On Saturday, September 3, Mircea Lucescu's team lost to Zorya Luhansk (3:2) in the match of the 3rd round of the Ukrainian Premier League (UPL).

For Dynamo, this is the second defeat in a row at the start of the new UPL season.. "

Thus, after two matches played, Mircea Lucescu's wards with zero points are in the penultimate, 15th place in the UPL table with a goal difference of 2:6.

This is the worst start in the history of the capital club. Prior to this, the White-Blues' anti-record was the 2007/08 season. Then Dynamo started the championship with two draws.

If we take not only internal battles, but also European competitions, then Dynamo has a disappointing series of four defeats in a row.

Before the matches with Dnipro-1 and Zorya, the Kievans lost twice to the Portuguese Benfica in the playoff round of the Champions League qualification.

Recall that Dynamo will play the current European Cup season in the group stage of the Europa League, where the rivals of the White-Blues will be French Rennes, Turkish Fenerbahce and Cypriot ANC Larnaca. On Thursday, September 8, Lucescu's team will start the group stage of the Europa League with a duel against Fenerbahce in Istanbul.