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Mircea Lucescu celebrated guiding Dynamo Kiev to the Ukrainian league title on Saturday in his first season as coach on the bitter rivals of Shakhtar Donetsk, the facet he managed for 12 years.
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- Last Updated:April 25, 2021, 22:46 IST
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Mircea Lucescu celebrated guiding Dynamo Kiev to the Ukrainian league title on Saturday in his first season as coach on the bitter rivals of Shakhtar Donetsk, the facet he managed for 12 years. Such was the extent of protests at his appointment of the previous Shakhtar stalwart from Dynamo followers the 75-year-old had contemplated quitting. But he weathered the storm and masterminded Dynamo’s sixteenth title however first for 5 years, sealed with three video games of the season remaining. Lucescu’s new workforce did it in model by thrashing minnows Ingulets Petrove 5-0 on the Olympiysky stadium in Kiev, with centre-back Illya Zabarnyi scoring the fourth minute opener and ahead Artem Besedin doubling up earlier than the quarter of an hour mark.
Dynamo captain Viktor Tsygankov added a brace within the forty eighth and seventieth minutes with centre-back Denys Popov rounding off the rout late on.
The win gave Dynamo an unassailable 13-point lead over Shakhtar, who had gained the title for the previous 4 years.
Dynamo’s determination final summer season to rent the seasoned Romanian sparked uproar from followers due to his prolonged tenure at Shakhtar the place he gained a number of home honours and the 2009 UEFA Cup.
Lucescu was unsettled by the response and even introduced his intention to stroll away simply two days after signing his contract, however subsequently reversed his determination.
The title ensures Dynamo go straight into subsequent season’s Champions League group stage.
Dynamo can win their thirteenth Ukrainian Cup after they play Zorya Lugansk within the last in mid-May.
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