The excitement surrrounding the All-Ukrainian UEFA Cup semi-final between Dynamo Kyiv and Shakhtar Donetsk is further fuelled by the battle for leadership in our FTBL Top 23 for the Ukrainian championship. Players from the two sides are the undisputable leaders in the rating, with Dynamo represented by 10 players and Donetsk by 8.
Dynamo Kyiv's Serbian midfielder Milos Ninkovic (pictured left) produced a dazzling performance in the championship game against Kharkov: he scored the winner and picked 11.02 rating points in the process, boosting his rating to 58.85 points.
The best rated player at Dynamo Kyiv is Ismael Bangura (pictured left), with 73.06 points. But Bangura still trails Donetsk's Croatian Darijo Srna (75.12 points) in overall rating in the Ukrainian championship.
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