On October 20, the match of the third round of the Champions League group stage will take place, in which the Spanish "Barcelona" will play at home with the Ukrainian "Dynamo". The forecast for this match is given by Maxim Kalinichenko, a well-known former football player of Spartak Moscow and the national team of Ukraine.
A couple of years ago, in a match with such a sign, one could not hesitate to bet on the victory of the Catalans, but today the Spanish grandee no longer has such an overwhelming advantage over the Kievans. This season, Ronald Koeman's team has not yet managed to confirm its status as a top club.
To date, Barcelona has started a restructuring. The club is preparing a springboard for further success, relying on its young performers – Pedri, Fati, Gavi and Araujo. But the team can't get used to playing without Lionel Messi.
The "Blue-garnet" failed miserably at the start of the tournament, and if the fiasco from Bayern (0:3) was expected, then a major defeat from Benfica (0:3) surprised even the pessimistic Barcelona fans. Dynamo managed to score one point with Benfica in the first round (0:0), but in the second round in the away match with Bayern Munich (0:5) there was not a single chance for a positive outcome.
Maxim Kalinichenko believes that today the chances in this confrontation are approximately equal, despite the fact that bookmakers consider the Catalans to be big favorites. Dynamo remain a strong, ambitious and experienced European Cup fighter, the poet of Barcelona will have a hard time. The expert is betting that both teams will be able to score in this meeting.
