Dnipro vs. The Mighty MetaDon – Post Game
By: Darcy | October 19th, 2008Bleh. This Pretty much sums up the day:
I got up this morning at six, hoping that Dnipro could get their first win in their new stadium, hopeing that they could continue their winning ways with me as their blogger, but it was not to be, As they succumbed to a 1-1 draw with the Metal Workers of Donetsk, who are uncharacteristically having a much better season than their city mates Shakhtar.
According to Olexiy Belik, our #1 Striker who missed today’s game, we were favorites for this game and that was largely reflected by the superiority we showed against MetaDon throughout the game. It was fairly constant one way traffic excepting a few moments and I do feel a little bit robbed by the result, which was solely due a lack of concentration on set pieces.
I won’t say any more about the action of the game itself, as highlights of all the major moments are below.
Although I do want to talk about our managerial vacancy. Although the Rumour mill is listing several candidates to fill the void, GM Andriy Stetsenko has come out saying that Bessonov will continue to do the job until at least the winter break. Names being floated around as replacements include former Dynamo manager Anatoliy Demyanenko and CSKA boss Valery Gazaev, who is quitting at the end of the Russian season, which would be perfect timing for a move to Dnipro. Former CFR boss Ioan Andone and ex-Chelsea boss Avram Grant are also said to be of interest to Dnipro. The only one of the above I would really rather not have come to Dnipropetrovsk is Demyanenko, and I’m definately partial to getting Gazzaev, in whom we’d have an experienced manager who has had much success in the past.
Bessonov is definately going in a different direction than Protasov was, and lately he’s been emphasizing the potential in our young players, and he’s practicing his preaching by playing not only L’opa, but Linas Klimavicius, Yevgeny Konoplyanka, and Vitaliy Kaverin, all of whom have the potential to grow into excellent players at Dnipro.
A lot is said about the youth of Arsenal, but Dnipro are definately beating their asses in that department, in fact we finished the game with an average outfield player age of just under 22, with 6 players still eligible for U-21 play.
It’s also apparent this 4-5-1 is being favoured, or more accurately 4-1-4-1, and it’s not hard to see why. Maxym Pashaev is fitting in to the holding role very well, and the extra defensive cover is allowing
our full backs to get up and be creative. It also allows Nazarenko to have to worry (even) less about defense, and be creative himself, which is never a bad thing.
Ratings:
Startsev 5<%2
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