Europa League
Yuriy SHELEPNYTSKY: “In Larnaca you have to play like after the break in Kosice”
Former captain of the Ukrainian national team Yuri Shelepnitsky He talked about what prevented the Dniprians from achieving a positive outcome yesterday and evaluated the chances of Oleksandr Kucher’s wards in the return clash, which will take place on August 25.
– Gone are the days when Cypriot football teams whipped men, as they say, in the international arena. Thanks to the fruitful work with the exchange, the invitation of qualified legionnaires – coaches and players, the clubs of this country gradually forced themselves to account. Thus, Dnipro’s counterpart, AEK, battled Denmark’s more elite “Mitjylland” in the Champions League qualifiers and forced Serbian “Partizan”, who was also considered the favorite in the previous round of the Europa League, to surrender.
– Therefore, there can be no question of some kind of understatement on the part of the Dnieper?
– Of course. And the disastrous first half can be explained by the appearance in the Dnipro-1 starting roster of several legionnaires who have joined the team quite recently, and so clearly there was not enough teamwork, especially with a crossover safety net. Because of this, the nominal hosts on the flanks had vulnerabilities in their defense and the only two goals conceded were well managed.
– However, it was also unpleasantly surprising that the Dnieper was toothless in the attack …
– The guests managed to finally neutralize Artem Dovbik, who was at the forefront of the attack, with his incomprehensible passivity, without causing any inconvenience to them. I think Dovbik should have been more active in the search for the ball, especially try to move from the depths of the field. Also, long-range shots from Dnipro have become easy prey for the AEC goalkeeper.
– The new leader Alexander Kucher, what did you need to pay attention to your wards during the break to achieve a turning point?
– First of all, it was necessary to increase the aggression, to put the high pressure into service, to be more stubborn in the election. Secondly, it was necessary to strengthen the line of attack. And I must say that after the break we saw a completely different Dnepr-1. It turns out that Dovbik can hold onto the ball and not only threaten the ownership of the guests, but deftly help the partners. He managed to replace experienced Artem Gromov, which the Cypriots were not always ready to enter the penalty area, the hosts had problems even after vertical passes. Goal chances began to appear at the gates of AEK, and if they are lucky in execution, Dnipro can save the seemingly hopelessly lost match …
– So, do not you think that, despite the defeat in Kosice, the Dnieper-1 is doomed?
– No, the second half gave hope that all is not lost. We need to seriously work on the mistakes and try to play in Larnaca like after the break in Košice. AEK did not give the impression of an impenetrable team. The only thing that worries me is the fact that there is a lack of experience in official battles due to the short rank of Dnipros and the aggression of Russia…
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Ukrainian defender Nottingham Forest Alexander Zinchenko He shared his feelings after his team beat Utrecht (2:1) in the main round of the Europa League.
“It’s a great feeling. First of all, I’m back. Secondly, it’s an incredible feeling to win a match. Getting three points today was very important for us. As you can see, it was a difficult match. But at the end of the match, I think we got what we wanted and let’s continue like that.”
“As a defender you always want to keep a clean sheet, but unfortunately we couldn’t do that today. So it’s something we need to work on in the future.”
“This is one of those matches where whoever wins the most challenges in different areas of the field will win the match. Today we won many more goals which helped us a lot in the game. But to be honest, even the opportunities we created, including me, we should have scored and finished this match earlier,” said Zinchenko.
Nottingham Forest is in 11th place in the rankings with 11 points after 6 matches in the Europa League this season.
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sports doctor Dmitry Babelyuk He was not happy with the decision made by Sean Dyche, the head coach of English Nottingham, in the match against Dutch Utrecht in the Europa League (2-1).
The Foresters’ coach has given Ukraine national team defender Alexander Zinchenko a place in the starting squad after the player missed nine matches due to injury.
“These old-school coaches never cease to amaze. In 2025, with the advancement of sports science and medicine, I don’t understand how it is possible to release a player from the winger position for a full 90 minutes at the same time after two muscle injuries.
First, Moyes did this to Mikolenko, which led to Vitaly’s relapse. Now Dyche makes the same obvious mistakes.
Understanding that Zinchenko is a player who has regularly suffered from muscle problems in recent seasons; injured twice at Nottingham in the last three months; Having not played for the last six weeks, I cannot imagine how anyone could be so negligent in getting a player into top playing form.
This is not often seen in the new generation of coaches such as Thomas Frank or Enzo Mareschi, but the old ones continue to rely on their own emotions, leaving players in danger of unnecessary relapses.
I hope everything goes well for Sasha and he returns to his best form, but playing 90 minutes at a time after two months of treatment is outright stupidity in modern football at the top level,” Babelyuk raged.
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Nottingham Forest manager Sean Dyche The performance of the players who returned to the field after their injuries in the 6th round match against Utrecht in the Europa League (2-1) was evaluated as follows:
“I’m happy for a lot of the players. Douglas Louis only trained for two days. I don’t usually do that, but he talked to me and said he felt good. He wanted to play.”
“Zinchenko did an incredible job” for the full 90 minutes. We didn’t have such a plan, but we can only make a certain number of changes.
Murillo returned after a week’s illness. We had to be careful with him.
It was difficult to make sound decisions about who would play, who would not play, and how many minutes he would stay on the field. But in the end everything went well and I am very happy.”
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