After laying flowers at the monument to the great Metra, Grigory Surkis shared his vision of the development of Dynamo Kiev.
"In my opinion, it's great that today there are several generations of young footballers, starting with six-year-olds who are just making their first steps in football. These are the guys who study on the outstanding exploits of Shovkovsky, Muntean, Biba. If they did not see their games - at least from their parents they found out that they were the star teams created by Maitre, the great teacher, the man who, over the years spent in Dynamo Kiev, led the various national teams of the Soviet Union, the Olympic team, sought with their stellar teams of great success ".
"In the club there are three owners of the Golden Ball - Blokhin, Belanov and Shevchenko, and all of them are inmates of Valery Lobanovsky. Teams 1975, 1986 and 1999, holders of the UEFA Cup, UEFA Super Cup. These are all the teams of Valery Lobanovsky, which he called not the teams of stars, but the team-star ".
"We would very much like that, including, thanks to the holding of such a tournament, the 15th in a row, on the one hand, was truly the expression" we are alive, while we are remembered ", and on the other - the updated already this season the Dynamo Kiev team, where the majority of young talented players, whose age is only 19-21 - Besedin, Shepelev, Shaparenko, Tsygankov, Burda ".
"Almost 20 years ago, in 1999, the team reached the semi-finals of the Champions League and played with Bayern. Unfortunately, did not pass in the semifinals of the legendary Bavaria because of the circumstances. But the team, which, including including Real Madrid, and Barcelona, ??was made up of players who were identified by the Ukrainians. There were only two Belarusians, Khatskevich and Belkevich, and one Georgian player, Kaladze. I would like to see, in the situation in which the country is today, in the situation when a new generation of young players is growing up, we need only to figure out which of them can become the new Shovkovsky, Shevchenko, Belanov, Mikhailichenko, Zavarov, Biba, Munteans ".
"If we can find not only this range of sensations, feelings of what we remember about Valery Vasilyevich, but as a token of gratitude we will create the same team - in my opinion, this will be an answer to all those who today say that it is impossible in the global modern football team up without legionnaires. And I believe that this is the priority today, at least for our country, where there are difficulties, there is a war.
The same children who start playing football, until they do not understand that they can claim a place, if not immediately, in the main part of Kiev Dynamo, but in time, having matured, they can make their steps in football and become part of the the legendary team. This is the answer to all as to how much the Ukrainian land can give birth to great football players, and an example to follow in the future, "- quotes Surkis official website Dynamo.
Already today at 15:00 the first semifinal match of the Lobanovsky memorial will take place, in which the youth teams of Slovenia and Greece will play. The second semi-final with the participation of Ukraine U-21 and Israel U-21 will begin at 18:00.