The White-Blues beat PAOK in the first European Cup match.

Dynamo head coach Igor Kostyuk spoke with representatives of the ZMI after the first, nominally home match against PAOK, reports the official website of the “white-blues”.

Dynamo - PAOK 2:3 Video of goals and review of the match 23. 07. 2026 Poland kicked off in another round of qualifying for the 2026/27 European League at the Lublin Arena.. Kostyuk assessed the chances of his students to achieve the current stage of the tournament.

" Such teams have a high level of mastery, the stench punished us for the mercy we made in the first half. We missed two goals, but those that were supposed to be scored first. These favors have had a significant impact on the team’s psychological well-being. But after the break they turned the game, they were overpowered, they could have been clogged. We scored one goal and created chances. I respect you, we have a chance. We will prepare for the upcoming game, and even with this team you can play. Those who worked in the other half provide grounds for optimism.

Of course, we understand how much we can paint our game for.. First of all, we need to better organize our teams and not indulge in compromises. Today was a rich marriage, especially in the first half: in simple situations we played the ball. I respect you, we will fix this and we will perform better in defense. It is necessary to avoid such reprieves in order to become more alert and react to wasting the ball. However, in my opinion, we have potential, so let’s make a change. In the first half, there was no need to act aggressively in the attack, but it was necessary to give proper attention to the opponent - to ensure good control of the ball. There is a chance, we will prepare and make every effort to achieve victory.

The very implementation of the moments led to achieving the best results. We've been rethinking our scheme. We planned to earn money before the game, but today’s implementation of the moments let us down.

It’s clear that we were pleased with Guerrero’s actions in the episode, which was a call to Brazhka’s goal. We need all the flank forces to create chances, aggressive actions and add urgency to attacks. Zagalom vin good practice in defense. You believed that in the first half there were fewer sharp attacks from the right flank (our left) against the opponent, and Guerrero made good work in defense. If you need more action in the attack.

What happened after the match? There was an obvious provocation from the side of the Greek team's fans. The stench was brought by the Russian ensign. You believed that our fans moved to this stand during the match, and after the football match they also found their storm. I repeat: I respect that this is clearly a provocation on the part of people who do not understand that in our country there is a war, which brings great suffering - houses are destroyed, our civilians perish. This is a completely unacceptable situation.

Thank you to the Armed Forces of Ukraine for those who kidnap us and give us the opportunity to steal from football and represent the country on the international stage,” the specialist added.

The match match at the Toumba Stadium in the Greek Thessaloniki will take place on Thursday, 30 pm, starting at 20:45 Kyiv time.

Overcome this bet in the third round by selecting the strongest in the duet Gammarby - Anderlecht (first match - 1:1), as well as the weaker in the pair Dynamo - PAOK at the same stage.