BETCITY show match, held at VTB Arena, ended with the victory of our team with a score of 4:2.
Despite the friendly nature of the match, Dynamo’s starting lineup featured nearly all of their strongest available players, with Vladimir Ivanov from Dynamo-2 making his debut on the right flank of the attack. The visitors’ starting eleven included two former Dynamo players: Maksim Danilin and Nikita Chicherin, the latter of whom wore the captain’s armband.
Dynamo immediately took control of the ball, creating their first chance in the 5th minute: Arthur sent a cross toward the six-yard box, where Ivan Sergeev fired a shot that struck the crossbar. Shortly after, Bitello narrowly missed poking the ball past the FC 10 goalkeeper. Sergeev and Arthur both attempted long-range efforts — the first sailed just over the corner of the frame, while the second was parried by Yaroslav Burychenkov.
"Desyatka" also looked for their opportunities — Danil Klyonkin tried to chip the ball over Leshchuk from midfield, but to no avail; however, a shot from inside the penalty area by Alexander Yefimov — a product of the Dynamo youth academy — forced Igor to work hard to make the save.
After half an hour of play, the action shifted back toward the visitors' goal. Roberto Fernández initiated an attack and finished it himself from just a few meters out, but a defender cleared the ball off the line. A breakthrough by Arthur was thwarted by the goalkeeper, while attempts by Dmitry Skopintsev and Ivanov lacked the necessary precision.
The teams saved all their goals for the final five minutes. First, Anton Miranchuk misplaced a pass inside his own penalty area, allowing Sergey Kutuzov to fire a shot that punched through Leshchuk’s gloves. Two minutes later, Sergeev perfectly connected with a cross from Artur to level the score, but "Desyatka" reclaimed the lead almost immediately. The referee missed a foul on Ivanov just outside the "Desyatka" penalty area; the visitors broke away on a counterattack, and Yefimov converted a one-on-one opportunity.
After the break, it took Dynamo just 45 seconds to level the score. Miranchuk found Ivanov inside the penalty area, and his shot — deflected off a defender — found the near corner. Shortly after, Bitello fired a sharp strike toward the corner from the edge of the box; the goalkeeper managed to tip the ball onto the post, but Sergeev was there to calmly tap it into the empty net, putting our team ahead 3–2.
Past the 60-minute mark, half the squad on the pitch consisted of players from Dynamo-2, and they certainly didn’t disappoint. First, Artyom Zmeyev curled a clever shot from the edge of the penalty area, which the goalkeeper managed to save; then, Arseniy Abdulkhalikov played a one-two with Sergeev before firing an unstoppable shot into the top corner!
In the final five minutes, to the cheers of more than 13,000 fans in the stands, club legends Denis Kolodin and Andrei Smetanin took to the pitch, helping the team hold on to their lead. In their next match, the "White-Blues" will host Krasnodar on November 22. Tickets are available for purchase on our website.
