On Wednesday, July 20, Dynamo Kyiv was the first Ukrainian club to open the 2022/2023 season. “White-blue” in the 2nd qualifying round of the Champions League took in the Polish Lodz vice-champion of Turkey - “Fenerbahce”.
Champions League. 2nd qualifying round. The first match
Dynamo (Kyiv, Ukraine) - Fenerbahce (Istanbul, Turkey) - 0:0
“Dynamo”: Bushchan, Kendzera, Zabarny, Popov (Sirota, 83), Dubinchak, Sidorchuk, Shaparenko, Verbich (Vanat, 83), Tsygankov (Karavaev, 88), Buyalsky (Garmash, 77), Besedin.
Warned: Sidorchuk (58), Besedin (73), Garmash (90+1) - King (31), Dursun (87).
This match was the first official for the Kiev team in eight months after a draw with Zorya Lugansk in the Ukrainian Premier League in December last year, Dynamo played only friendly charity matches throughout Europe. And although there were enough of them (as many as 28!), However, not a single sparring will replace the game with tournament tasks. It is not surprising that the cheating of the players was insane, and everyone understood that in the upcoming match they would play not only for themselves, but for the whole country waging war against the aggressor.
However, Fenerbahce also showed a serious mood from the first minutes, which has not played in the main draw of the Champions League for a long time and is trying to finally break through there. And the first truly dangerous moment was created at the gates of the nominal owners, when Valencia blocked the canopy from the left flank with a header from the goalkeeper, but Buschan saved the team. In another episode, there was also a pass from the left flank, Can closed from close range, but the blow of the Fenerbahce player was “repaid” by his own partner.
Dynamo players, who were urged on by the stands, chanting “Ukraine! Ukraine!”, actively used the flanks, dangerously shot into the opponents’ possession, but failed to deliver a single blow to the opponent’s goal frame during the whole game. The guests did not succeed in the attack either - from the dangerous moments after the break, one can only remember Bruma’s kick from outside the penalty area, which the goalkeeper parried without much difficulty.
As a result, 0-0 is quite natural - everything will be decided in the second leg, which will be held on July 27 in Istanbul at the Sukru Saracoglu stadium, which can accommodate 60,000 fans and will be “packed” to the eyeballs.
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