The match of the 17th round of the Russian Premier League, held in Grozny, ended with a score of 2:1 in favor of the hosts.
After the cup defensive scheme, Roland Gusev returned to the standard 4-3-3, where Roberto Fernandez and Leon Zaydenzal took their places on the edges of the defense, Rubens again found himself in the support zone, and Ulvi Babaev, Konstantin Tyukavin and Nicolas Ngamaleu made up the three attacks.
The teams started the match cheerfully, responding with attack to attack. Tyukavin hit hard from behind the penalty area, and Bitello, after saving the goalkeeper, did not hit the target. Immediately Egash Kasintura hung on the far post, where Maxim Samorodov hit the net from the outside of the goal. Babayev then dragged the ball along the penalty area and left it to Rubens, who shot over the cross from the right
Zaydenzal was also actively involved in attacking actions. At first, he threw a great out, after which only a desperate throw by a defender saved the hosts from trouble after a hit by Bitello. Next, the young defender gave a cool diagonal pass to Tyukavin, who brought Babayev out at an angle to the goal, and Ulvi removed the defender on the swing and struck the bottom – Vadim Ulyanov saved his team again.
And then it was time for Andrei Lunev to show his reaction. Georgy Melkadze won the fight in the penalty area and rolled out Keliano's ball, which hit Maxim Osipenko standing on the "ribbon" from a few meters, after which Samorodov twisted into the far corner, and Lunev deflected the blow in a beautiful jump.
Such a number of moments simply could not but end with a goal. In the 26th minute, Bitello took a corner, Nicolas Marichal dropped his head to the far post, where Ngamaleu, who was not covered by anyone, sent the ball into the net!
Grozny spent the end of the half with an advantage: Keliano hit twice from advantageous positions, but at first he did not hit the goal, and in the second episode his shot was covered by Maxim Osipenko. Tyukavin also had a good moment when he had been hitting Babayev since the summer after an unsuccessful blow with scissors, and the ball went over the crossbar.
The second half began with the replacement of Babayev by Yaroslav Gladyshev and a quick return goal from Akhmat. Darko Todorovich connected on the flank and served into the penalty area, Kasintura struck Osipenko, the ball bounced to Melkadze, and he sent it into the net from close range.
The game continued on a collision course: Bitello and Ngamaleu's strikes lacked accuracy, as did Melkadze's most dangerous shot from close range. But Daniil Fomin shot his head into the corner after Rubens' overhang, but Ulyanov again showed miracles of reaction.
Ivan Sergeev replaced Ngamaleu and could quickly earn the most dangerous standard, but the referee did not whistle the violation a meter from the penalty area. The VAR referees watched the moment with a possible foul of the last hope of Usman Ndong and did not see the obvious mistake of Jan Bobrovsky.
For the last 15 minutes, Danil Glebov, who had not played for a month due to injury, entered the field, after which Rubens returned to the left flank of the defense. In the 83rd minute, the hosts earned a penalty when Zaydenzal interrupted a cross into the penalty area with his hand. Ndong from the point struck under the bar, leaving no chance for Lunev.
In the remaining time, Dynamo gave a few corners, but could not recoup. In the final match of the year Dynamo will play away with Spartak on December 6.
