Head coach of Dynamo Alexander Khatskevich believes that the people of Kiev retain the chances of reaching the group stage of the Champions League, despite the defeat from Ajax (1: 3) in the first match of the play-off round.

Dynamo was defeated in the away match of the round of the Champions League playoffs against Ajax - 1: 3.

- The game left ambiguous impressions: on the one hand, this is the worst result this season, on the other - the team showed almost the best movement for the last matches. Do you regret that they delayed with the replacement of Garmash?.

- Of course, it's unpleasant to miss already in the first minute. There is pressure from the stands, an individual error was made in this episode. But then we equalized the score, after which the referee could easily assign a penalty in the episode with Tsygankov. At the same time to say that there is a 100% penalty, I will not, because I have not yet seen this moment. In the first half there was a certain lack of confidence in the control of the ball, gave the opponent the middle of the field.

As for the replacement of Garmash, we did not want to do it in the first half, but Denis did not enter the game in his position, primarily in the psychological sense, so during the break he was replaced.

- It seemed that there was a certain de-centering at the beginning of the game. How crucial was the issue of getting out of defense into an attack?.

- We tried to go into the attack through the medium and short pass. Ajax attacked a large force, and with the loss of the ball, we had a good chance of getting into a counterattack. Unfortunately, Garmash in the center of the field created the majority for the opponent, and to kick the ball on Besedin, when there was no one under him, there was no sense. We had good defenses from the defense to the attack, but this only happened occasionally. In the second half you could see that everything turns out, if you act in a disciplined manner on the field and fulfill all the requirements of the coaching staff.

In addition, in the first half, our defenders in flanking for some reason kept the zone, and did not play personally, because of what we missed the third ball. In the break, the attention of the guys on this was emphasized.

- The first match showed that Ajax also has weaknesses. Do you have the belief that we can go to the group stage of the Champions League?.

- If you abstract from the result, which is still 3:

1 in favor of Ajax, then of course there is. In Kiev we will pay more attention to the attack, but we will not forget about defense. The second half of today's match showed that when we own the ball, Ajax feels uncomfortable. Another thing is that even with this course of events, we made many losses. Therefore, in Kiev there will be a completely different game in which everything will be decided.

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