Deisler26 Posted November 8, 2012 Author Share Posted November 8, 2012 October 2013 Update Vyshcha Liha Results 05.10.2013 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1 - 1 Tavria Simferopol (Vyshcha Liha) Diego Buonanotte 4 19.10.2013 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 3 - 0 Dynamo Kyiv (Vyshcha Liha) Eugene Cheberyachko 26 Roman Zozulya 40 Artem Milevskyi 53 27.10.2013 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1 - 1 Metalurg Donetsk (Vyshcha Liha) Alan Dzagoev 78 ----------------------------------------- Another month's struggle. The Champions League is killing us ATM... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted November 8, 2012 Author Share Posted November 8, 2012 "Dnipro manager Andrey Managerenko has reportedly been offered the top job at Spartak Moscow! It's been said that the Chairman of Spartak has offered Managerenko a £20m war chest and an £800k wage budget. It's not known what Managerenko's decision is but, with one of his favourite players in Kim Kallstrom at the club already, it may be just too tempting to turn down..." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcidBurn Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Could be a good change if you think you cannot make more of an impact in European football with Dnipro. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnakeXe Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Spartak are a great club, tough decision. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cerud Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Might be a smart decision. Guess it depends if you believe you've done what you can with Dnipro. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
noikeee Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Oh dear the heavy CL wins are sort of understandable (although you do have players to trouble the likes of Marseille!!), but what the hell happened in the cup? I'd prefer staying at Dnipro you'd be basically be moving for the exact same challenge as you have at the moment. What's your current standing in the domestic league table? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashton321 Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 I think I would be tempted to stay but good luck with whatever you do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 That's hard to turn down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted November 9, 2012 Author Share Posted November 9, 2012 It is extremely tempting.. But a front line of Milevskyi, Dzagoev and Buonanotte is hard to leave... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dejay Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 That's a very exciting offer, would be hard to turn down.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted November 10, 2012 Author Share Posted November 10, 2012 "..Andrey Managerenko, the coach who led Dnipro to their first ever league & cup double last season has officially ruled himself out of the running for the Spartak Moscow job. 'I was asked if I would consider leaving Dnipro and an offer was faxed to my agent from Spartak, but I turned it down without even speaking with them... I have a wonderful group of players here and I would like to bring them the success they so richly deserve!' More on this story later..." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
abulezz Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 I guess your work at Dnipro isnt done yet! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted November 10, 2012 Author Share Posted November 10, 2012 5 November 2013 UEFA Champions League Group Stage Arena-Dnipro, Dnipropetrovsk Att: 31,000 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1 - 1 Real Madrid Eugene Seleznyov 83.................................Sergio Ramos s/o 87 As the groundsman turned off the lights and the arena was again bathed in darkness, I was sat in my office nursing a large scotch and reflecting on the greatest result in the club's history. What made it more special was that, due to the fixture pileup and our result last time, I played the rotation squad, with a front four of Oliynyk, Milevskyi, Fierro and Konoplyanka. The game started and Madrid took control of the ball, but not necessarily the game. We fought, harried and kicked our way throughout the first half. It was 21 mins before they had their first shot! Luka Modric was having a miserable game in the middle as the players, mindful of his dive to win the penalty in the away leg, snapped and harried him. Even their goal on 41 mins had an element of fortune, as the ball ricocheted over Lomban's heel and fell to the Madrid striker who gleefully tucked it away. But I was happy with the performance at HT and told them so. We continued to counter in the second half, giving them a few scares before, on 82 mins, a long goal kick was headed back toward the Madrid goal and Eugene Seleznyov outpaced the defence and slid the ball into the net from the edge of the box. Pandemonium. The arena erupted and stayed loud. There was even time to the Madrid captain to see red for a second booking. Finally, the whistle went and we'd got a point against one of the European greats!! ----------------------------- [video=youtube_share;c_PoKqyc_6s] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 Great draw with Madrid! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
snootyjim Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 Wow, that's a hell of a result right there - top stuff! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cerud Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 Beautiful tie with Real Madrid! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.W.G Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 Very impressive result against Real Madrid. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted November 11, 2012 Author Share Posted November 11, 2012 27 November 2013 UEFA Champions League Group Stage Stadio Velodrome, Marseille Att: 40,189 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1 - 1 Olympique Marseille Eugene Konoplyanka 68 Lucas Zen s/o 61 A horrible, wet gusty night in the south of France played home to another fantastic performance from the team to seal third place. Deciding to focus on the Panathinaikos game, I again sent out the rotational squad, who'd so valiantly snatched a draw in Madrid. THe game kicked off and it seemed a very different animal to Madrid. Marseille were cutting us open at every turn, only heroic blocking efforts by the defence and wasteful long range shooting preventing us going further behind as Marseille took the lead on 5 mins with a quick counter down the right which left the opposite winger unmarked to stroke home the resulting cross. Marseille were totally in control in the first half, but we'd worked hard, so at HT I told them that I was pleased with their effort and sent them back out. However, our position was further undermined when Lucas Zen saw a straight red flashed for a dreadful scissor tackle on 61 minutes. But, incredibly, we drew level on 68 minutes as a lovely passage of play on the edge of the box left Federskyi free to sling over a deep cross. The L'OM defender got in a terrible mess and, as the ball glanced off his shoulder, Eugene Konoplyanka stole in and drilled home to the roar of the away support. We came more into the game by this point, Annan having a fierce shot beaten out on 87 mins but, when the final whistle blew, this result along with Madrid's come-from-behind 3-1 win over Panathinaikos meant that we had sealed third place in the group and would in the mix for the Europa League draw later this year. ------------------ [video=youtube_share;bMg0C27cnKg] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted November 11, 2012 Author Share Posted November 11, 2012 10 December 2013 UEFA Champions League Group Stage Arena-Dnipro, Dnipropetrovsk Att: 40,189 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2 - 0 Panathinaikos AO Eugene Konoplyanka 30.............................Srjdan Luchin s/o 71 Roman Zozulya m/pen 36 Artem Milevskyi 90+3 Anthony Annan s/o 73 Our final game in this year's UEFA Champions League was a home tie against Panathinaikos AO. Originally, I had targeted this tie as being the most important of the lot, as we needed two wins over them to guarantee third place and more European football. However, thanks to some stunning results, we had already clinched third place before they had arrived. As a tribute to the rotational side that got us to this position, I played them again and sent them out. We took charge of the game and very rarely looked troubled. On 30 minutes, Pashaev's through ball found Zozulya on the far edge of the area and his dinked cross was met by a bullet of a diving header by Eugene Konoplyanka to put us 1-0 up. Better was to come on 36 minutes as Fierro was tugged back as he was about to shoot. Roman Zozulya stepped up to take the penalty, but his poorly-hit penalty was well saved by the Pana keeper. The second half followed much the same pattern, apart from a crazy few minutes halfway through. First, a Panathinaikos midfielder saw red for a horror tackle on 70 mins then, as we were relaxing, Anthony Annan saw himself red-carded for a second bookable offence on 78 minutes. BUt even that didn't break our stride. Finally, in injury time, Giuliano got free down the right and his low cross into the box was met by Artem Milevskyi, who doesnt miss from there. 2-0 and the game, along with our CL run, was over. ------------------------------- Group A Final Table 1. Real Madrid......16 (Q) 2. L'OM...............10 (Q) 3. DNIPRO..........8 4. Panathinaikos...0 ------------------------------- [video=youtube_share;8pwIVJWZaEc] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted November 11, 2012 Author Share Posted November 11, 2012 2013 End Of Year Update 02.11.2013 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2 - 0 Zorya Lugansk (Vyshcha Liha) Diego Buonanotte 2 Artem Milevskyi 26 05.11.2013 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1 - 1 Real Madrid (UEFA Champions League, Group A) Eugene Konoplyanka 83 09.11.2013 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2 - 1 Chornomorets Odesa (Vyshcha Liha) Giuliano 33 Artem Milevskyi 74 05.11.2013 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 3 - 0 Vorskla Poltava (Vyshcha Liha) Giuliano 10 Anatoily Tymoschuk 14 (pen) Carlos Fierro 86 23.11.2013 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1 - 1 Olympique Marseille (UEFA Champions League, Group A) Eugene Konoplyanka 68 27.11.2013 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2 - 0 Illichivets Mariupol (Vyshcha Liha) Eugene Selezynov 49, 82 10.12.2013 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2 - 0 Panathinaikos AO (UEFA Champions League, Group A) Eugene Konoplyanka 30 Artem Milevskyi 90+3 ----------------------------------------- A bumper finish to the year as we finish it out of the UEFA Champions League, but in the UEFA Europa League and 5 points clear of Shakhtar at the top of Vyshcha Liha! Alan Dzagoev is out for the next few months with injury, but I don't see the need to replace him. Unless I get a big offer, I'm not selling and not buying much either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cerud Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Nice job on topping the league and good show in winning the spot for the Europa League Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted November 12, 2012 Author Share Posted November 12, 2012 Nice job on topping the league and good show in winning the spot for the Europa League Thanks man. Appreciated! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted November 12, 2012 Author Share Posted November 12, 2012 "Zis is ze draw for ze First Knockout Round of ze UEFA Europa League.... Girondins Bordeaux, ze 'ome team, will play... DNIPRO DNIPROPETROVSK!.." "Now, eez ze draw for ze Second Knockout Round.... Girondins Bordeaux or DNIPRO DNIPROPETROVSK..will play... Real Zaragoza or S.S.C Napoli!.." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted November 12, 2012 Author Share Posted November 12, 2012 20 February 2014 UEFA Europa League First Knockout Round Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux Att: 20,799 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 4 - 1 Girondins Bordeaux Eugene Konoplyanka 45+1 Diego Buonanotte 63, 79 Anatoily Tymoschuk 82 (pen) Our only experience of the UEFA Europa League under my stewardship was a very disappointing 2-7 aggregate playoff defeat by Rapid Wien. So I was a little apprehensive going in this match. I recalled all the big guns, apart from suspensions for Lucas Zen and Artem Milevskyi. We also had 16 year old's Mykola Andrievskyi (AMC) and Mykhaylo Polyanskyi (GK) on the bench. We kicked off and immediately settled earlier into our rhythm earlier than our opponents, who seemed to find that playing at home was weighing them down. We constantly probed and explored the Bordeaux defence for weaknesses and forced a good save from the keeper on the half-hour mark. Bordeaux had a few chances themselves too and it seemed that the game as heading into HT at 0-0, when Eugene Konoplyanka was set free down the right, he outpaced the fullback, then cut inside into the area and then quite brilliantly beat the keeper from an extremely acute angle. 1-0 up in first half ET and our travelling fans, who had made the 2,000 km trip, went utterly wild. I went in at HT delighted and told the team so! No matter what, it was a great perfomance. We were pegged back five minutes after the restart as a corner was badly cleared and the Bordeaux midfielder fired home through the crowd into the net. However, we refused to give up and a wonderfully sweeping move led to Diego Buonanotte side-stepping a defender and rolling the ball under the keeper for us to re-take the lead on 63 mins. And we stretched our lead further on 79 mins as Diego Buonanotte doubled his tally with a swift strike from just inside the box. 3-1 and we were all speechless.. There was STILL time for another as a trip in the box on 82 minutes, led to Anatoliy Tymoschuk slamming home a penalty to make it 4 away goals and 4-1 on the night... Absolutely stunning... --------------------------------------------- [video=youtube_share;2lEw-YjNvCE] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnakeXe Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Awesome start in the Europa League Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashton321 Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 great first leg mate. I think you made the right choice Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted November 12, 2012 Author Share Posted November 12, 2012 27 February 2014 UEFA Europa League First Knockout Round, Second Leg Arena-Dnipro, Dnipropetrovsk Att: 25,311 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (4)0 - 3(1) Girondins Bordeaux Dnipro wins on away goals With the second leg at some seeming a mere formality, I was seduced by that siren call of complacency. In came untested 16 year old's Mykola Andrievskyi at AMC and GK Mykhaylo Polyanskyi into the side along with the dirtiest player in European competition this season, Anthony Annan (4 yellow cards, 2 reds). There was a party atmosphere around the ground as the fans turned up, expecting another demolition. And for the first 15 mins, the game was relatively benign. No major dramas from each side. However, that was blown out of the water with the three minutes that followed.. First off, a deep far post cross found the Bordeaux winger and his vicious strike found the roof of the net from a tight angle. 0-1. THEN, he popped up again, making a great run to beat the offside trap and slipping it under Polyanskyi. 0-2 in 18 minutes and the party atmosphere died completely. We tried our best to mount some kind of counter, but found the Bordeaux keeper in sterling form. We went in at HT shell-shocked. I tore a strip off the players, subbung Andrievskyi for Alan Dzagoev and sent them back out. It didn't make a difference on 59 minutes as the Bordeaux striker, bringing a long ball down on the run, took a touch and deftly lobbed a stranded Polyanskyi from over 25 yards to make it 4-4 on aggregate. Panic stations. I shut down the team as much as possible to try and ride out the game. Carlos Fierro had the ball in the net on 70 mins, but it was ruled out for offside. Finally, the whistle blew and the torture was over. We'd made it through to the Second Knockout Round! ----------------------------- [video=youtube_share;2FeFIFPRHGc] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted November 12, 2012 Author Share Posted November 12, 2012 Awesome start in the Europa League great first leg mate. I think you made the right choice Thanks guys. I was as stunned as you were! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK22 Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Nearly blew it then!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted November 12, 2012 Author Share Posted November 12, 2012 Nearly blew it then!! Tell me about it!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Well done edging it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted November 12, 2012 Author Share Posted November 12, 2012 Well done edging it. Certainly wont be taking it for granted again!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted November 12, 2012 Author Share Posted November 12, 2012 13 March 2014 UEFA Europa League Second Knockout Round Arena-Dnipro, Dnipropetrovsk Att: 25,814 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 3 - 1 S.S.C Napoli Eugene Konoplyanka 5 Giuliano 21, 58 A roar greeted us as we left the tunnel and walked onto the pitch. An almost tangible wave of sound and passion washed over the players as they walked out for their Second Knockout Round matchup against S.S.C Napoli of Italy. Rotational squad in for this because they have served the club well during this European run and also, the next match is against Shakhtar Donetsk. So we need the big guns free for that. The whistle went and off we went. A wonderful passing move on 5 minutes saw Carlos Fierro free on the edge of the area. He looked up and put a slide-rule pass into the path of Eugene Konoplyanka who lashed high into the top corner. 1-0 and a dream start. It got even better on 21 minutes as Fierro was hauled down as he dodged around a defender. Giuliano stepped up to take the kick and beautifully curled the ball round the wall and into the net via the keeper's despairing fingertips and the post. 2-0 and we were in dreamland. They hauled us back with an away goal on 41 mins with a winger's goal, but we restored our 2 goal advantage on 58 minutes as Konoplyanka made yet another surging run down the left. He got to the byline and floated a delightful ball into the far post where Giuliano was rampaging in to thunder a header home, via the underside of the crossbar. There were some long range efforts afterwards, but in truth the Italians were shell-shocked and rarely threatened after the third goal. This meant I could save my best players from coming on and keep them fresh for Shakhtar. -------------------------- [video=youtube_share;DaU42uwllF8] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted November 12, 2012 Author Share Posted November 12, 2012 20 March 2014 UEFA Europa League Second Knockout Round, Second Leg San Paolo, Naples Att: 25,814 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (3)0 - 0(1) S.S.C Napoli Anthony Annan s/o 75 A chilly night in Naples was only matched by the heat of this competition! In total, there were no goals, but over 10 cards shown to both teams, including ANOTHER red card shown to Anthony Annan, his fourth red card of the season and third in Europe! Napoli beat us to the punch often and consistantly in this game, but the way we had set up to frustrate them, added to some titanic performances in the heart of defence meant that we came away with a 3-1 aggregate victory and a place in the Quarter-Finals of the UEFA Europa League. ---------------------------- Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted November 12, 2012 Author Share Posted November 12, 2012 "Zis is ze draw for ze Qat-err Final of ze UEFA Europa League.... DNIPRO DNIPROPETROVSK, ze 'ome team, will play... Sporting Club de Portugal!.." "Now, eez ze draw for ze Semi-Final.... Sporting Club de Portugal or DNIPRO DNIPROPETROVSK..will play... Tottenscum Hotspur or Borussia Dortmund.." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cerud Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Nice Europa magic! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted November 13, 2012 Author Share Posted November 13, 2012 2014 Winter Break/Transfer Window Update 20.02.2014 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 4 - 1 Girondins Bordeaux (UEFA Europa League, First Knockout Round, First Leg) Eugene Konoplyanka 45+1 Diego Buonanotte 63, 79 Anatoily Tymoschuk 82 (pen) 27.02.2014 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 0 - 3 Girondins Bordeaux (UEFA Europa League, First Knockout Round, Second Leg) 08.03.2014 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1 - 3 Arsenal Kyiv (Vyshcha Liha) Artem Milevskyi 36 13.03.2014 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 3 - 1 S.S.C Napoli (UEFA Europa League, Second Knockout Round, First Leg) Eugene Konoplyanka 5 Giuliano 27, 58 16.03.2014 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 4 - 3 Shakhtar Donetsk (Vyshcha Liha) Carlos Fierro 40 Giuliano 45 Alan Dzagoev 48 Eugene Selezynov 55 20.03.2014 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 0 - 0 S.S.C Napoli (UEFA Europa League, Second Knockout Round, Second Leg) Anthony Annan s/o 75 23.03.2014 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1 - 2 Volyn Lutsk (Vyshcha Liha) Anatoily Tymoschuk 42 (pen) 26.03.2014 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 3 - 0 PFC Sevastapol (Vyshcha Liha) Eugene Konoplyanka 11, 30 Roman Zozulya 89 29.03.2014 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 3 - 2 Karpaty Lviv (Vyshcha Liha) Denis Oliynyk 8 Alan Dzagoev 31 Eugene Selezynov 36 ---------------------------------------- A great month for us, despite one or two reverses, mainly for the run in the Europa League! ---------------------------------------- Only two purchases in the transfer window. DLC Vyacheslav Lukhtanov for £170k from Dynamo Kiev and AMRC Horacio Gresi from Boca Juniors for £3m. Both are good young players that should serve us well going forward. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted November 13, 2012 Author Share Posted November 13, 2012 2013 Youth Intake Again, the usual dross, but two players stood out. MR Dmytro Okhrimenko was a 4* wing prospect and DC Vasyl Chernysh was a 3* prospect that looked more at home at right back! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted November 13, 2012 Author Share Posted November 13, 2012 03 April 2014 UEFA Europa League Quarter Final, First Leg Arena-Dnipro, Dnipropetrovsk Att: 29,000 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 0 - 0 Sporting Club de Portugal A breezy night in the Ukraine was possibly the most interesting thing about this game. No yellow cards, no goals, no injuries... ---------------------------- Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cerud Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 The Europa League has definitely bee good to you Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted November 13, 2012 Author Share Posted November 13, 2012 10 April 2014 UEFA Europa League Quarter Final, Second Leg Estádio José Alvalade XIII, Lisbon Att: 33,434 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (0)1 - 1(0) Sporting Club de Portugal Anthony Annan 4 A wet, damp night in Lisbon greeted us for the second leg of our Quarter Final against Sporting. Anthony Annan, despite my better judgement, came in for Tymoschuk, but otherwise, no changes to the first team squad. However, we took the lead with only 5 minutes on the clock! A corner was badly cleared and came out to the far right where Giuliano swung a deep ball back in. Another weak header out fell to Anthony Annan who fired home low into the net from the edge of the area! GOAL! We got a vital away goal, but so early in the match and it gave Sporting every chance to get back in. There was a lot of back and forth in the match from there on. And it led to Sporting tying the game up on 23 mins, when a long range strike deflected cruelly off Vorsah and flew past Sinan Bolat. 1-1 and we were under the cosh. However, we made it to HT and I told the guys I was impressed with them and sent them back out. Sporting again had the edge, but we were just about holding on until 60 minutes when Giuliano bundled over the Sporting winger in the box. Penalty! The Sporting striker stepped up and fired low to the left of the goal. SAAAVE BY SINAN BOLAT! He plunged low to his left and beat the ball away. That save totally took the stuffing out of Sporting and the rest of the game passed dully. A couple of long range efforts that were high, wide and not at all handsome and that was it for Sporting's participation in this year's Europa League. While we marched on stunningly! ---------------------------------- [video=youtube_share;P4GWGIaANZw] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted November 13, 2012 Author Share Posted November 13, 2012 24 April 2014 UEFA Europa League Semi Final, First Leg Arena-Dnipro, Dnipropetrovsk Att: 29,000 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 0 - 0 Tottenscum Hotspur Another heroic shutdown performance at home saw us come away with a vital level playing field and lack of away goals. Chances were at a premium in this match with only 3 SOT for each side in the whole match. Anthony Annan picked up yet another yellow card, but other than that, the game passed without incident. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted November 13, 2012 Author Share Posted November 13, 2012 April 2014 Update 03.04.2014 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 0 - 0 Sporting Clube de Lisbon (UEFA Europa League, Quarter Final, First Leg) 06.04.2014 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 6 - 0 Metalist Kharkiv (Vyshcha Liha) Eugene Selezynov 6 (pen)................. 3 players s/o 5, 70, 73 Javad Nekounam 47 Artem Milevskyi 77 Eugene Konoplyanka 80 Giuliano 81 Eugene Cheberyachko 90+1 10.04.2014 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1 - 1 Sporting Clube de Portugal (UEFA Europa League, Quarter Final, Second Leg) Anthony Annan 4 13.04.2014 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1 - 0 Metalurg Zaporizhzya (Vyshcha Liha) Eugene Konoplyanka 35 19.04.2014 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1 - 0 Tavria Simferopol (Vyshcha Liha) Eugene Selezynov 36 24.04.2014 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 0 - 0 Tottenscum Hotspur (UEFA Europa League, Semi Final, First Leg) 27.04.2014 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 3 - 0 Dynamo Kyiv (Vyshcha Liha) Denys Oliynyk 19 Carlos Fierro 25, 38 ---------------------------------------- The Dnipropetrovsk Football Gazette CHAMPIONS AGAIN! Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk are again Vyhscha Liha champions, following Shakthar's failure to win at Karpaty! More on p3... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted November 13, 2012 Author Share Posted November 13, 2012 14 May 2014 UEFA Europa League Final Juventus Stadium, Turin Att: 41,000 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk aet 1 - 0 Bayer Leverkusen Eugene Seleznyov 108.......................................Player s/o 23 A dry cool evening in Turin. Home of the Turin Shroud, FIAT and the 2006 Winter Olympics. And now home of the 2014 UEFA Europa League Final. I was leading my Dnipro team into battle for this historic first ever final against Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Leverkusen had form in this competition, winning the 1988 UEFA Cup on penalties. I stuck with the usual team formula and sent them out, knowing they would make me proud. Leverkusen looked out of sorts and really struggled to cope with us as we rained down hell on the Leverkusen goal. And their task was made so much harder as the Leverkusen striker, their danger man, saw red for a dangerous tackle from behind. Down to ten, Leverkusen just turtled and we spent the majority of the first half in theirs. HT came and I told the boys how deeply proud I was of them. And sent them back out for the second half. The second half took much the same form as the first as we totally controlled the game, but just could not break them down. The Leverkusen defence was very disciplined and blocked many of our shots. We finished 90 minutes taking 30 shots, with only 8 on target and 10 off target. However, this brought zero goals for each side and I had a very creeping feeling that we could be punished on this front. But I put on a stirring battle speech and set the guys back out there. STILL we couldn't break down Leverkusen's defence and we reached ET HT still tied at 0-0. We kicked off the second half of ET and I was beginning to think about penalties. On 108 minutes, Javad Nekounam picked the ball up and threaded a ball into Konoplyanka. He moved towards it but, at the last minute, he dummied and ran over the ball, taking out the entire defence and leaving Eugene Selezynov to run on and finish superbly. 1-0! We'd made the breakthrough! We nearly gifted it back to them two minutes later however, as a Leverkusen defender was left free on a corner and his header smacked against the bar and went over. That was it for action for the rest of the game and 10 minutes later, the ref blew his whistle, the fireworks started and the players tears started to flow. We had won the UEFA Europa League. Check that again. WE HAD WON THE UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE!!! ------------------------------------ [video=youtube;hmyi7dw_Zck] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted November 13, 2012 Author Share Posted November 13, 2012 Hilariously, OLYMPIAKOS won the Champions League... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
noikeee Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Congratulations! Europe had started pretty badly with those big losses in the CL but the last few matches there were already much better (getting points out of both Real and Marseille) and once you've dropped to the Europa League your side blossomed. Well done domestically too in the Ukranian league. With all the emotion you skipped the 2nd leg of the Tottenham semi-final. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted November 14, 2012 Author Share Posted November 14, 2012 "...It appears that Shakhtar Donetsk have decided who their new manager will be to replace the recently-retired Lucescu. Sources say that it's the man that's denied them a trophy for the past two seasons, Andrey Managerenko of rivals Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.. Managerenko, who's Dnipro team have won the last two league titles and also recently captured the Europa League, seems to be the red hot favourite for the job. But will he want to move to his team's great rivals?.." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted November 14, 2012 Author Share Posted November 14, 2012 Congratulations! Europe had started pretty badly with those big losses in the CL but the last few matches there were already much better (getting points out of both Real and Marseille) and once you've dropped to the Europa League your side blossomed. Well done domestically too in the Ukranian league.With all the emotion you skipped the 2nd leg of the Tottenham semi-final. I actually typed over it with the Final result... :o Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted November 14, 2012 Author Share Posted November 14, 2012 May 2014 Update 07.05.2014 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1 - 0 Oberlon Kyiv (Vyhscha Liha) Anthony Annan 66 06.04.2014 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk aet1 - 0 Bayer 04 Leverkusen (UEFA Europa League Final) Eugene Selezynov 108........................... Player s/o 23 10.04.2014 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1 - 0 Metalurg Donetsk (Vyhscha Liha) Carlos Fierro 67 ---------------------------------------- And that was all she wrote. Our first consecutive league title, a Europa League win, some top level talent arriving in the summer. My god... We should kill them all!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cerud Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Wow! Not bad and congrats and back-to-back league title and the Europa League! What are you using as a tactical approach? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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