Dynamo Kyiv hosts Club Brugge KV in the first leg of the Europa League 1/16 finals. The match will be played on Thursday, February 18th at NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium (Kyiv)
At the beginning of the season, Dynamo Kyiv changed its coach and appointed experienced Mircea Lucescu. The Romanian specialist managed to return the White-Blues to the Champions League and to win the first part of the Ukrainian championship. In the Champions League, Dynamo finished third in the group, predictably losing to Barcelona and Juventus in the playoff race. There are still enough shortcomings in the game of the team, but it is clearly progressing against the background of the results of previous years. In winter, the Ukrainian team did not change at all in terms of personnel. Sidcley and Kadiri returned from loan, and Besyedin served a suspension for doping. Otherwise, this is the same Dynamo with a large number of talented young people who are just gaining experience in European Cups.
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The Belgian club had a good campaign in the Champions League, where it was claiming promotion to the playoffs to the last. Philippe Clement's charges are confidently leading in the Belgian championship, outranking the nearest rival by 14 points. Taking into account the gap from competitors, Brugge can focus on European Cups and play from the position of a big favorite in the elite of national football. The lineup of the team is a competent symbiosis of young talents and experienced performers. Goalkeeper Mignolet, midfielders Vormer, Vanaken, and Dirar, as well as forward Dost, can be attributed to the masterful "dinosaurs" of European football. There are plenty of talented young people on the team. Among them, one can note Lang, Kossounou, Chong, De Ketelaere, and Badji.
The Belgian club is a favorite of the upcoming confrontation, but the progress of the Ukrainians and the coaching cunning of Mircea Lucescu cannot be denied either. An experienced Romanian mentor competently prepares his charges in tactical terms. Dynamo knows how to endure and sit back on heels and then uses sharp counterattacks. Club Brugge KV will have more ball possession despite the away status of the match. Nevertheless, we are unlikely to see goal extravaganza in the first leg.
Prediction for the match: Under 3.0 goals scored
