The match of the 9th round of the Russian Premier League, held in Orenburg, ended with the victory of our team with a score of 3:1.
Compared to the derby, the composition of our team has changed only in one position – instead of Denis Makarov, who was injured in Sochi, El-Mehdi Mauhub came out on the right edge of the attack, who scored his first goal of the season this week.
It was the Moroccan striker who was one of the most notable in the opening segment of the match, which was woven from a variety of single combats, joints and referee whistles. The first sharpness arose only in the 18th minute, when, after a corner, Daniil Fomin hit from 7 meters, but the defender managed to rush under the ball. In the continuation of the episode, Andrei Lunev had to go far out of the gate in order to get ahead of the hosts' forward who was running away into the gap.
And Mauhub continued to be active: first, Irakli Kwekveskiri received a yellow card for a foul on him, and a little later the Moroccan took the ball in the penalty area and shot from a turn above the goal. Our team had a territorial advantage, but the ball rarely reached the opponent's penalty area. According to the results of the first half, there was not a single shot on target.
After the break, Dynamo increased the pressure and gave a couple of promising corners. At first, the Orenburg team was again able to block several attempts by the blue and white, but in the 55th minute Bogdan Ovsyannikov had to enter the game after a headbutt by Bakhtiyor Zainutdinov.
A couple of minutes later, Maxim Osipenko's usual takedown from his half of the field turned into an assist – Ovsyannikov collided with Emil Tsenov, and Mauhub calmly sent the ball into an empty net. The game began to slowly open up, and soon El-Mehdi had another chance – he got the ball at the entrance to the penalty area, beat his opponent and shot from the left into the near corner, where he was caught by the goalkeeper.
After playing 66 minutes, Mauhub and Miranchuk left the field, giving way to fresh Ulvi Babaev and Nicolas Marichal. Dynamo switched to a game of three central defenders and began to use the free zones. First, Ivan Sergeev sent the ball over the crossbar, then Bitello shot from 18 meters next to the bar.
In the 79th minute, Bitello gave a cutting pass to Sergeev, who was knocked down in the penalty area by Vladislav Kamilov. The referees checked the fairness of the penalty for more than five minutes and still allowed Osipenko to shoot from the spot - the long wait did not knock down Maxim's mood, and he scored his debut ball for Dynamo!
But this was not the end – in the added 9 minutes the teams managed to exchange goals. First, Bitello opened up in front of the penalty area and gave a pass to the onrushing Babayev, who coolly realized his moment, also scoring his first goal for the base. And immediately after that, Zaynutdinov gave too weak a pass to Lunev, Maxim Savelyev intercepted him and struck right into the ninth.
Dynamo won the first away victory of the season, scored 12 points and climbed to the intermediate seventh place in the standings. In the next match, our team will play away from Krylia Sovetov on September 26.
