Oleksandr Shovkovskiy's team lost their fourth match in a row in the Euro tournament.
Kiev Dynamo" suffered a crushing defeat to the Hungarian “Ferencvaros” in the match of the fourth round of the main stage of the Europa League of the 2024/25 season. The match at the Volksparkstadion arena in Hamburg, Germany ended with a score of 0:4.
Already in the 17th minute of the match, the Ukrainian club was left in the minority – Vladislav Dubinchak received a direct red card for roughly flying into the feet of an opponent who was serving from the right flank already behind the goal line. The referee went to watch the replay of the episode on VAR, after which he sent the “white-blues” defender off the field.
With ten men, Dynamo began to play second fiddle, but organized sharp counterattacks. In the 36th minute, Oleksandr Shovkovskiy's charges created two dangerous moments in a row – first, Vladislav Kabayev hit the crossbar from an acute angle, and then Vladislav Vanat closed out Oleksandr Karavayev's pass with a shot into the upper frame of Ferencvaros' goal.
The Hungarian club also repeatedly threatened Dynamo's goal, but the reliable play of Georgy Bushchan allowed the Kyivians not to concede in the first half.
However, Ferencvaros opened the scoring at the start of the second half. In the 54th minute, Kabaev made a mistake with a back pass, which Barnabas Varga took advantage of and hit the right corner from inside the penalty area.
In the 56th minute, the Hungarian champions doubled their lead. Christopher Zachariassen picked up the ball in the Dynamo penalty area and sent it into the lower right corner.
In the 67th minute, Ferencvaros made the score a rout. Barnabas Varga scored a double, heading in a pass from Kadi from the right flank.
In the 72nd minute, the Hungarian team could have scored a fourth goal, but Norbert Kajan, who came on as a substitute in the second half, powerfully hit the crossbar after a solo run.
In the 76th minute, the Kievites finally conceded for the fourth time. Saldanha, who had just appeared as a substitute, realized a one-on-one with Bushchan. Dynamo were unable to respond with even one goal.
Review of the match “Dynamo” – “Ferencvaros”
For the Kyiv club, this is the fourth defeat in a row in the European tournament. In the first three rounds, Dynamo suffered a crushing defeat to Lazio (0:3), lost to Hoffenheim (0:2) and suffered a defeat to Roma (0:1) of Ukrainian forward Artem Dovbyk.
After this defeat, Shovkovskiy's team occupies the last, 36th place in the overall standings of the main round of the Europa League, without scoring a single point. Ferencvaros (6 points) rose to 14th position.
In the next round, Dynamo will play against the Czech Viktoria Plzen, and Ferencvaros will host the Swedish Malmo. The matches will take place on November 28.
The eight best teams of the main stage of the Europa League will reach the 1/8 finals. The clubs that take places 9th to 24th in the overall standings will play paired play-off matches for a place in the 1/8 finals. The rest will finish their performance in European competitions.
