Ukrainian footballers and coach Shovkovskyi are satisfied: “Now, we prepare to face Roma, retaining our identity.” There have been various absences, Yarmolenko is expected to withdraw once again.

Roma will compete tonight against Inter, prior to yet another series of pivotal and challenging matches for the giallorossi’s season. Then on Thursday, it will be the turn of Dynamo Kyiv, against whom it will be compulsory to gain three points to avoid definitively jeopardizing Europe’s path. Yesterday, the Ukrainians secured a 5-1 victory away against Obolon, another Kyiv team, and in the aftermath, statements from the key players arrived to the club media, beginning with Coach Oleksandr Shovkovskyi: “We will start preparing for the match with Roma tomorrow (today, ed) or on the eve, when we begin to analyze our future opponent, observing how they play.” “The team has its face, which can change depending on the circumstances, the adversary, the outcome. But Dynamo remains always Dynamo, with its fundamental principles.” For the challenge at the Olympic Stadium, Dinamo will presumably have to do without Andriy Yarmolenko, grappling with Achilles tendon issues. Pikhalyonok is also beginning his recovery, and Ceballos is on the road to return, but so far he has not even been part of the group work and is working individually. Then came the statements from Mykhavko: “I watched Roma’s matches, of course. We initially focused on Dovbyk’s games after his move to the Giallorossi, then to a lesser extent. “Now, we will re-analyze it.”