The meeting of the 14th round of the Russian Premier League World, which took place at the «VTB Arena», ended with a score of 1:1
The third match in a row, the Dynamo players could not field the same starting lineup due to an injury sustained by Bitello in the game against Khimki. As a result, he was replaced by Jorge Carrascal. After almost a month, Eli Dasa appeared on the bench.
The beginning was left to the Dynamo players, who came out with a firm intention to take revenge for a major defeat six months ago. First, Nicolas Ngoumou dangerously shot into the penalty area — the defenders cleared the ball, then Konstantin Tyukavin got ahead of the goalkeeper of the away team, but kicked the ball too hard and did not have time to shoot at the empty net.
A couple of minutes later, Kostya skillfully handled the situation in the penalty area of Rostov, and only the defender's leg saved the visitors from trouble. In the next episode, Ngoumou beat Maxim Osipenko and aimed for the far corner, missing by a few centimeters.
Unexpectedly, it was the guests who opened the scoring: Andrey Lunev made a mistake with the pass, and Nikolay Komlichenko converted a one-on-one opportunity. The blue-whites reacted immediately, and two minutes later the balance was restored. Aleksandr Kutitskiy joined the attack, played a wall in the penalty area with Nicolas Ngoumou and hit the far corner with an unstoppable shot!
After the exchange of blows, the game opened up and there were more dangerous moments. Lunev repelled a difficult long-range shot by Viktor Melekhin, after which Rustam Yatimov responded in kind, firmly taking the ball after Artur's shot from outside the penalty area.
The second half began with a territorial advantage for Rostov, but it didn't bring any dividends. However, it was calm at Yatimov's goal as well. Only in the 67th minute Luis Chávez demonstrated his signature left-footed shot, and the visiting goalkeeper caught the ball with great difficulty in the bottom left corner.
Ngomaле, who never tires, created the next two moments. First, he put Chaves into open space with a fine pass, whose cross was almost redirected into the goal by a defender Tyukavin. Then Kostya still sent the ball into the net after another great pass from the Cameroonian, but the referee ruled offside. Roberto Fernández struck over the top from the edge of the box. A goal against the tired visitors was imminent
The first substitution in the match occurred only in the 76th minute — El-Mehdi Maouhoub replaced Artur on the left flank of the attack. Soon after, Ngamaleu won a race against Osipenko and found himself one-on-one with Yatimov, but failed to outmaneuver the visiting team's goalkeeper.
Immediately afterwards, Marcel swapped Mumi for Yaroslav Gladyshev, and unfortunately, the young Dynamo defender also missed his chance. Carrascal launched an attack and pushed the ball towards Gladyshev, whose shot into the near top corner was parried by Yatimov. In the final minutes, Dynamo staged a real assault — the ball ricocheted several times in the penalty area, but never ended up in the net. Even in injury time, following a corner kick, Maouhoub headed the ball at point-blank range, yet again Yatimov saved his team.
Dynamo have amassed 27 points and are currently fourth in the league table. On November 5, the blue-whites will play a cup match against Lokomotiv. Purchase tickets for VTB Arena at our website
