The meeting of the 28th round of the Russian Premier League, held at VTB Arena, ended with the victory of our team with a score of 2:0.
Compared to the match in Samara, Rolan Gusev made two changes to the starting lineup of the team: Alexander Kutitskiy came out on the left in defense, and the injured Luis Chavez was replaced by Daniil Fomin, who returned afrer a disqualification.
Already in the 3rd minute Yaroslav Gladyshev intercepted Daniil Khlusevich's careless pass, entered the penalty area, where his shot was blocked by Oleg Ryabchuk. They also clashed in the next episode, when, after a corner, Yaroslav could have brought the ball into an empty corner, if not for the delay with his hands from Ryabchuk. After watching the video replay, the referee awarded a penalty, and Jorge Carrascal did not give Alexander Maksimenko a chance!
Spartak ran to recoup and immediately received a lightning-fast counterattack: Gladyshev and Nicolas Ngamaleu brought the ball to Bitello, who did not make a one-touch shot, but put the ball under the right, and the defender managed to adjust to the strike. And again, the corner almost led to a goal – after several transfers, the ball went to Bitello, and his tight shot from 7 meters was repelled by Maksimenko.
A couple of minutes later, the goalkeeper of the red and whites unsuccessfully brushed off Juan Caceres's cross on Ngamaleu's foot, but Nicolas hardly hit the ball. In the middle of the half, the guests for the first time brought the attack to a shot from Manfred Ugalde, which Andrei Lunev confidently coped with.
In the 30th minute, Dynamo doubled their advantage – and again after a corner kick. Nicolas Marichal won the aerial duel, Carrascal dropped the ball to Danil Glebov, and he put it into the net from three meters, scoring his debut goal for Dynamo! Soon there was a place for the feat of Lunev, who parried Marquinhos's twisted shot into the far nine, after which Danil Prutsev missed the target.
During the break, the guests made a double substitution and took the initiative. Christopher Martins, who entered the field, had two good moments: first, he broke through two defenders and missed the target from close range, and a little later he closed the flank cross with his head – also above the goal. Then Lunev pulled the ball out from under the crossbar after Ugalde's dangerous shot.
Gradually, our team suppressed the onslaught of Spartak and calmed down the game. A cool attack was made by Bitello with Ngamaleu, scattering three opponents with passes – as a result, Nicolas entered the penalty area, and only the defender's foot saved the guests from problems. In the middle of the half, Carrascal was replaced by El-Mehdi Mauhub, and Dmitry Skopintsev took the position of Ngamaleu.
And in the 83rd minute, fresh players made a goal – Mauhub took the transfer in the center of the field, gave it to Bitello, and he took Skopintsev one-on-one with Maksimenko, the ball was in the net, but, unfortunately, the referee saw the Moroccan striker offside. Already in added time, Spartak was close to soaking up the score, but Lunev was against it, who made a great save after Levi Garcia hit from close range.
Dynamo scored 53 points and beat Spartak, rising to fourth place in the standings. In the next round, the blue and white will host Akron. Buy tickets on our website.
