Last season Kyivans defeated Chernihiv side only once in domestic league, so no one expected this battle to be a laugher for Mircea Lucescu’s men.
The match was played after two-week international break. This was the period when a lot of Dynamo first team performers featured for their national teams while Desna were getting ready for the game in full force.
The match started traditionally. Dynamo took the ball under control, but didn’t actually create scoring opportunities for a while. Meanwhile visitors could get their noses in front halfway through the first half, but Budkivskyi missed the ball after cross from Kalytvyntsev.
Later home side got more active and had some decent chances. Kedziora hit the post with a header. Kartushov almost sent the ball into his own net after low cross by Tsyhankov, but Past saved his team. And then de Pena hit the woodwork with a spectacular volley.
After the break Dynamo missed opportunities parade continued. Past parried the attempt of Tsyhankov and Buialskyi missed when trying to head the ball in.
In the second half Desna focused on defense and barely attacked while Dynamo couldn’t cope with their wall.
So it’s 0:0. Dynamo lose first points this season. Another bad news for Kyivans is injury of defender Tymchyk, who was substituted in the first half.
UPL. Matchday 2
FC Dynamo Kyiv – FC Desna Chernihiv – 0:0
Dynamo: Bushchan, Kedziora, Tymchyk (Zabarnyi, 36), Mykolenko, Sydorchuk (c), Buialskyi, Tsyhankov (Verbic, 64), Shaparenko, Karavayev (Rodrigues, 64), de Pena, Supriaha (Sol, 80).
Desna: Past, Tamm, Ohirya (c), Dombrovskyi, Filippov (Yermakov, 67), Kalytvyntsev, Kartushov (Hutsuliak, 67), Hitchenko, Mostovyi, Konoplia, Budkivskyi (Totovytskyi, 75).
Booked: Zabarnyi (66) – Kalytvyntsev (55), Dombrovskyi (63), Hitchenko (74).
