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Champions League. Group tournament. First tour. Group G
Kiev. NSC “Olympic”
Dynamo – Juventus 0: 2
Goals: Morata 46, 84
“Dynamo”: Buschan, Kendziora, Zabarny, Mykolenko, Karavaev (Popov 70), Sidorchuk, Shaparenko, Buyalsky (Garmash 89), Tsygankov (Verbic 71), Supryaga, De Pena (Rodríguez 60)
Juventus: Schesny, Danilo, Bonucci, Chiellini (Demiral 19), Chiesa, Bentancourt (Arthur 80), Rabio, Cuadrado, Ramsey (Bernardeschi 80), Morata, Kulushevski (Dybala 56)
Warnings: Bentancourt 45, Square 50, Demiral 59
Chief referee: Ovidiu Hatsegan (Romania)
It was a unique opportunity to get to Juventus. Cristiano Ronaldo, Weston McKenny and Alex Sandro did not attend. After two gray draws in a row, the club became very nervous, harshly criticized the press. President Andrea Agnelli said that “the whole world is against us”, sports director Fabio Paratici received a fine for yelling at the referee from the bench. And the staff and tactical actions of the debutant coach Andrea Pirlo have already been called by Gazzetta Dello Sport October Revolution. Barely respectful. At Dynamo, they are calm, confident, building the game. However, they haven’t even completed construction for a “Juve” like this yet.
Mircea Lucescu decided not to risk the newly recovered Popov and stayed with Mykolenko in the center of defense and Karavaev on the left. On the flanks of the attack, as expected, Tsygankov and De Pena, more mobile and scorers lately. Pirlo, despite some doubts, stayed with the 3-4-1-2 scheme. On the left flank, in the fight between right-back Cuadrado and the extremely inexperienced Frabotta, the choice fell on … For the first time in such a position. Cuadrado played on the right. And under forwards Kuluszewski and Morata, Ramsey played, in three league games he followed the path “brilliantly badly injured”.
In the first half, the hosts possessed the ball a little more often. That is almost exclusively in its own half. The help of Sidorchuk and Shaparenko to the defenders and more, the high pressure of only two, allowed them to advance without problems. But the central guest block has already been met with fury, intercepted and sent on the advance, usually Chiesa. In the region of 15 and 40 minutes at the Buschan gate it was hot. Federico broke twice and switched to his right foot, once Georgy saved, the second hit was inaccurate. Towards the end, the goalkeeper retreated and kicked Kuluszewski’s heel after a pass to Ramsey, also from the left.
Overall, in addition to these attempts, a couple of more banal punches and a poor corner interception (luck with a Chiellini header rebound), Buschan felt reassured. The positional attacks of “Juve”, even through Chiesa and Cuadrado itself, were harmless. The “Dynamo” attacks were even more harmless, only bringing three hits on goal and one missed error off Shesny. But early in the second half, Chiesa had already eliminated Tsygankov in a positional attack and fired. Ramsey was at the center for once. The Welshman played with his heel and Buschan parried Kulushevski’s low kick straight at Morata.
After a good 20 minutes of the goal, Juventus had no problems carrying out their plan. Just keep the ball away from your goal. Chiesa annoyed the rival, who in place of Dybala also tried to hold on and pass the dribble. All of this stopped, but no response. Only the substitute Rodríguez tried to respond, apparently, little by little the game was approaching the penalty area of Shchesny. However, he only had to take a slight bump from the Sidorchuk rally after a corner. His team played the old Italian way, on hold, very clearly. And I also found the Cuadrado canopy in Morata itself.
Juventus’ latest performances in Serie A raised suspicions about the team’s lack of class, composure and character. Not to mention the well-organized attacking game. In the latter, the Italian champion has not convinced even today. But he showed that he is capable of preparing at the right time. And the Dynamo may consider that the foundations for a decent Champions League entrant have been laid. But for a decent building, for a real showdown with such players (even when they have not yet become a team) is a long way off. It is already clear that this group stage will only serve as a training tool.
