And again, the last minutes. Dynamo lost away to Rennes

Dynamo Kyiv approached the equator of the Europa League group stage with two defeats in charge and therefore had to hold on to points in the third round match against Mircea Lucescu’s team Rennes. However, according to bookies and most experts, the clear favorite of the meeting was the French club.

From the first minutes, Rennes took the initiative almost completely, creating one dangerous opportunity after another. At first, the people of Kyiv were lucky, but in the middle of the first half the efforts of the hosts led to a goal. Amin Guiri cut through the Dynamo defense with a single pass and the Martin Terrier hit the far corner of Denis Boyko’s goal with a non-working left.

After that, the French temporarily gave the initiative to the guests who needed to regain it, while they themselves were openly waiting to catch Lucescu’s guards in the counterattack. Fortunately, in the 33rd minute, Dinamo made a great attack, which resulted in a goal: Artem Besedin returned to Vitaly Buyalsky, who took turns reaching for Tsygankov and Viktor shot into the opponent’s goal. The goalkeeper coped with the first blow, but the leader of Kyiv arrived in time for the recovery.

The teams went to the timeout with equal points on the scoreboard – 1:1. And the first part of the second half resembled the beginning of the match: Rennes players still created many opportunities at the gates of Kyiv, but lacked accuracy in some parts, and in others, Dynamo goalkeeper Denis Boyko was on his side. best. Overall, the game was very tense, with Ukrainian fans using more validity this season than any previous European match.

In the end, the players of the French team are visibly tired and here, it seems, Dynamo should try to hold on to more than one point. In the end, however, a short-pass game to control the ball, which was apparently the head coach’s intention, had fatal consequences. Duai, who scored the winning goal one minute before the end of regular time, was injured in Denis Popov’s left flank, who turned this situation into an advantage.

The time added was too little to make up for. Dynamo have suffered a third consecutive defeat in the Europa League and remain in the last place in the standings. Mircea Lucescu’s team has almost no chance of qualifying for the playoffs in the second most important European Cup, as Rennes and Fenerbahce already have seven points each. Meanwhile, Dinamo was defeated in the last minutes to the silver medalist of the Turkish Championship in September.

However, Dynamo can still compete for the third line with AEK from Larnaca and get a ticket to the Conference League as a result. Three points separate the White-Blues from the Cypriots – only the price of defeat in the first face-to-face meeting. But for this you need to start collecting points. Next Thursday, the second champions of Ukraine will try to take revenge on the French club in the home match. Mircea Lucescu has exactly one week to work on his mistakes.

Europa League. Group B

Rennes – Dynamo – 2:1

Terrier (23), D. Futures (89) – Tsygankov (33)

Zabarny (88)

“Red”: Mandanda, Meling, Teate, Rodon, Assignon, Terrier (Ablen, 79), Te, Ugochukvu, Burizho (Truffer, 85), Guiri (D. Due, 64), Mayer (Kalimuendo-Myuing, 64).

“Dynamo”: Boyko, Dubinchak, Popov (Vivcharenko, 92), Zabarny, Kendzera, Sidorchuk, Shepelev, Buyalsky, Kabaev (Vanat, 79), Besedin, Tsygankov (Karavaev, 86).

Judge: Jose Sanchez (Spain)

Roazhan Park Stadium (Rennes, France)

RENNE – DYNAMO. TEXT BROADCAST OF THE MATCH