“I didn’t want Ferencvaros to come across us”

Dynamo Kiev president Igor Surkis commented on the results of the Champions League group stage draw, which took his team to Barcelona, ​​Juventus and Ferencváros:

– I want to sincerely congratulate all the Ukrainian fans on the fact that Dynamo and Shakhtar have such strong opponents. During the draw, I was in no rush: the presence of Shakhtar and the Russian clubs in the baskets left almost no options. I have no regrets: there are no weaklings in this tournament, in each game you have to fight to check your real level. We have already beaten Barça. Players have ambitions. And an experienced coach knows how to put together a game against one or another opponent.

– Lucescu versus Rebrov is a good reason to answer the question: which coach should he have hired this summer?

– The answer to this question has already been given. The rest is history. Rebrov has already been at Dynamo and has shown excellent results. Frankly, he didn’t want us to meet Ferencvaros. Sergey is a legendary personality, player and citizen of his country. I fully understand that in this confrontation the sympathies of our fans will be divided. I am sure many of them will support Rebrov. I will only emphasize that we have maintained a warm relationship, otherwise the call from Budapest would not have sounded at my house at two in the morning after the second leg against Ghent. Sergei Stanislavovich and I congratulate each other and suggest that we could play in the Champions League group. Thoughts are material, you could say: Rebrov and I attracted reality.

In any case, a very interesting autumn awaits us and I ask all football fans to support both Dynamo and Shakhtar. Our football needs victories, positive emotions and a high rating. I really hope that our fans can see these events live. In vain are the Dynamo accused of not wanting to see fans in the stadium. Is not true. We do not want to put your health at risk. There is a big difference between these positions. You need to feel it. At the moment we are awaiting the decision of the authorities in this regard.

– What tasks will you assign to Mircea Lucescu in your next conversation? Do you want to at least continue playing in the Europa League in spring?

– To achieve this, you must set maximum goals and move towards them gradually. And if we set ourselves the task of “letting Barcelona and Juventus go ahead, then we won’t be able to claim anything good. To be honest, Mister says that the quality of the team’s play is far from being completely satisfied with it. In fact, he found himself in a difficult situation: 40 percent of the workforce took off with injuries.

In fact, Lucescu achieved the result not even with the main team, but with a semi-reserve team. In this situation, I remember how Lobanovskiy appeared at the Dynamo. In the fall of 1996, we flew out of the UEFA Cup, lost to modest Xamax and flew to Kiev dead and crushed, and the coaches said: “All the players, from the bridge. The team must be completely renewed. “And two and a half years later, Valery Vasilyevich reached the semifinals of the Champions League with these players.

Even today, with the right psychological preparation, we can show quality football. As long as we give our best, not 55 minutes, as was with “Gent”, but 90. Let’s say thanks to Buschan, who pulled everything and even more. If it weren’t for him, the outcome of the match would have been completely different.