Roman Petrenko - about the personnel situation in the center of defense of the Kiev club.
The new season is already around the corner, and the problems from Dynamo have not gone anywhere. First of all, the staff. They deal more with the deficit of highly skilled strikers and central defenders. With the first hole more and more obvious. Most likely, in the near future will come replenishment in the form of Argentinean Brian Mansilya or someone else. But with the defensive redoubts the situation is ambiguous.
More recently, competition for the place of the central defender in the club blossomed and smelled. Even with the long-traveled to the west of Alexandar Dragovich in the cage remained experienced fighters Domagoy Vida and Eugene Khacheridi. When they were in better shape, for the rear it was possible not to worry. But Vida changed the Dynamo to Turkish Besiktas in the middle of the season, and Khacheridi completely lost the credibility of Alexander Khatskevich, and quite predictably went to his homeland of ancestors to the Greek PAOK.
Considerable hopes were given by the player of the Hungarian national team Tamas Kadar, however, in the Dynamo T-shirt he rarely managed to show his best qualities. Plus, finally recovered from the series of injuries prospective Nikita Burda, and immediately wedged into the competition for a place at the base. Oh yes, I forgot to mention the Serbian Aleksandar Pantich, but he never managed to become his own in Kiev, and now he is in search of a new club. The same goes for a character like the Peruvian Carlos Zambrano, who got into the application for the match a few times ... In the winter, Dynamo joined Artem Shabanov. High, well-played head and well-chosen position, this football somehow quietly registered in the starting lineup. Couple him was Burda. Kadar, for the most part, was in the role of the first reserve. Probably, it is unlikely that last summer at least someone could have guessed this! In addition, Khatskevich, who took a controversial but sure course towards trust in club pupils, was connected to the training process by Vitaly Mikolenko and Denis Popov. However, the first coach saw all the same in place of the left defender, although in the youth team Vitali often played (and quite successfully) in the center of defense. How can this skill be useful now!.
The current disposition is extremely simple, and the abundance clearly does not smell. The same Burda with Shabanov, unstable Kadar and young Mikolenko. And yet yesterday it was almost obvious that this experienced cohort will be joined by the most experienced Senegalese Father Papa Guye. The 34-year-old defender was in Dynamo in the spring, and only after the Austrian preseason gathering was finally unfastened by Khatskevich. And not alone, but paired with striker Maxim Degtyarev. Not impressed. By the way, it is not a fact that Kadar will remain in the team. There is a possibility that the Hungarian may be in St. Petersburg Zenit. Therefore, before the start of the season, replenishment is necessary. Of course, you can also mention Denis Popov, but the young textured tsentrbek only recently emerged from the infirmary, and it is unlikely that Khatskevich will immediately throw him into the crucible of battles at the highest level.
What other options are at hand? In the case of force majeure with the Shabanov-Burda pair, Khatskevich's possession remains, in fact, only one Mikolenko. Unusually mobile, as for its role, fast enough and able to rebuild in the course of the game - these qualities in a 19-year-old player does not take away. Vitaly's prospects also can not but bribe. Of the mistakes, especially at first, no one is insured, but in the near future one can get a reliable universal performer for many years.
On the site of the central defender, not so long ago, the current captain Sergei Sidorchuk. Recovering from the consequences of severe trauma, the 27-year-old opornik only tries to regain a place in the base, and, given the considerable number of competitors in his native role, it might well come in handy closer to his gates. All the qualities for this Sergei has. High growth, skillful choice of position and high degree of learning new skills could contribute to the solution of a pressing problem, but Khatskevich at the collection of this option neglected. Perhaps, in vain.
Most likely, the new Dynamo championship will still start with a proven combination of Centrebacks. Yes, Shabanovu with Burda to perfection is still very far away, but in the spring they managed to decently "sing", and will continue to progress. Raul Riancho calls Burda a hope of Ukrainian football and potentially the best defender of the country. The Spaniard worked with Nikita in the club and in the national team, and certainly felt his potential. 23-year-old football player is excellent on the second floor, he successfully goes to the standards and quite often (as for his role) scores, and in full-time duels with forwards feels confident. To beat Burdu one to one is not an easy task, besides, the defender is able to give a quality first pass.
I fully admit that the Dynamo breeding service is already working on finding a new central defender. Given the presence factor in the club Evgeny Krasnikov, it can be a Brazilian or Argentinian.
That's only, given the negative experience of past years, this option is seen not the most optimal. Let us recall Rodolfo with Rodrigo. Do not rule out the option of returning to Domagoi Vidy's team, but today the Croats may become the world champion, and in this case Besiktas will try to resell it much more profitable than in Dynamo. In addition, an experienced football player has long dreamed of performing in one of the top five championships, and is unlikely to go to Ukraine again. However, we will not think ahead of time.
Author: Roman Petrenko.