Dynamo Kyiv head coach Mircea Lucescu shared his expectations from the first match of the second round of the Champions League qualification against Turkish Fenerbahce.

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" There are a lot of Ukrainians here, so we are guaranteed a good atmosphere during the home match, which will help us try to get a good result.

I will note that Fenerbahce is a very good team, which also strengthened this summer with experienced players. The eldest of the newcomers of Fenerbahce are 29-30 years old, they played in the European top championships. For example, Joshua King, Lincoln, Bruma, William Arao.

But we also have a good team that has been playing together for about two years. I hope that my players will be able to forget about the horrors that are happening in Ukraine for the duration of the game and concentrate on the upcoming game.

This game is very important not only for us, not only for Dynamo fans, but for the people of Ukraine, who expect victory from our team. At the same time, I understand that this match is also important for Fenerbahce, because the club has invested heavily in the team and expects it to advance to the group stage,"

The coach also noted the difficulties in preparing without playing practice in the Ukrainian championship against the backdrop of Russia's military aggression:.

" We did not have a permanent base, on the contrary - we traveled around Europe as part of a charity tour. It was very important, because in this way we could rally the refugees from Ukraine so that they could feel like part of the family in the stands of the stadiums.

I can only thank my players who played for Ukraine. We also tried to give the players equivalent game practice in these matches so that they would come to the games with Fenerbahce in good condition"

The match in the Polish city of Lodz will start at 21:00. The teams will play the return game in Turkey on July 27.

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