The Bats were trying to avoid the flight to Kyiv even when they arrived at the Airport. Eventually Valencia president Amadeo Salvo called the president of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych, who assured him that the match wouldn’t take place.
It took Ihor Surkis a lot of effort the find a proper stadium outside our country within the shortest possible period of time.
On February 19 evening both teams came to the capital of Cyprus Nicosia.
The White-Blues midfielder Ognjen Vukojevic has told about atmosphere in Dynamo camp: “It’s a pity that the game won’t take place in Kyiv. Still we’ll try to achieve good result”.
The match will start at 20.00 (Kyiv time) at GSP Stadium. The arena has a capacity of 22,859.
This is the only stadium of Cyprus which matches all UEFA requirements.
It’s expected that only about 3,000 spectators will attend the game.
