So, we're a month into Dynamo's 2010/2011 season. It started with a disappointing draw against Obolon Kyiv and continued with a pair of unconvincing 2:1 wins against Tavriya Symferopol and Metalist Kharkiv. But Dynamo had kept touch with the leaders Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and stayed even on points with Shakhtar Donetsk. With every match, however ( Read more... )

Today the 2010/2011 UEFA Champions League 3rd Qualification Round draw was conducted.

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Maybe it's true? I guess, it is possible, yet - not very likely. The Ukrainian Premier League is evening out. What else could be the best evidence of that than the struggles the top three Ukrainian teams were put through this weekend against inferior opposition? Dynamo, after a quick goal at Vorskla, were unable to muster much offense and had ( Read more... )

Dynamo win their first title of the season! They overcome Shakhtar in a tight and very exciting Ukrainian SuperCup match, 4-2 on penalty kicks, following a 2-2 regulation draw. The result is not as important as WHO achieved it in Dynamo uniform: Rybka, Markovic, Gavrancic, Mandziuk, Fedoriv, Dedechko, Mykhalyk, Moroziuk, Aliev, Oliynyk (Ninkovic ( Read more... )

The schedule is out, here's what Dynamo's new season will look like:
July 10, USC vs. Shakhtar Donetsk (in Odessa)
July 14, UPL 1 @ Shakhtar Donetsk
July 21, UPL 2 vs. Arsenal Kyiv
July 28, UPL 3 @ Chornomorets Odesa
Aug 4, UPL 4 vs. Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Aug 11, UPL 5 @ Metalurh Zaporizhzhya
Aug 14/15, CL Q3L1 TBA
Aug 18, UPL 6 vs. Karpaty Lviv
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So, Dynamo Kyiv had to struggle early on, but they overcame Metalist Kharkiv's stubborn resistence and put away the resolute guests late, for a 4-2 home victory in the return leg of the Ukrainian Cup Semifinal. It was tough. with less than 10 minutes to go the score was 2-2. Metalist still can not beat Dynamo but they are showing how close they ( Read more... )

Remember what I said last week? Here - "Dynamo better get busy. Vorskla is an excellent opponent to turn things around but there will not be many walks in the park the rest of the way..."Well, guess what, they managed to fuck it up. At home. There really is little upside to such results. perhaps, there was one - Shakhtar, also at home, did ( Read more... )

The Ukrainian Semifinal first leg was a very tough and exciting match. The fast improving Metalist definitely served notice to the favored Dynamo. It was an open match with chances to score for both teams. At the end, Dynamo's higher class told as they were able to convert one of their chances. Kharkiv club missed all theirs.

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Dynamo are still disappointing. A 1-0 squeker over the very average Illichivets? We'll take the three points, but is this indicative of a month-long slump that Dynamo are in?

SuperCup vs. Shakhtar Donetsk 2-0
UPL 1 vs. Chornomorets Odesa 4-1
CL 2Q1L @ Metalurgs Lijepajas 4-1
UPL 2 @ Metalurh Zaporizhzhya 5-0
CL 2Q2L vs. Metalurgs Lijepajas 4-0
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Dynamo Kyiv have lost their first points of the season with a colorless, weak draw against Metalurh Donetsk. Yes, I know, it is the same Metalurh Donetsk that took Shakhtar's first points as well, but, please, such a listless performance right before Dynamo's start in Champions League is so much more than just a bad omen. With such play, even at ( Read more... )