Strong comeback from Ukraine’s top club Dynamo Kyiv!
In the first competitive game since the beginning of the Russian war of aggression, the record champions got a deserved 0-0 against Turkey’s top club Fenerbahçe Istanbul in the first leg of the second qualifying round of the Champions League (BILD broadcast the game live).
Dynamo, who had to play their home game in front of a good 11,000 spectators in Lodz, Poland, because of the events of the war, has the chance to create a surprise in the second leg next Wednesday and bag the advancement.
Fenerbahçe without world champion Mesut Özil (33), who moved to league rivals Basaksehir on a free transfer this summer. And at Kyiv you hardly see anything of the long break.
Over 200 days you only played test games or games for a good cause. But against Fenerbahçe you are there from the start with a team full of club talent.
Even if Fener ultimately has the better chances to score, Dynamo makes up for it with a lot of commitment and willingness to fight – and its supporters in the destroyed home proud. In the 71st minute, Besedin even has victory on his feet…
You can see the video highlights of the game on Thursday at BILD.
From the end of August, the domestic league in Ukraine may even start again. Despite the war! Now Kyiv wants to give Ukraine a chance to progress next Wednesday.