
“In my opinion, the game today was equal, we just had to convert our chances, but not lucky. But the team played until the end, and I think that we will still have chances to play as best as possible in Austria.
I think there was a certain excitement, but the opponents also pressed well. In particular, in the first half we were not always able to escape the pressure, and there were my mistakes. In the second half, we improved our game, but we were a little unlucky,” the official Dynamo website quotes Buschan as saying.
The return match will take place on Tuesday, August 27, in Salzburg. The starting whistle will sound at 22:00: 00 Kyiv time.
The winner of the confrontation will receive a ticket to the main stage of the Champions League, and the losing team will play in the Europa League.
