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For the first time in ten years, Atletico Madrid may change the team's main goalkeeper.

According to Relevo, Jan Oblak is ready to leave the Matras in search of new experience. This possibility has already been discussed between the goalkeeper's agent and representatives of Madrid, who agreed not to prevent his departure if a convincing offer is received.

It will be recalled that Oblak joined Atletico from Benfica in 2014 for €16 million.

Former Minaya director Mikhail Kopolovets once again spoke out about former Ukrainian footballer Anatoly Tymoshchuk.

- "Tymoshchuk could show some kind of position. I'm not talking about stars, they are corrupt people. Tymoshchuk showed everyone that he was a sincere Ukrainian, and then to betray him like that... I tried to understand why he did that. It's clear that he has a family and a business. But betraying your people is not worth the money for me. He could have found a mechanism to leave there for Europe. To sell something. Because these are your people - your family and friends are all here. I think these people don't exist for us anymore. We should forget about them, there are many of them.

Were Tymoshchuk investigated by the special services? I think so. Look at the team he worked for for so many years. At Zenit. Of course, they worked with him, one hundred per cent. But we don't know all the nuances, maybe he didn't have a chance to leave. Although, maybe he is already their brain, we don't know," Kopolovets told the Lvivych YouTube channel.

Former Ukraine national team player Adrian Pukanych shared his impressions of the Shakhtar vs Dynamo match.

- It cannot be said that the match was spectacular and will be remembered for a long time by football gourmets. The price was too high, so, as they say in such cases, beauty was not in the foreground.

The opponents did not surprise us with any home-made preparations, and did not take any special risks to minimise the number of losses. "The Shakhtar relied on dominance through ball control, while Dynamo were focused on a quick transition from defence to offence. Not everything worked out for them. Perhaps it was necessary to take into account that there were many young players among the participants who still lacked the experience to demonstrate everything they could in matches of such intensity. I am convinced that the fans were tuning in to see more goal-scoring chances and elaborate combinations, but we have what we have. This happens in matches where the result is the most important thing.

I believe that Shakhtar naturally became the champion, although Dynamo deserved a better fate after yesterday's match," Pukanich said.

The striker of the Spanish "Girona" Artem Dovbyk spoke about his competition with Roman Yaremchuk in the Ukrainian national team.

- Roman Yaremchuk played a lot of matches for the national team and scored a lot of goals. Everyone remembers his important goals. Whoever is the best will play in the team. When the two of us are on the pitch, Roman and I have our chances. The factor of two strikers helps us.

What skills would I like to see in him? Stubbornness and mobility. He is very persistent and moves a lot. And I would lend him some of my own luck. Because there are moments when the striker does not work. These are the periods. I'm sure he'll be fine," Artem told vZbirna.

Journalist Andrew Todos told an interesting story from the match between Shakhtar and Dynamo in the 28th round of the Ukrainian Premier League.

"There was an interesting moment at the end of the game, when the Shakhtar players just wanted to hold on to their 1-0 win. In one of the episodes, defender Valeriy Bondar collapsed on the pitch and made it clear that he needed medical attention. At that time, the fans in the stands had already started singing the Ukrainian national anthem. I was standing behind Dmytro Riznyk's goal, so I heard the players talking on the pitch. Yaroslav Rakitskiy started shouting at Bondar something like the following: "Get up! Don't you hear the anthem being sung?". After that, Valerii got up. In fact, this is a very important moment! Apparently, Yaroslav's authority played a key role here," Todos wrote on Telegram.

"Bayern Munich have agreed with Dutch side PSV on a buy-back deal for attacking midfielder Malik Tillman, whom PSV acquired after the end of his loan, journalist Fabrizio Romano reports on X (formerly Twitter).

According to the source, the amount of the buyout of the American midfielder by Bayern Munich, which will be available to the Munich team from the summer of 2026, will be around €35 million, while PSV's purchase of Tillman cost €12 million.

Shakhtar midfielder Taras Stepanenko praised the UPL championship the team won after defeating Dynamo 1-0 in the Ukrainian Premier League match on Matchday 28.

"I am happy, we have won. It was a difficult season with ups and downs, but Shakhtar is a deserved champion, we went through this period well in the spring, even without any draws. I think no one has any questions. Now we will be preparing for the Ukrainian Cup, and then the Ukrainian national team.

Was it a penalty? I didn't see the replays, but it was 100% penalties. We controlled the match, we controlled everything," Stepanenko said on UPL.TV.

In the central match of the 28th round of the Ukrainian championship, Shakhtar Donetsk defeated Dynamo Kyiv to become the country's champion ahead of schedule. Jozsef Szabo, Honoured Coach of Ukraine and former coach of Dynamo Kyiv, admitted that he was unable to watch the game between the two best teams in Ukraine.

- "Unfortunately, I was unable to watch the Shakhtar vs Dynamo match because there is no UPL TV channel. I tried to call everywhere, but they cut me off. I have MEGOGO, where I watch everything. But there is no UPL TV. I was ready to pay, I called. But they said that the cable was not installed at my address. So... I don't know where to turn. I know that the result of the match is 1-0 in favour of Shakhtar.

- Were you surprised by this result?

- No, at the beginning of the championship I predicted that Shakhtar would become the champion again and Dynamo would be second. But I wish Shovkovskyi to challenge Shakhtar next season. I believe that he can grow into a great coach because he has all the qualities to do so. But no matter how great a coach is, you also need players, and it is difficult to win the championship with young people alone. And it is necessary to look for strengthening not within the UPL, but in other championships. Otherwise, it will be difficult to compete with Shakhtar in the international arena.

Andrii Pysarenko

Bayern Munich head coach Thomas Tuchel, who will leave the club at the end of this season, answered questions about his future.

"I have no idea. I will think about everything calmly. Everything has been clear since February. I am not in a hurry. There have been no discussions with other clubs," Tuchel said at a press conference ahead of the Bundesliga match against Wolfsburg.

Thomas Tuchel took over as Bayern Munich manager last spring.

In the 28th round of the Ukrainian championship, Dynamo Kyiv lost to Shakhtar Donetsk 0-1 in Lviv. Here are the most interesting figures and facts from the match.

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13 May 2024 will mark the 22nd anniversary of the death of the legendary coach of Dynamo Kyiv, Valery Lobanovsky.

Every year, his family and friends, players, staff and coaches of our club of different generations and admirers of the great coach's talent come to the grave of Valery Lobanovsky at Baikove Cemetery in Kyiv and to the monument near the Dynamo Stadium.

This year, a rally in memory of the Masters will be held. At 11:00, everyone will be able to gather at Baikove Cemetery near Valery Vasilyevich's grave, and at 12:00 - at the monument to the legendary coach at the Dynamo Stadium, which bears his name.

The memory and memories of an interesting footballer and an epoch-making coach who changed the history of our club and all Ukrainian football will always live in our hearts!

Dynamo Kyiv midfielder Mykola Shaparenko has been recognised by the visitors of Dynamo.kiev.ua as the best player in Oleksandr Shovkovskiy's team following the results of the match of the 28th round of the Ukrainian championship with Shakhtar.

52% of fans gave their votes for Shaparenko. The second position in the poll was taken by midfielder Vladyslav Kabaev (11 per cent).

Shakhtar's goalkeeper Dmytro Riznyk was recognised as the best player - he got 56% of votes.