{"id":1279073,"date":"2025-08-12T16:38:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T13:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/paphos-dynamo-announcement-and-how-to-watch-the-champions-league-match\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T16:38:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T13:38:02","slug":"paphos-dynamo-announcement-and-how-to-watch-the-champions-league-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/paphos-dynamo-announcement-and-how-to-watch-the-champions-league-match\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cPaphos\u201d \u2013 \u201cDynamo\u201d: announcement and how to watch the Champions League match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Today, August 12, Dynamo Kyiv will play the second leg of the third qualifying round of the Champions League against Paphos of Cyprus. After a 0:1 home defeat, Oleksandr Shovkovskyi&#8217;s team must win to continue their fight for a place in the group stage of Europe&#8217;s most prestigious club tournament.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> The decisive game will take place on Monday, August 12, at Limassol Stadium in Limassol, Cyprus. The match will kick off at <strong>20:00 Kyiv time<\/strong> . Hot weather is expected in Limassol at the time of the match &#8211; the temperature is about +35 \u00b0C, which may affect the pace of the game and the physical fitness of the teams.<\/p>\n<p> This is the second match in the third qualifying round of the 2025\/26 Champions League. The first match, which took place in Kyiv, ended in a 1-0 victory for Paphos. Thus, to advance to the next stage, Dynamo must win by a difference of two goals or more, or take the game to extra time and a penalty shootout.<\/p>\n<h3> <strong>Probable team lineups<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p> &#8220;Paphos&#8221; (Cyprus):<\/p>\n<ul><\/p>\n<li> Goalkeeper: Arturius Gedratis;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> Defenders: Kyriakos Savvas, David Bruno, Marcos Andrade, Giorgos Vasiliou;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> Midfielders: Lucas Souza, Kamil Wilczek, Dimitris Christofi;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> Forwards: Joao Pedro, Michal Skoras, James Arthur.<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<p> Dynamo (Ukraine):<\/p>\n<ul><\/p>\n<li> Goalkeeper: Ruslan Nescheret;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> Defenders: Oleksandr Karavayev, Ilya Zabarny, Denys Popov, Vladyslav Dubinchak;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> Midfielders: Serhiy Sydorchuk, Mykola Shaparenko, Vitaliy Buyalsky (captain);<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> Forwards: Andriy Yarmolenko, Vanat Nazariy, Artem Besedin.<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<p> The match will be officiated by an Italian team of referees:<\/p>\n<ul><\/p>\n<li> The main referee is Davide Massa;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> Assistants \u2014 Filippo Meli, Alessandro Giallatini;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> Fourth official \u2014 Antonio Rapuano;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> VAR \u2014 Marco Di Bello;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> Assistant VAR is Alessandro Lo Cicero.<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3> <strong>Where to watch the match?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p> The match will be broadcast live on the <strong>2+2<\/strong> TV channel. The match will also be shown on the streaming services <a href=\"https:\/\/megogo.net\/ua\/tv\/channels\/1639131-2-2-hd-online.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Megogo<\/strong><\/a> and <strong>Kyivstar TV<\/strong> . The broadcast will start 15 minutes before the starting whistle.<\/p>\n<h3> <strong>Results of the first match<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p> In Kyiv, Dynamo had possession for most of the game and created several scoring opportunities, but failed to convert them. Paphos waited for their chance and scored the only goal, which determined the outcome of the first meeting.<\/p>\n<p> The Kyiv club has serious personnel reinforcements &#8211; Vitaliy Buyalsky returned to the squad after an injury, and the coaching staff rested some of the main players in the previous match of the Ukrainian championship.<\/p>\n<h3> <strong>The future of the tournament<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p> The winner of the Dynamo \u2013 Paphos match in the Champions League play-off round will play the winner of the Lech (Poland) \u2013 Crvena Zvezda (Serbia) match. The loser will continue their performance in the Europa League play-off round, where a place in the group stage will also be contested.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Twitter<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, August 12, Dynamo Kyiv will play the second leg of the third qualifying round of the Champions League against Paphos of Cyprus. After a 0:1 home defeat, Oleksandr Shovkovskyi&#8217;s team must win to continue their fight for a place in the group stage of Europe&#8217;s most prestigious club tournament. 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