The encounter of the Mir Russian Premier League second round that was held in Samara, ended in a 3:3 draw.
Having tested two different squads at the start of the season, Marcel Licka made two changes into the starting eleven against Krylya Sovetov. Nicholas Marichal replaced Roberto Fernandez as Fabian Balbuena's co-player. Diego Laxalt came out as a defensive midfielder while Arsen Zakharyan moved to the right wing.
Laxalt started the first attack of Dynamo that led to the goal. The Uruguayan intercepted the ball in the midfield, then Zakharyan interplayed with Fedor Smolov and ran into the Samara penalty box to get the pass back. The talented youngster chipped the ball over the goalkeeper and opened the score.
Later, Smolov could put his name on the scoreboard himself striking into the post from 30-meter distance. Dynamo continued to shine: Zakharyan saw Konstantin Tyukavin's run and timely assisted on the centre-forward who beat Bogdan Ovsyannikov brilliantly.
The game was under the visitors' full control, but the hosts capitalised on a Dynamo serious ball loss. Daniil Fomin made a poor pass towards his goal, Yegor Karpitskiy played on interception and rolled the ball to Fernando Costanza. The Brazilian left Krylya Sovetov chances still active.
Five minutes later the White-Blues restored their two-goal lead. Ngamaleu shouldered off the defender and crossed low to the center of the penalty area from where Smolov made Dynamo advantage more solid. By the end of the first half Eli Dasa could organize another goal, but his promisisng pass was blocked by the Samara side.
After the interval Dynamo players were close to salt the game away. Tyukavin shot while falling, but Bogdan Ovsyannikov prevented his team from big troubles. Then, Roman Yevgenyev cleared the ball from Ngamaleu's accurate cross.
Having made a triple substitution, Krylya Sovetov took the initiative. Firstly, Nikita Saltykov outplayed Dasa in the air, but his shot went wide. Unfortunately, the pressure brought a positive result for the hosts. Glenn Bijl fired from distance into the left top corner cutting Dynamo lead.
Licka decided to renew some ties inside the squad releasing Vyacheslav Grulev, Aleksandr Kutitsky and Vladislav Karapuzov. However, Slava became an anti-hero of that game. On the 89th minute the ball met with Grulev's hand and Benjamin Garre levelled the game with penalty.
After this bitter draw the White-Blues earned one point in their collection. In the next round our team will play on the road again with Zenit in Saint Petersburg.