Dynamo Kyiv V Arsenal Kyiv (10/04/10)



Dynamo now has a nice looking new shop and the babushki who sell tickets now have computers to sort the tickets out rather than just a pair of scissors to cut them off a sheet.

This game was billed as the Kyiv Derby but the crowd of 12500 and the atmosphere didn't really suggest that it was anything other than a routine game. On the pitch it was much more of a derby though and at least Arsenal didn't roll over for Dynamo and with the exception of Simonenko the players really looked up for it. It can always be a worry that when one of the other Kyiv teams play Dynamo that they just give in, but Dynamo couldn't be accused of this on this occassion. In fact Arsenal had a lot of the early play, but it was Dynamo who went ahead on 34 minutes through Vukeovich who teed himself up for a lovely shot after Shevchenko and Milevskiy had made a bit of a fool of the hapless Simonenko. So at half time it was Dynamo who led 3-1.

For some reason after just 10 minutes of the second half Arsenal replaced Zakharevich, who in my opinion had been the best Arsenal player in the first half, with Vorobey. Not long after that Dynamo finished the game off, when on 61 minutes Shevchenko, who looked more than a bit too good for this game set up Magrao for an easy tap in and his first goal for Dynamo. It was to be Sheva's last act in the game as he was instantly replaced by Mikhalyk. It seems like a good philosophy to use Sheva sparingly and bringing Mikhalyk on in a Mr.Miyagi / karate kid type of role which will hopefully bear fruit for the national team as Mikhalyk matures and learns from Sheva.

Just 3 minutes later the game was completely over when Milevskiy danced through the Arsenal defence to make it 3-0. That seemed like it was the end of the game, but there were a few more twists and turns. On 73 minutes Zakarlyuka caught the Dynamo defence napping and made the score a more respectable 3-1. Arsenal seemed to have been given a lifeline and continued to press forwards, however the referee made sure that Arsenal didn't piss on Dynamo's cornflakes with a series of dubious decisions. Shershun of Arsenal was sent off on 82 minutes for what seemed to be asking for treatment to a head wound and shortly afterwards Simonenko followed him to the showers for what looked more like a tackle than a foul.

And that's how it ended 3-1. But it still hasn't ended Grozniy, the Arsenal coach did his nut about the referee in the press conference and the owner of the club spent the following couple of weeks moaning that all the refs were on the pay rolls of Shakhtar and Dynamo to any media outlet who would listen and similarly Dynamo and Shakhtar's officials spent as much time denying it. I know who I'm more likely to believe.

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