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Bayern rallies for 3-3 draw in Kiev Dynamo allows two late goals in first-leg semifinal match
Posted: Wednesday April 07, 1999 06:52 PM
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- Carsten Jancker scored in the 90th minute to give Bayern Munich a 3-3 draw with Dynamo Kiev on Wednesday in the first leg of the European Champions Cup semifinal. Mayern rallied from a 3-1 deficit, with Stefan Effenberg drawing the German side within one on a free kick in the 78th minute. He shot from near the left of Dynamo's penalty area, with the ball swerving past the wall into the left side of the goal. Dynamo striker Andrii Shevchenko opened the scoring in the 15th minute after Valiantsin Bialkevich's pass from near the center of the field went through the defense. Shevchenko beat goalkeeper Oliver Kahnfired with a shot into the left orner of the goal. Shevchenko helped give Dynamo a 2-0 lead in the 43th minute, sending a free kick from the left corner of the penalty area flying to the lower left corner of the net to midfielder Kakha Kaladze for a header. Bayern, which began to attack methodically following Dynamo's first goal had several scoring opportunities an finally managed to break through in the 45th minute. Michael Tarnat scored on a free kick from the right side, directng the ball past Dynamo's tiny defensive wall and Ukrainian goalkeeper Olexander Shovkovsky. Dynamo took a 3-1 lead in the 50th minute. Vitaly Kossovskyi dribbled past defenders near the left side of Bayern's penalty area, regained possession after a pass attempt ricocheted off Bayern's Samuel Kuffour, and scored from close range. Tension escalated after the Germans' second goal, with both teams resorting to rough play. In one episode, Dynamo's Oleksandr Khatskevich encountered an opponent's boot that left a bleeding rip on his face. Dynamo continued to press, and Bayern defender Lothar Matthaus saved his team in the 85th minute, heading the ball off the line. But as the Ukrainian team was losing one scoring opportunity after another, Jancker equalized in the 9th minute after getting a pass in Dynamo's penalty area and firing it home. Three defenders surrounded the Bayern striker, but were unable to stop him. Dynamo coach Valery Lobanovsky reproached his team after the game for mistakes in defense and the lost scoring opportunities, but said the Ukrainian team was far from giving up hope of making it into the Champions Cup final for the first time in its history. "Everything will be decided in the second game," Lobanovsky said.
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