dynamo kyiv ease to maccabi victory published: tuesday 29 september 2015, 22.38cet maccabi tel-aviv 0-2 dynamo kyiv a goal early in each half from andriy yarmolenko and júnior moraes gave the visitors a win that considerably boosts their group g prospects.
dynamo kyiv too strong for maccabi tel-aviv to claim group g win andriy yarmolenko gives visitors a fourth-minute lead júnior moraes doubles the dynamo advantage (50) dynamo's first away group victory in seven years next games: porto v maccabi, dynamo v chelsea (20 october)
dynamo kyiv moved top of uefa champions league group g after a goal early in each half proved enough for victory against maccabi tel-aviv at the sammy ofer stadium.
the ukrainian side had not won an away group game since 2008, but took a significant step towards correcting that record before five minutes had elapsed. derlis gonzález played a defence-splitting pass and andriy yarmolenko did the rest, keeping his head to slot past predrag rajkovic.
the visitors were largely content to soak up pressure and try to hit maccabi on the break, and from one such foray they nearly doubled their advantage. gonzález led the charge down the right, setting up serhiy sydorchuk who in turn found júnior moraes; rajkovic blocked the shot with his right hand and tal ben haim ı got in front of gonzález's follow-up effort.
moments earlier eran zahavi had drawn the first save of the night from olexandr shovkovskiy, the dynamo goalkeeper blocking at his near post, and maccabi went closer still in the 37th minute. eli dasa delivered a perfect cross from the right, finding eden ben basat with time and space in front of goal – but the striker steered his header wide.
the full cost of that miss was emphasised five minutes into the second period as gonzález pulled down a crossfield pass on the left and cut into the penalty area. a simple pass gave moraes an opening and the brazilian skipped round a challenge and curled into the corner of the net, dynamo promptly protecting their lead – and the points – without undue alarm.
