The meeting of the 3rd round of the Russian Premier League, held in Krasnodar, ended with the victory of the hosts with a score of 1:0.
Due to minor injuries, Bitello and Maxim Osipenko did not go to Krasnodar, so Nicolas Marichal and Alexander Kutitskiy came out in the center of defense, and Brazilian Rubens made his debut on the left edge. The third central midfielder was Dmitry Alexandrov, who recently celebrated his 19th birthday.
The first 15 minutes passed without any danger at the gate, but with an exorbitant level of struggle. The players of both teams repeatedly found themselves on the lawn, where doctors periodically ran out. The chief referee Ivan Abrosimov showed yellow cards to Murad Musaev for unnecessary emotions, and to Daniil Fomin for a careless tackle.
The first sharpness arose at our gate when John Cordoba pushed through Marichal in the penalty area and struck in the fall – fortunately, the blow turned out to be light and uncomplicated for Andrei Lunev. Our goalkeeper was also in place after a more accentuated shot from the penalty area by Victor Sa.
At the end of the half hour, the second head coach also received a warning - Valeri Karpin was punished for trying to draw the referees' attention to a missed foul on Nicolas Ngamal. The next violation on the Cameroonian was noticed, and Sergei Petrov received a deserved yellow card. The end of the half was spent under pressure from Krasnodar, but they did not gain any special dividends from it.
After the break, Cordoba was in the spotlight twice: first, he backheeled the onrushing Eduard Spertsyan, who was momentarily beaten by Lunev, and a little later he himself headed the ball in a fight with Marichal near the post. An even more dangerous moment for the Colombian was in the 70th minute, when he headed a cross from a set piece, and Lunev played well on the line.
The Dynamo players tried to counterattack, but they lacked precise actions on the opponent's half of the field. Yaroslav Gladyshev made a good pass to Ivan Sergeyev, who was beaten by Stanislav Agkatsev at the last moment. A minute later, Yaroslav gave way to Denis Makarov.
Bakhtiyor Zaynutdinov, Leon Zaydenzal and Egor Smelov also came out for the last 15 minutes. The hosts continued to press and serve dangerous set pieces – Vitor Tormena headed the ball into the left corner of Lunev’s goal, and our goalkeeper was again up to the task. However, he was not destined to play to zero: in the 87th minute, Cordoba received the ball on the left flank, moved to the center and shot from the penalty line right under the crossbar.
As a result, we suffer our first defeat of the season. In the next match, Dynamo will play away against Sochi on Sunday, August 10.
