Joint tournament. Dynamo – Zenit. Preview

Joint tournament. Dynamo – Zenit. Preview

Match starts at 20:30.

In the second game against Russian side Dynamo newcomers Jeremain Lens and Dieumerci Mbokani are likely to get the game practice.

Miguel Veloso may also take the field.

Oleh Blokhin was rather satisfied with the White-Blues play in the previous match.

This tournament is a good chance for young players to demonstrate their best qualities.

As for Zenit, Russian team didn’t go back to St. Petersburg after the first game against Kyivans.

They have regular training sessions at Dynamo stadium named after V. Lobanovskyi.

Zenit head coach Luciano Spaletti has estimated the first match against Dynamo positively as his players have demonstrated good physical shape and tactical skills. After the game Spaletti wished Oleh Blokhin and his team all the best.

One of the most famous players who represented both Dynamo and Zenit is Oleh Salenko.

Born in St. Petersburg, he moved to Kyiv being 18. It was the first transfer in the history of Soviet football.

Still there were other players and coaches whose fates were connected both with Ukrainian and Russian team, such as Yuriy Voinov, Olexandr Damin, Mykhailo Butusov and Yuriy Morozov.

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