The meeting of the 6th round of the Russian Premier League World, which took place at the «VTB Arena», ended with a 1-0 victory for the guests
The only goal in the 25th minute was scored by Viktor Sa.
Dynamo players stayed in the leading group with 12 points and are two points behind Zenit. On August 28, the blue-whites will host Krylia Sovetov in the next match of the Fonbet Cup of Russia. Tickets for VTB Arena can be purchased on our website
And yet, such an open game without goals could not go on for long. At first, Lunev pulled off a difficult shot by Eduard Spertsyan, but in the second wave of attack, Viktor Sa rocked Dasu and struck from under the defender — the ball ricocheted off Balbuena's leg and flew into the net.
Immediately after that, Tyukavin beautifully crossed the defender and hit the near corner with a flying kick — the goalkeeper of the guests made another save. Kostya had another good chance after Dasa's cross, but this time his header went next to the post. And at the end of the half, Tyukavin created a chance for Carrascal, and again Agkacev reacted to the Colombian's shot into the far corner.
During the break, Dmitriy Skopintsev, who received a symbolic shirt before the match for 150 matches played for Dynamo, replaced Marichal. The second half started with two super saves by Agkacev: first, Tyukavin elegantly left the ball with his heel to Bitello, who was unmarked and shooting from 12 meters, and a little later Kostya himself headed Dasa's cross.
The Dynamo players besieged the penalty area of the visitors, combining perfectly on the approaches to it, but numerous crosses and set pieces did not produce the desired effect. Long shots by Bitello and Laxalt went over, and Carrascal's shot was stopped by the goalkeeper. Finally, Skopintsev managed to deliver the ball into the penalty area with a cross, where Jorge struck above the crossbar
There was a nasty episode in our penalty area in the 76th minute — Kordoba passed the ball past Balbuena, Lunev went to intercept and had already secured the ball when the Krasnodar forward hit Andrei on the head with his foot. We had to make an urgent substitution — Igor Leshchuk came onto the field. And a couple of minutes later he kept Dynamo in the game by neutralizing Kordoba's one-on-one situation
The next controversial moment happened in the visitors' penalty area: Aleksandr Chernikov grabbed Laksalt by the arm, who collapsed on the lawn, but the whistle of Sergey Karasev remained silent.
The final minutes included the debut of 18-year-old forward Denis Bokov, another 3 cool saves by Leshchuk and his run into the opponents' penalty area for a corner kick. Unfortunately, they failed to score an equalizer.
Dynamo remain in the leading group with 12 points and are two points behind Zenit. On August 28, the blue-whites will host Krylia Sovetov in the next match of the Fonbet Cup of Russia. Purchase tickets for VTB Arena on our website
