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Sergey Gorbachenko analyzes the main trends of this fight.
It would be more correct to divide the game between Dynamo and AZ into 2 halves, as they were very different from each other.
In the pre-match press conference, Arne Slot drew attention to the fact that the Dynamo perform very well in quick attacks and the main danger for the Kiev team comes from the counterplay. It is quite logical that the guests had a plan to score a goal early, and then give the ball to the Dynamo and a chance to play the first number, and they themselves go into counter-attack football mode and play the role of Desna.
For this reason, from the first minutes we saw a high pressure from the Dutch footballers. They did not allow Dynamo to control the ball and applied maximum pressure.
After the 15 minute active start, AZ slowed down but did not drop the high pressure. In the stands, it could be clearly heard how the Dutch team players activated the active pressure as soon as Ilya Zabarny took the ball. Fortunately, the saying “where it’s thin, there it breaks” didn’t work this time. Yes, and the Dynamo reacted immediately to this situation, and in the transition phase from defense to attack on the line, Sergei Sidorchuk began to descend to the central defenders to help Zabarny and Mikolenko.
Now get ready! Now it will be the main fundamental that distinguishes the first half from the second. AZ voluntarily applied the minor foul tactic in the first half (this was not the case in the second). This is not a new technique for teams that play under high pressure and attack with a large number of players. The Dutch rooted out even the Dynamo’s quick attack possibilities. They did not allow the opposing players to play their attacks through the center of the field with short passes. In the first 45 minutes, only Shaparenko confidently played the ball and attempted to spin independently towards the opponent’s goal. And then he got into her legs.
Arne Slot’s defenses specifically forced Dynamo to play through defenders, followed by a long pass to Supryaga, where he was closely monitored by the larger Vlaar and Koopmeiners. It is for this reason that Supryaga has the most martial arts in his team: 19. Of these, the young Kiev striker won only 6. At the same time, Vlad did not win a single out of 4 riding martial arts. In the first half, the Dynamo had to attack with long passes to the forward. Supryaga played the role of “pillar”, with which he ultimately failed. He did not receive the desired passes in motion behind his opponents’ backs, but only transferred to the fight in the center circle area.
In the second half, the most important thing happened: AZ stopped having time to cover Dynamo players after losing the ball in the opponent’s half of the field. Either Dynamo added or AZ gave up. There is a suspicion that it is still the latter. There was no longer that density of play with the Dynamo players after the losses. Attacking Dynamo players began to receive free zones and space as they went from defense to attack.
Also, AZ started making more and more mistakes. An unnecessary marriage began to appear, which only testified that the Dutch team is not capable at this point of holding the 90 minutes of the rhythm that she herself marked in the first half. And the Dynamo players started using this. The first goal is vivid confirmation of this when Buyalsky played in the interception and gave Rodriguez an assist.
The statistics for this fight clearly reflect what was happening on the soccer field. AZ had the advantage in almost every way except actual threats to the opponent’s goal.
Although the Alkmarians made more strikes, only one hit the mark. While the Dynamo time and time again ran away in their attacks and was able to score even more than two goals, be a little more accurate than De Pena and Rodriguez. The view that AZ controlled this game and Dynamo in a sense “bounced” is incorrect. The Kievans acted exactly as required to obtain the desired result. Possession of territory and advantage did not pay AZ in the form of dangerous moments. The Dutch created their most dangerous scoring opportunity in the 87th minute, when the score was already 2: 0 in favor of the Dynamo. It was at that moment that Lucescu “turned on” on the sidelines and began to show discontent with his players in a very active way, although before the Kiev supporters’ mentor was calm as a boa constrictor, seeing that the team was fully complying with its plan of game.
Separately, in this fight, I would like to single out Nikolai Shaparenko, who blazes an absolutely new path under Lucescu. In the fight against AZ he was confident and was one of the best to promote the ball. He acted with courage and efficiency. He received the most fouls from the opponent – 4. He made 6 interceptions and lost the ball only 4 times. In terms of the number of individual bouts, he was second in Dynamo after Supryaga – 18, but Nikolai’s efficiency was much higher – 12 won. Along with Rodríguez, most of them went to the coup, 6 times. But if the Luxembourger did it successfully only once, then Nikolai had 4 successful shots in this game.
I don’t want to curse and praise Nikolai too much, because even with Khatskevich he showed good football with sparkles. Hopefully with Lucescu, the Kiev midfielder can show that level in a stable way.
The Dynamo achieved a victory as a coach, again beating the rival, who was considered the favorite of the match before the opening whistle.
Sergey Gorbachenko, especially for Football.ua
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