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That was the last season when serious investments were made at Dinamo. After so many failures of reaching the “promised land” and getting back some of the money they invested, the shareholders were skeptical to pump any more large amounts into the team. Starting with the ’09-’10 season, there was a switch in their approach: they would mainly rely on free-agent players or those who they can bring for low prices (100k Euro max.) They also brought an unknown head coach, in the form of Dario Bonetti.
The Italian is a former center-back and played for some of the biggest teams in his country, including Roma, AC Milan, and Juventus. However, he only coached Serie C-level teams until joining Dinamo, making a lot of fans skeptical about him. And after a poor start to the season, it looked like they were right to doubt the Italian.
The icing on the cake seemed to have come in the play-off round of the Europa League (rebranded version of the UEFA Cup) when Dinamo was pitted against Slovan Liberec. In the home leg, the “red dogs” were missing chance after chance, and when the match was reaching its final minutes, the score was 0-2. This seemed to be the final straw for the fans sitting at the PCH, as they actually broke the fence that separated them from the field and
That was the last season when serious investments were made at Dinamo. After so many failures of reaching the “promised land” and getting back some of the money they invested, the shareholders were skeptical to pump any more large amounts into the team. Starting with the ’09-’10 season, there was a switch in their approach: they would mainly rely on free-agent players or those who they can bring for low prices (100k Euro max.) They also brought an unknown head coach, in the form of Dario Bonetti.
The Italian is a former center-back and played for some of the biggest teams in his country, including Roma, AC Milan, and Juventus. However, he only coached Serie C-level teams until joining Dinamo, making a lot of fans skeptical about him. And after a poor start to the season, it looked like they were right to doubt the Italian.
The icing on the cake seemed to have come in the play-off round of the Europa League (rebranded version of the UEFA Cup) when Dinamo was pitted against Slovan Liberec. In the home leg, the “red dogs” were missing chance after chance, and when the match was reaching its final minutes, the score was 0-2. This seemed to be the final straw for the fans sitting at the PCH, as they actually broke the fence that separated them from the field and stormed the pitch. The referee immediately called for the end of the game, even though there were still a few
