yardımcı hakemler: walter vromans (bel), michaël keyen (bel)
4. hakem: johan verbist (bel)
dynamo kyiv: stanislav bogush (gk), andriy nesmachniy (c), betão, taras mikhalik, badr el kaddouri, roman eremenko, ognjen vukojević, tiberiu ghioane (dk. 46 florin cernat), serhiy kravchenko (dk. 66 miloš ninković), artem kravets (dk. 90+4 carlos corrêa), artem milevskiy
yedekler: olexandr shovkovskiy(gk), goran sabljić, oleh gusev, andriy yarmolenko
teknik direktör: yuri semin (rus)
valencia: césar sánchez (gk), raúl albiol, carlos marchena (c), hedwiges maduro, asier del horno, pablo hernández (dk. 70 joaquín), david albelda, manuel fernandes (dk. 82 rubén baraja), david silva (dk. 67 david villa), juan mata, fernando morientes
yedekler: vicente guaita (gk), miguel ángel angulo, carleto, vicente
silva goal gives valencia the edge published: wednesday 18 february 2009, 23.30cet fc dynamo kyiv 1-1 valencia cf the spanish club put their indifferent domestic form behind them to secure a valuable first-leg draw away to the ukrainian premier league leaders.
valencia cf put their indifferent domestic form behind them by securing a 1-1 draw against fc dynamo kyiv to take a slight advantage into the second leg of their uefa cup round of 32 tie.
deflected effort winners of the competition in 2004, valencia had lost three of their last five league matches in spain but dug deep nonetheless to gain a potentially valuable result at a snowy valeri lobanovskiy stadium. david silva gave the visitors the perfect start after eight minutes but dynamo levelled just past the hour when florin cernat's free-kick flew in off artem milevskiy, whose match ended prematurely with a red card midway through the second period.
silva goal dynamo began the brighter and artem kravets might have done better in the eighth minute when he got the better of centre-backs carlos marchena and albiol only to send his left-footed shot wide. soon after, though, valencia seized the initiative as pablo hernández slid the ball inside the dynamo right-back to put juan mata into the penalty area and his cut-back was turned in at the near post by silva.
césar exploits valencia keeper césar then found himself having to work hard to keep his team ahead, denying kravets and andriy nesmachniy while also bundling a long-range effort from cernat wide early in the second period. the winter signing from tottenham hotspur fc could do nothing about the goal that drew dynamo level on 63 minutes, though. having won a free-kick on the edge of the valencia box, cernat fired in a fierce cross-shot that deflected off milevskiy's upper body and rocketed past a helpless césar.
morientes chance that was no more than dynamo deserved, yet they were unable to build on the equaliser as they soon lost their goalscorer when he was shown a second yellow card. the hosts still threatened with ten men, although they almost conceded a second late on when fernando morientes rifled a left-footed effort wide from a difficult angle.
