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News And Notes: Cup Draw Pits Giants Against Minnows
By: Yevy |Fortune did not smile on the underdog today. The only teams who have had the privilege of lifting the Ukrainian Cup in the past dozen years drew the two remaining First League sides for the quarterfinal phase of the competition. Dynamo will travel to Alchevsk to face Stal, while Shakhtar will play away [...]
Dynamo 2 – 0 Zorya: “B” Squad Cruises Into Quarterfinals
By: Yevy |On the heels of a 5-0 drubbing two weeks ago, all Zorya Luhansk manager Anatoliy Volobuev wanted from his players this time around was a “respectable showing”. While his team was able to keep the score from getting out of hand, they once again could not avoid conceding early in the match at Lobanovskiy [...]
Dynamo – Zorya: Ukrainian Cup Preview
By: Yevy |On Wednesday Dynamo will face Zorya Luhansk in Kiev for the second time in less than two weeks to determine who advances to the quarterfinal round of the Ukrainian Cup. On October 17th the league leaders put four goals past goalkeeper Andriy Komarytskyi during the opening fifteen minutes on their way to a 5-0 [...]
Tavriya 1 – 3 Dynamo: Missed Penalties Don’t Stop Leaders
By: Yevy |Artem Milevskiy and Ismael Bangoura often seem to have a telepathic connection with each other on the pitch. On Saturday the Dynamo striker duo combined for all three goals, and shockingly two missed penalties, as the visitors defeated struggling Tavriya in Simferopol. Goalkeeper Stanyslav Bohush had his streak of not conceding in league [...]
Porto – Dynamo: Champions League Thoughts
By: Yevy |For too many years, Dynamo was a ship adrift in the choppy waters of Champions League football. Denied even single point in the group stage a year ago, and without a victory in four years, the semifinal appearance of 1999/2000 was a distant memory for the Kiev crew. But today voices of optimism [...]
Porto 0 – 1 Dynamo: Aliyev Bomb Earns The Points
By: Yevy |Porto goakeeper Nuno didn’t do his homework. Watching Oleksandr Aliyev line up for a 30 meter free kick from the left wing, the veteran Portugese should have known what the Dynamo midfielder produced from that exact spot less than a month ago. As the delivery came in, Nuno reacted towards his near post, [...]
Champions League Thoughts, Etc.
By: Yevy |Poor Luis Aragones. You would think that after winning Euro 2008 the old man could nap comfortably in the coach’s box and not worry about criticism of his team’s performance. As it turns out Fenerbahce fans don’t really care that Spain won the European Championship, and don’t think that managing their club is [...]
Fenerbahce 0 – 0 Dynamo: Recap and Highlights
By: Yevy |After a hard fought 90 minutes against the Yellow Canaries, Dynamo got the result they deserved in Istanbul. While head coach Yuri Semin emphasized the positives in his post-match comments, it is hard to be satisfied with a nil draw against a vulnerable opponent. Fenerbahce seemed destined to self-destruct and gift the visitors [...]





