The meeting of the 18th round of the World of the Russian Premier League, held at the Lukoil Arena, ended with a score of 1:1.
For the final match of the year, Roland Gusev fielded an attacking squad as close as possible to the fact that he confidently beat Dynamo Makhachkala. Changes occurred only in defense: Nicolas Marichal was sent to the right flank of the defense, and Dmitry Skopintsev came out on the left.
Dynamo started the meeting very actively and scored in the 6th minute. Marichal threw an out far into the penalty area, where the ball bounced to Bitello, who in touch transferred it to Konstantin Tyukavin, who hit the net. Unfortunately, the side judge saw a microscopic offside, and the referees on VAR confirmed his decision.
Gradually, the hosts seized the initiative and began to create a sharpness at the gates of Andrei Lunev. Marquinhos entered the penalty area from the left flank and rolled the ball to Manfred Ugalde, who shot higher. In the 19th minute, in a quick attack, Pablo Solari threw the ball past Roberto Fernandez, after which he shot at the far post, and Maxim Osipenko unsuccessfully cut the ball into the near corner – 0:1.
Soon Osipenko had already saved the goal, rushing under the blow from close range of Jedson. The second half of the half was spent in unsuccessful attacks by both teams, who sinned with a fairly high percentage of marriage.
During the break, Osipenko was replaced by Juan Caceres. In the very first attack, the blue and white could recoup: Bitello found Tyukavin with a good pass, Kostya shot into the goalkeeper, where Ivan Sergeev could not push the ball past Alexander Maksimenko. Spartak responded with a dangerous free kick, after which Nail Umyarov hit the crossbar with his shoulder. However, the referee then fixed the offside.
The rivals continued to exchange injections. Igor Dmitriev went through several Dynamo defenders and shot at Ugald, who lacked the smallest amount for an accentuated strike. Tyukavin immediately took the ball in the penalty area and hit the ball hanging in the air with the second touch, but Daniil Denisov managed to get in his way.
Finally, in the 61st minute, the score was even: Ngamaleu dealt with the guardian in a great way and gave it to Skopintsev, who rolled on Sergeyev, who had already hit an empty gate. After conceding a goal, the hosts roused up and had several sharp approaches. Twice Ezequiel Barco curled from the corner right into the goal: first Juan Caceres knocked the ball out of the line, and then Lunev was able to reach him.
The last 15 minutes passed with a noticeable advantage of the blue and white. He was especially diligent on the left flank of Ngamaleu, plus El-Mehdi Mauhub entered the game well. It was Sergeyev who brought him out at an angle to Maksimenko's goal, but the Moroccan's shot did not turn out strong.
The key episode of the whole match happened in the 85th minute. Bitello gave a free kick, Sergeev picked up the ball and returned it to the center of the penalty area, Mauhub made a discount on Fernandez, who was outpaced by Maksimenko, after which Marichal sent the ball into the net. The stormy joy of Dynamo was interrupted by another viewing of VAR, and again the goal was canceled due to offside - this time from Mauhub.
As a result, the second draw with Spartak in the season allowed Dynamo to finish its first part in 10th place in the standings with 21 points in the asset.
