Dynamo Kyiv advance to Europa League knockout phase after 2-0 win over Rio …
Second-half goals from Jeremain Lens and Miguel Veloso helped FC Dynamo Kyiv qualify for the UEFA Europa League knockout phase with a 2-0 victory against Rio Ave FC on Thursday.
Lens broke the deadlock on 53 minutes, curling the ball into the bottom corner with help of a slight deflection.
Artem Kravets, Andriy Yarmolenko, Lens and Younes Belhanda all passed up excellent opportunities to double the lead before Veloso finally killed the game off 12 minutes from time, heading a Yarmolenko cross into the net.
Dynamo Kyiv have collected 12 points after five games in Group J and already gone through to the round of 32 with a game to spare.