“Kyiv has no chance for the European Cup in the spring, but there is an opportunity to improve its reputation a little”, — write: sport.ua
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Galatasaray Traditionally, Europa League matches are played on Thursdays, but this one will take place on Tuesday. The reason is that four Istanbul clubs are playing in the main round of European Cups this season, and three of them are in the Europa League (except for Galatasaray, these are Fenerbahçe and Beşiktaş). Therefore, UEFA, in order to avoid holding more than one match on one day in Istanbul (due to security issues), made the calendar so that the matches of the seventh round of the main round of the Europa League for Istanbul clubs will take place on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday (since the matches of the last eighth round will be held simultaneously , then all the Istanbul clubs will go away, because of this the games of the penultimate round will become home games for all of them).
Galatasaray is sixth in the standings and has quite a good chance to get into the top 8 at the end of the main round and go straight to the 1/8 finals of the Europa League. The Istanbul team won three times (PAOK, Elsfborg and Tottenham suffered) and drew three times (with RFSH, AZ Alkmaar and Malmo). The goal difference is 15:11.
In the national championship, the “yellow-reds” are in the lead, ahead of “Fenerbahce” by six points after 19 rounds (and without a single defeat and having only drawn three times).
There are many famous names in the team, but the former players of “Napoli” – Viktor Osimkhen (14 goals and five assists) and Dries Mertens (the unfading Belgian has 14 assists and p eight heads). Wingers Akgyun and Yilmaz are also very effective, so the Dynamo defense must be very careful.
Dynamo And it is precisely with defense that Kyiv has problems, especially with its center. Denys Popov will miss the game due to injury. Taras Mykhavko and Christian Bilovar are very unstable, especially the former, who regularly scores in his own goal during the season. Oleksandr Shovkovsky practiced a scheme with three center backs in European Cup matches, but due to the absence of Popov, this option is no longer available. Volodymyr Brazhk could be dropped back from the support zone, but the midfielder will also not play due to injury. And the option with Dyachuk is, in principle, possible, but for some reason it is not believed, considering that Maksym missed a lot of the season due to injury.
Due to the above-mentioned problems, two central defenders were watched at the winter training session at the “Dynamo” location. But Bohdan Slyubik will return to Lviv “Rukh” and his transfer will be discussed, at best, only in the summer. And the South African center back Ime Okon seems to be still in the team for viewing for a week, but, most likely, the coaching staff was not impressed either. At least there was no hint of a contract.
The central midfielders Oleksandr Andrievskyi and Volodymyr Shepelev, who were not counted on by Oleksandr Shovkovskyi, left the team. The first of them has already found a new team, having signed an agreement with Zhytomyr “Polyssy”.
At the meeting, “Dynamo” started with a defeat against the German “Magdeburg”, but did not lose again – only “Vidzev” did not manage to beat, but against FCSB, “Maribor” and “CSKA 1948” Shovkovsky’s wards turned out to be stronger.
In the championship, the Kyivans are first and everything points to the fact that they will not give the cherished championship to anyone this season.
And now about the sad thing, which I would not like to write about and which will be specifically discussed at the end of the block of information about “Dynamo”, since there is clearly nothing to brag about here. In the European Cup arena, the Kyivans frankly failed, losing all six matches in the Europa League and de facto losing their chances for the European Cup spring long ago. Moreover, only one goal was scored in these matches. Therefore, in the reported game, Dynamo’s tournament motivation will be to try not to take the last place in the overall table. And the attempts to save the prestige of the club can be mentioned, and the prizes for the victory will not be superfluous.
Given that “Dynamo” traditionally plays well against Turkish teams, it can be assumed that there will be chances to win, in addition, it is believed that they will finally break through and manage to score, and more than a goal per game. How many will be missed by the people of Kyiv will be seen already on Tuesday evening.
Statistics of meetings The teams did not meet each other in official matches, but on April 15, 2022, they will hold a friendly charity match. Then Dynamo turned out to be stronger, winning 3:1 (Besedin, Buyalsky and Tsygankov scored for Kyiv).
Estimated compositions Galatasaray: Muslera – Ayhan, Sanchez, Bardacci, Jacobs – Torreira – Akgun, Demirbay, Mertens, Yilmaz – Osimhen
“Dynamo”: Bushchan – Tymchyk, Mykhavko, Bilovar, Vivcharenko – Mykhaylenko, Shaparenko – Yarmolenko, Buyalskyi, Kabaev – Vanat
Forecast for the confrontation It is not a fact that “Dynamo” will be able to win, but we expect at least two scored goals from the Kyiv team. And how many will be missed is unknown, but we predict that the teams will play a game with many scored goals.
Galatasaray January 21, 2025 –
5:30 p.m
Dynamo Kyiv