On June 25, FC Dynamo Kyiv had their first training day in Switzerland, while on June 26 Mircea Lucescu’s men played their first friendly. Our team faced the Swiss Challenge League side Yverdon-Sport FC. Just like previous ones, this match had charity status – “Play for Peace. Stop the War”.
The game ended in a draw – 1:1. Yatsyk scored for Dynamo early in the first half while Swiss team equalized after the break.
Home side started the game more actively. Although Kyivans were mostly in possession, Yverdon approached Neshcheret’s goal more often. Anyway they didn’t create real scoring chances while the White-Blues’ first attempt was a success. Yatsyk obtained the ball in the left side, rushed into the penalty area, eluded defenders and hit the far corner – 1:0.
Then Antiukh, Dubinchak and Buialskyi had promising opportunities, bud didn’t use those.
Later Yverdon defended really well and orderly while having decent counterattacks. Kone appeared in front of the goal, but instead of shooting passed to his teammate and Kravchenko intercepted it.
The second half started with Dynamo attacks. After pass from Harmash, Buialskyi sent the ball over the bar. Later Harmash attempted by himself, but missed a bit. Meanwhile Boiko coped with two strikes by Beyer from inside the box.
Eventually Swiss side succeeded. Beyer entered the penalty area and sent the ball past Boiko – 1:1.
Later Diachuk missed with a header after corner and then Vivcharenko intercepted the ball after inaccurate pass from Yverdon keeper, but wasn’t ready for that, so the final score is 1:1.
