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Dynamo are playing well
Dynamo are continuing very solid play. Gone are the times when faced with a grans of European football Dynamo would go into the deep defence, which still would not prevent their opposition from crashing Dynamo. Dynamo played honorably against Barcelona in their 2-0 Champions League Game Day 2 loss and outright well in Milan against Internazionale ( Read more... ) -
And they're off!
Dynamo's season is in full throttle. Two huge news had dominated the early going:
- Dynamo have signed up a new coach in the Summer - Valery Gazzaev. Gazzaev had led CSKA Moskva to the 2005 UEFA Cup and is immensely popular in Russia. He changed the schemes Dynamo played to an interesting and more attack minded 4-2-3-1 (at times - 4-1-4-1)
( Read more... ) - Dynamo have signed up a new coach in the Summer - Valery Gazzaev. Gazzaev had led CSKA Moskva to the 2005 UEFA Cup and is immensely popular in Russia. He changed the schemes Dynamo played to an interesting and more attack minded 4-2-3-1 (at times - 4-1-4-1)
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Taking stock on Fall 2008 Campaign
Time to take stock of Dynamo's 2008 Fall Campaign. There are many positives. Victories home and abroad, promising showings for both youngsters and experienced veterans ( Read more... ) -
Dynamo better shape up
Another very tight, very respectable UEFA Champions League showing, and another point lost in the last minute... Why do we keep screwing up in the last minute? Are the guys THAT unprofessional? Do they not know that the match is played over more than 87 minutes ( Read more... ) -
Dynamo hit a rough patch
Dynamo have undoubtedly hit a rough patch. What seemed to be a continuation of a very promissing season hit an unexpected snag. As Dynamo were leading Porto 1:0 in the their Champions league match, thing appeared quite rosy, indeed, for Dynamo. A win would have all but placed Dynamo in the play-off stages of the Champions League for the first ( Read more... ) -
Dynamo encourages very real optimism
Well, what can I add to what's been and what will be said about Dynamo's play over the last 5 days ( Read more... ) -
Dynamo are still impressive
To a very workmanlike performance against Arsenal, Dynamo have added another non-embarassing performance in the Champions League, in Istanbul against Fenerbahce. Another draw, 0:0, takes Dynamo's talley, 2 points, in this year's CL Group Stage to equal the combined total from the last two seasons. And they did it in 2 games versus 12 from 2006- ( Read more... ) -
Dynamo encourages cautious optimism
Another week goes by and, I must admit, I feel much better about Dynamo: a total decapitation of the Chornomorets Odesa away, 3-0, in the league match, and a hopeful start to the Champions League campaign against Arsenal, with a 1-1 home draw (which was only 3-4 minutes away from being an outright victory). This gives us a shot of optimism. ( Read more... ) -
Arsenal is knocking on the door.
So, after two WC2010 Qualification matches won by Ukrainian National Team, our attention naturally switches back to Dynamo. They had a Ukrainian Cup Third Round match to contest against the familiar opponents, OLKOM Melitopol. It just so happend that it is the third time they travel to Melitopol in this round of Ukrainian Cup in the last 5 years ( Read more... ) -
What's that? A Spartak thud?
Dynamo had brought Spartak Moscow down with an audible thud once again. Thud! 4-1! Who could have expected such domination? 8-2 on the aggregate? Yes, as usual for such situations, we must discuss the possibility that Spartak being bad contributed far more than Dynamo being good. I refuse to believe that Dynamo turned into a juggernaut just ( Read more... )