Events that happen inside the team influence the White-Blues play. Before the UPL matchday 10 game against FC Karpaty Lviv Olexiy Mykhailychenko, Andriy Bal and Yuriy Romenskyi lost their posts.
Squad rotation is already traditional for Kyivans. Comparing to the last game against KRC Genk Oleh Blokhin made six substitutions in the starting line-up: Dragovic, Makarenko, Miguel, Sydorchuk, Husiev and Mbokani took the field instead of Vida, Tremoulinas, Vukojevic, Haruna, Lens and Ideye.
Game aspects
Dynamo started attacking actively at once. Karpaty played very orderly for defense and it took Kyivans more that couple of dozens of opportunities to open the score.
Six minutes into the match Husiev obtained the ball inside the penalty area, passed to Mbokani, who hit the post.
Right before the break Dynamo had to score, the post rescued Karpaty two more times in the first half after Mbokani’s and Belhanda’s shots.
The situation remained the same in the second half, but the White-Blues couldn’t net the ball!
72 minutes into the match Jeremain Lens made a substitute appearance and nine minutes before the time Brown Ideye took the field. Several seconds later Nigerian finisher didn’t manage to hit the open goal somehow, but in three minutes he finally scored the decider!
Key episode
Six minutes before the time Karpaty goalkeeper Iliushchenkov cleared Yarmolenko’s shot, after which Brown Ideye netted the ball!
Top persons
New blood has helped Dynamo a lot. Yevhen Makarenko played confidently as left back. Supporting midfielder Serhiy Sydorchuk participated both in attacking and defensive actions.
Ukrainian Premier League 2013/14. Matchday 10
22.09.2013. Kyiv. NSC Olimpiyskyi. 19,843 spectators
Dynamo – Karpaty – 1:0 (0:0)
Dynamo: Koval, Silva Khacheridi, Dragovic, Makarenko, Miguel, Sydorchuk (Ideye, 81), Husiev (Lens, 72), Belhanda (Vukojevic, 89), Yarmolenko, Mbokani.
Karpaty: Iliushchenkov, Pashaev, Balazic, Plastun, Kostevych, Fedorchuk, Martyniuk (Hitchenko, 70), Zeniov (Marcelinho, 83), Strashkevych (Tkachuk, 46), Bartulovic, Hladkyi.
Goal: Ideye (84).
Yellow cards: Yarmolenko (43) – Martyniuk (44), Plastun (79).
Statistics (first half – in brackets)
Dynamo |
Statistics |
Karpaty |
1 (0) |
Goals |
0 (0) |
34 (15) |
Shots |
5 (4) |
12 (3) |
Shots on target |
0 (0) |
19 (9) |
Shots wide |
5 (4) |
3 (3) |
Posts/bars |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
Saves |
11 (3) |
65 (62) |
Possession (%) |
35 (38) |
11 (4) |
Corners |
5 (3) |
1 (1) |
Offsides |
2 (2) |
9 (5) |
Fouls |
17 (8) |
1 (1) |
Yellow cards |
3 (1) |
0 (0) |
Red cards |
0 (0) |
* photo by V. Rasner