The full time of the meeting of the 3rd round of the group stage of the Russian Cup, held in Samara, ended with a score of 0:0, and in the penalty shootout the hosts were more accurate - 5:4.
From the starting lineup for the match with Pari NN, only Rubens and Dmitry Skopintsev, who tried on the captain's armband, came out from the first minutes. 19-year-old Kurban Rasulov made his debut in goal, Roberto Fernandez returned to defense a month later, and El-Mehdi Maouhoub, the hero of last year's cup match in Samara, came out at the tip.
Krylia Sovetov came out with a lineup as close to the main one as possible and created the first scoring opportunity in the 5th minute: Fernando Costanza responded to a corner kick, and Rasulov made a great save, getting the ball out from under the crossbar. The Dynamo players actively pressed on the opponent's half of the field and made several interceptions, constantly creating pressure on the opponent's goal.
Skopintsev, as captain, made the first shot at Nikita Kokarev's goal - the ball went over the right crossbar. Miranchuk was the next to take a shot from outside the penalty area, and the home team's goalkeeper jumped to save his team. The Samara team responded with another dangerous corner, and again Costanza won the fight with Yegor Smelov and shot from close range near the post.
The game was going at a good pace and did not let the spectators get bored. Dmitry Aleksandrov threw the ball into the penalty area, where Skopintsev handled it with his shoulder and shot into the near corner - Kokarev stood his ground. In the next episode, the home team's goalkeeper made a mistake when coming out after a cross from Miranchuk, and Leon Zaydenzal seemed to have a sure shot, but Thomas Galdames did not let the ball into the goal.
Rubens did not come out for the second half, but Bitello did, who beat his opponent in the center of the field with his first touch and put Maouhoub one-on-one with the goalkeeper - it's a pity, but the referee decided the situation was offside. A little later, the Brazilian rolled the ball to Skopintsev, whose unsuccessful shot could have become an assist to Ulvi Babaev, who almost closed the far post.
Immediately after that, Nicolas Marichal, Denis Makarov and Ivan Sergeyev entered the field, and Dynamo continued to play with an advantage. Babayev made a great opening in the penalty area and rolled it to Makarov, but Sergey Bozhin saved his team by kicking the ball out to a corner. After his play, Makarov shot low, the ball hit someone's leg and soared over the goal line, where Smelov headed it in - now the crossbar saved the hosts.
On the opposite half of the field, Rasulov, who was ahead of Jimmy Marina, played with his head outside the penalty area. A little later, the Dynamo goalkeeper again came out of the gate in time and took the ball at the feet of the Costa Rican. In another episode, the Krylia football players three of them went to one Marichal, and the situation was saved by Babaev, who managed to return to his penalty area.
As a result, during the main time the teams did not open the gate and went to a penalty shootout. Skopintsev, Daniil Fomin, Sergeev and Bitello made their attempts, and Kokarev's rescue after Marichal's strike was decisive.
In the next match Dynamo will play away from Makhachkala "Dynamo" on Sunday, August 31.
