FC Dynamo Kyiv head coach Mircea Lucescu and defender Olexandr Tymchyk have summarized the Champions League matchday 2 game against FC Bayern Munich (0:5).
Mircea LUCESCU:
- Dynamo have equaled their biggest Champions League defeat today. Is that about individual mistakes or opponents’ skillfulness?
- The final score reflects what happened on the field. Before the game I said Bayern are #1 claimants upon the Champions League title. We knew we couldn’t play attacking football against them as they use space perfectly. That’s what they did in the second half, when we rushed forward. Our mistakes resulted in three or even four goals.
We were doing pretty well before the first goal. Basically Bayern didn’t have chances, but penalty changed the situation. I need to watch that episode again. Guys say there was a foul against Sydorchuk which made him handle the ball. Anyway, we lost confidence and conceded the second one, when Andriyevskyi lost possession.
We tried to attack and had some decent chances, but had problems with the final pass. We were playing wrong which is why we couldn’t score. When attacking, we were leaving space behind and Bayern used that.
Bayern are incredibly tough opponent for us, but I don’t think they’ll risk in following games like they were doing today. Anyway, as I’ve said, Bayern are #1 claimants upon the Champions League title.
Olexandr TYMCHYK:
- Do such defeats demoralize players?
- Of course we’re very upset, but I’m sure Mister will make conclusions and will point out our mistakes. As he’s said, Bayern used those mistakes.
- There were a lot of inaccurate passes today. Players lacked confidence. Is that about mentality?
- The thing is that Bayern applied pressure effectively. We tried to cope with that, but could hardly do it.
