In the fifth sparring at the training camp FC Dynamo Kyiv faced Bulgarian side PFC Litex Lovech.
The most significant event for the White-Blues in this game was return of Andriy Yarmolenko.
Twenty minutes into the game Andriy assisted Serhiy Sydorchuk, who opened the score.
Still five minutes later Litex netted the equalizer. Denys Harmash scored own goal.
Late in the first half after cross from Yarmolenko Harmash hit the post with a header.
After the break Serhiy Rebrov changed the whole lineup except for Artur Rudko.
In the second half goalkeepers saved their teams several times. The final score is 1:1 which is the first draw at the second training camp for Serhiy Rebrov’s men.
Sparring
14.02.2016
FC Dynamo Kyiv – PFC Litex Lovech – 1:1 (1:1)
Dynamo (1st half): Rudko – Silva, Khacheridi, Dragovic, Antunes – Rybalka – Yarmolenko (c), Harmash, Sydorchuk, Gonzalez – Teodorczyk.
Dynamo (2nd half): Rudko – Vida, Burda, Yahodynskis, Makarenko – Petrovic – Husiev (c), Miguel, Buialskyi, Yakovenko – Yaremchuk.
Litex: Aleksandrov, Kolev (Shopov, 67), Tsvetkov, Boumal, Dos Reis, Angelov (Jonsen, 52), Nunes (Viana, 67), Perez, Culma, Nedyalkov (c), Malinov.
Goals: Sydorchuk (19, assist – Yarmolenko) –Harmash (24, own goal).
Booked: Boumal (55).
On February 14 FC Dynamo Kyiv will play the fifth sparring at the second training camp in Spain – against PFC Litex Lovech.
Founded: 1921
Honors: Bulgarian league winners (4): 1998, 1999, 2010, 2011, Bulgarian cup winners (4): 2001, 2004, 2008, 2009, Bulgarian Super Cup winners (1): 2010.
2014/15 domestic league position: 4th
Current domestic league position: in January of 2016 Bulgarian football union decided to disqualify Litex from the league for players’ protest during the match against PFC Levski Sofia in December of 2015.
Before the disqualification Litex were second in the table, lacking two points behind PFC Ludogorets Razgrad. 20 matches: 9 wins, 9 draws, 2 defeats, goal difference – 30:16 (best attack of the league).
Best striker: Bjorn Maars Johnsen (Norway, born in the USA), 24 years old, forward. Joined the team in February of 2015. 6 goals in 20 league matches this season.
Goalkeeper #1: Vinícius Barrivieira, 30 years old, Brazil, second citizenship – Italy. Joined the team in summer of 2014. 19 goals conceded in 20 league matches this season.
Team captain: Anton Nedyalkov (Bulgaria), 22 years old, left back. Made 15 appearances this season, but the skipper was Strahil Popov, who joined KasımpaşaSK on January 5.
Internationals (2): Anton Nedyalkov (22 years old, Bulgaria, left back), Kristiyan Malinov (21 years old, Bulgaria, attacking midfielder, 1 cap).
Average age: 23,1 years.
Foreign players: 8 out of 27 (29,6%).
Head coach: Lyuboslav Penev, 49 years old.
Dynamo matches against this team
18.08.2011. Litex – Dynamo – 1:2
2011/2012 UEAFA Europa League, play-off round, first leg
25.08.2011. Dynamo – Litex – 1:0
2011/2012 UEAFA Europa League, play-off round, second leg
