FC Dynamo Kyiv, the current top doges in Ukrainian soccer, is currently working their way towards a UEFA Champions League knockout phase place with Yuri Semin leading the pack as coach, a patient and demanding one at that who knows his sport. The team who was denied the Ukrainian title last year by FC Shakhtar Donetsk ended the 2007-2008 season with a bad taste in their mouth until Semin showed up to take control of the team. Semin came from FC Lokomotiv Moskva and has managed to get the top in top shape. Their next game is against FC Porto and if they win, they will reach the last 16.
It has been 10 years since the team made the semi-finals and if they can beat the FC Porto team, they will be in. Said team member Pape Diakhate, “Our first Group G game this year against Arsenal at home gave us a lot of hope for the rest of the competition. I think that if we are here, it is a reward for our hard work and we deserve it.” Diakhate is glad to have Semin as coach and he feels that the team is more of a group that has improved together under the man’s influence. He has built a team for Dynamo and they all keenly feel it.
While the team feels that Porto will give them a run for their money this next game, they are preparing themselves and getting ready to work hard towards winning this game. One advantage? Dynamo will be playing at home and they will have the hometown crowd firmly behind them rooting them on.
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