Dynamo Kyiv defender Oleksandr Syrota assessed the team’s performance in the first half of this season:
“Of course, the first half of the season did not come out as we expected and hoped. Why it happened, the coaching staff will explain to us at the training camp – we will analyze the mistakes and work on the field in order not to repeat them in the future.
In the Champions League, we reached the decisive qualifying round, but Benfica, who opposed us, showed that they are really a very high-quality team, and in two matches with them, we could not, or the opponent did not allow, to show all that we are capable of .
And in the Europa League we were frankly unlucky. For example, if in the home match with AEK our goal in the first half was counted, the score would have become a draw, and I am sure that we would have won this match. This victory would definitely give us confidence. Also in many matches we conceded in the last minutes, probably due to a lack of concentration before the final whistle.
