But many teams in world football have enjoyed an embarrassment of riches yet had good managers find it difficult to utilise their players to their fullest potential.
Lobanovskyi was able to do so by implementing methods that would be considered normal in the modern game but in the s and s were seen as ahead of their time. The Ukrainian tirelessly worked on the scientific, analytical and psychological side of the game. Whereas Lobanovskyi made sure his team was physically fit, wanting a player to fill a role offensively as well as defensively under his relentless pressing style, he strived to improve himself as a manager.
All good managers sooner or later end up a relic, overtaken by younger managers with new methods or ideas, but not Lobanovskyi. He was able to stay relevant, which explained his success in the s and up to the 90s wherein his third spell led Dynamo Kiev to the Champions League semi-finals. The Dutch club raced into a lead through Gert Kruys and John van Loen with less than 30 minutes remaining.
Crucially for Dynamo Kiev, it was Demyanenko that got the away goal on 82 minutes to keep the tie alive. They had good reason to be confident for the second leg in Ukraine on the 2 nd October, as it was played infront of , fans.
Now roared on by the crowd, Dynamo tied the game on aggerate on 20 minutes through Yaremchuk. With Utrecht under pressure, the Ukrainians pressed home their advantage in the second half with goals from Zavarov and Yevtushenko to make it and win the tie on aggerate. But frankly speaking, we did not expect such a brilliant game from the hosts. Dynamo surpassed us in all respects. Dynamo would stay in Eastern Europe for the second leg with their opponents were Romanian side Universitatea Craiova.
Just like in the first leg, they would play away in Romania on the 23 rd October and the game was a tale of two players. Craiova took the initiative when striker Marian Bacu opened the scoring on 13 minutes.
But Dynamo quickly turned the tie around in the space of ten minutes with two quick fire goals from Zavarov on 17 and 23 minutes. Yet the tenacious Romanians made sure their opponents would not leave Craiova with victory, winning a penalty on 83 minutes when Dynamo centre back Baltacha was penalised for handball, Bacu duly converting the spot-kick.
Craiova had been resolute in their marking in the first leg, putting two players on the dangerman Zavarov. It took Dynamo 13 minutes to blow their opponents away with a devastating display of offensive firepower — Rats opening the scoring on seven minutes, Belanov doubling the lead four minutes later and Demyanenko making it two minutes later.
The Romanians were taken apart and Dynamo advanced to the quarter finals on aggregate. Their opponents were Rapid Vienna of Austria who had reached the final of the competition last season where they lost to Everton. In their ranks possessed Hans Krankl, still a player of great potency infront of goal at the age of Home Latest News Video Podcasts.
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