The meeting of the group stage of the Winline Winter RPL Cup, held in Abu Dhabi, ended with the victory of Krasnodar with a score of 1:0.
Marcel Licka fielded a mixed lineup for the first half, releasing an experimental defensive line made up only of Russians: Dmitry Skopintsev, Egor Smelov, Alexander Kutitskiy and Stanislav Bessmertniy. El-Mehdi Mauhub was at the forefront of the attack.
The match started with a beautiful "spinner" by Jorge Carrascal, who earned himself a foul. In the 7th minute, Nicolas Ngamaleu dragged the ball well and gave it to Mauhub, who put the body to Vitor Tormen and shot into the post from the penalty line. Immediately Dynamo earned a corner, and after his submission Kutitskiy almost had enough height to send the ball to an empty corner.
Our team ran out very well in counterattacks, taking advantage of the space between the opponent's lines. Krasnodar, who came out with the strongest team, did not look so bright at the beginning of the match, and the first dangerous blow was struck only in the 17th minute - Eduard Spertsyan landed 20 meters over the crossbar.
The next segment was left for the bulls. Victor Sa made his way into the penalty area and checked Andrei Lunev's reaction – it turned out to be at the highest level. A little later, Spertsyan hit the left post from a free kick 25 meters from the goal. Krasnodar's top scorer John Cordoba had two moments: in the first, Kutitskiy prevented him from moving the ball to an empty corner, and in the second, he struck Lunev.
At the end of the half, the opponents got tired, and the number of defects in the broadcasts increased markedly. During the break, the composition of the blue and white team changed almost completely, except for Lunev and Smelov, who moved to the support zone. The second half began with a tight strike by Denis Bokov in the near corner, which was hooked by a defender who sent him to the corner.
The young Dynamo forward turned out to be in the spotlight 10 minutes later, when Tormen knocked him down at the sideline with a gross foul, almost provoking a serious brawl. As a result of the episode, Sergei Ivanov removed the defender of Krasnodar and showed a yellow card to Lunev. Unexpectedly, the Bulls scored almost immediately in the minority. Sergei Petrov found Cordoba in the penalty area, who turned around and sent the ball into the corner.
Dynamo ran to recoup. Victor Okishor earned a dangerous standard with a cool feint, from which he punched into the wall. Then Yaroslav Gladyshev beat his opponent well in the penalty area and shot centimeters from the far post. In the 78th minute, he also put a free kick right on the head of Nicolas Marichal, who punched Yuri Dupin. Unfortunately, the side referee saw a slight offside.
In the end, the Sides from the left struck tightly from outside the penalty area, Dupin did not hold the ball, but managed to correct himself, getting ahead of Okishor, who was rushing to finish off. A little later, Okishor brought Gladyshev to the strike position with a subtle pass, and again Dupin confidently played on the way out. But he could no longer help his team in added time, when, after Gladyshev's shot, the ball hit the post. As a result, we suffer an insulting defeat.
In the second match of the group stage Dynamo will play with Spartak on February 7. The match will start at 19:30 Moscow time.
