Highlights: Dynamo Kyiv 0-0 Benfica in UEFA Champions League 2021-22

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WITH AN ENERGETIC FINISH, THE ACTION IN KIEV COMES TO AN END. IT WAS A GOALLESS DRAW BETWEEN DINAMO KIEV VS BENFICA

WAIT A MOMENT

THE CENTRAL REFEREE RECEIVES THE CALL FROM VAR AND IT IS OFFSIDE, DINAMO KIEV'S GOAL IS NOT VALID.

CROSS INTO THE BOX, OTAMENDI CLEARS FOR BENFICA, IT'S LEFT TO SHAPARENKO, HE SHOOTS WITH HIS RIGHT FOOT AND SCORES THE WINNING GOAL.

SHAPARENKO SHOOTS AND THE BALL HITS THE CROSSBAR, THE REBOUND IS LEFT TO DINAMO KIEV AND NOOO IT DOES NOT GO IN, IMPOSSIBLE.

The referee adds three more minutes

Out: Rafa Silva

In: Pizzi

Out: João Mário

In: Adel Taarabt

Denys Garmash yellow card for Dynamo Kiev

Oleksandr Karavaev sends in the cross from the right, Otamendi misses trying to finish it for Benfica, it's left to Verbič, it will be Dynamo Kiev's goal.

AND HE MISSES IT, IMPRESSIVE

Out: Viktor Tsygankov and Carlos De Pena

In: Oleksandr Karavaev and Benjamin Verbič

Dynamo Kiev 30%

Benfica 70%

Mykolenko faces Otamendi, looks for Sydorchuk who sends the cross and the ball goes to the corner kick.

Benfica presses high and forces Dynamo Kiev's goalkeeper to split the ball in the area

Out: Ilya Shkurin

In: Denys Garmash

Out: Everton and Roman Yaremchuk

In: Darwin Nuñez and Valentino Lazaro

Roman Yaremchuk shoots after finding the ball in the penalty area and goalkeeper Boyko makes a save for Dynamo Kiev.

GRIMALDO ADVANCES ON THE LEFT, THROWS THE PASS TO EVERTON WHO SHOOTS AND SAVES THE BALL, BUT DYNAMO KIEV'S GOALKEEPER BOYKO MAKES THE SAVE.

Tied at 0-0, the second half between Dynamo Kiev vs Benfica is now in play

With a goalless draw on the scoreboard, the first half ends in Kiev.

Dynamo Kiev 0 - 0 Benfica

The referee adds one more minute

Yellow card for Roman Yaremchuk at Benfica

Yaremchuk shoots from outside for Benfica, but goalkeeper Boyko saves for Dynamo

João Mário plays with Rafa Silva from the free kick, the Portuguese player takes it and the ball does not enter the Ukrainian goal.

Buyalskiy appears on the inside, but Grimaldo clears the ball and Dynamo Kiev's danger disappears.

Grimaldo and Everton form Benfica's strongest partnership on the left, but lack depth

Shaparenko plays the individual, plays through the middle and the Portuguese opposition extinguishes his chances.

Benfica builds partnerships on the right but the Dynamo Kiev defense closes the spaces well and leaves no opportunity for a shot.

Yaremchuk receives on the edge of the Ukrainian box, but loses control of the ball. Benfica has possession of the ball, but not the options.

Yellow card for Rafa Silva at Benfica

Ilya Shkurin receives a cross from the right by a teammate, shoots and the Benfica goalkeeper saves, but the play is disallowed for offside.

Mykolenko is looking for Buyalskiy on the left and the Dynamo player is ahead, it is offside.

SHAPARENKO TAKES THE FREE KICK AND BENFICA'S GOALKEEPER CLEARS THE BALL. IT WAS THE FIRST

NICOLÁS OTAMENDI MAKES A MISTAKE, DINAMO KIEV WINS THE BALL AND IT IS A FOUL ON THE EDGE OF THE BOX IN FAVOR OF THE UKRAINIANS.

Dynamo's cross into the box and goalkeeper Boyko has to punch it out.

Dynamo Kiev use a 4-2-3-1 formation as their ideal scheme, while Benfica use a novel 3-5-3 formation.

RAFA SILVA'S SHOT FROM OUTSIDE FOR BENFICA AND THE BALL GOES WIDE

Alex drives down the left for Benfica, the Portuguese are looking for space, but the Ukrainian team is well positioned at the back.

The ball is rolling in Ukraine and Dinamo Kiev vs Benfica is already playing

The players take to the field at the Olympic Stadium in Kiev and the UEFA Champions League anthem plays

In total they have met four times.

Dynamo Kiev have won one match, Benfica have managed to win three of them and they have never drawn.

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Humidity: 73%.

Wind 3 km/h.

In less than an hour the match between Dynamo Kiev vs Benfica, valid for the first matchday of Group I in the UEFA Champions League 2021, will start.

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With only nine games played at Benfica, Everton arrives at the Portuguese club with the hope of becoming the Portuguese club's star player, after having consolidated a great spell at Gremio de Porto Alegre. Despite having played in the qualifiers for the group stage, this will be the first time Everton competes in the first round of the UEFA Champions League.

Mykola Shaparenko is a 22-year-old midfielder who stands out at Dynamo Kiev as the club's most talented player. Wearing the number 10 jersey on his back, Shaparenko has an excellent ability to play as a team player and deliver accurate passes into space.

Referee: Anthony Taylor (ENG)

Assistant 1: Gary Beswick (ENG)

Assistant 2: Adam Nunn (ENG)

Fourth referee: Chris Kavanagh (ENG)

VAR: Craig Pawson (ENG)

AVAR: Jarred Gillett (AUS)

The two-time UEFA Champions League champion team will seek to have an excellent group stage and qualify for the group stage in search of the club's third European consecration. Benfica has not won the most important soccer championship of the old continent since the 1961/62 season.

The Ukrainian team wants to start the 2021 UEFA Champions League season on the right foot. Considering that they are playing at home, Dynamo Kiev is obliged to win and score important points against one of the best teams in Portugal.

The Kiev Olympic Stadium was built on August 12, 1923. Subsequently, it was rebuilt in 2011. It has a maximum capacity of 70,050 spectators and has hosted the final of the UEFA Champions League.

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