Dynamo Kiev suffered a crushing defeat to Catalan Barcelona in the match of the 4th round of the group stage of the Champions League. The meeting, which took place in Kiev at the NSC Olimpiyskiy, ended with a score of 0: 4.
The first half of the meeting was held with the territorial advantage of the vice-champion of Spain, but the guests had absolutely no dividends from this. Moreover, the Kievites even killed the opponent: 4 hits (2 - on target) versus 2 (1 - on target).
However, neither one nor the other goal had any real scoring chances.. It is not surprising that the teams left for the break with zeroes on the scoreboard.
But already in the opening of the second half, Barcelona scored, and - twice. On the 52nd minute, Serginho Dest picked up the ball on the right edge of the Dynamo penalty area and hit the far corner with a billiard shot.
And then five minutes later Martin Braithwaite scored the second goal.. After a corner kick, Oscar Mingiesa extended the flight of the ball to the far post, where Vitaly Mikolenko missed the Dane, who ferried the ball from a meter into an empty corner of the goal.
The same Braithwaite brought the score to defeat in the 70th minute. Denis Popov fouled on him in the penalty area, and the Barcelona forward scored the third goal with a confident kick from the 11-meter mark.
Dynamo had only one chance to score in the entire match. Even with the score 0: 2, Carlos de Pena, having received the ball in the penalty area of \u200b\u200bthe Spaniards from Vitaly Buyalsky, shot wide of the goal.
At Barcelona, \u200b\u200bRicky Puig could have scored the fourth goal, but after a pass by Desta from an excellent position he loaded the ball into the heavens. However, what the young midfielder did not succeed in was Antoine Griezmann, who put an end to the match at the very end of the meeting..
After four rounds, Barcelona (12 points) lead the group G standings, Juventus (9) second, Dynamo (1) third, and Ferencvaros last (1).
5th round - December 2 (22:00): Juventus - Dynamo, Ferencvaros - Barcelona.