The final friendly game at the winter training camp, held in Dubai, ended with the victory of Krasnodar with a score of 2:1.
In the dress rehearsal before the resumption of the season, both coaches fielded the strongest lineups. Marcel Licka put both Bitello and Jorge Carrascal on the field, and also gave Juan Caceres a debut. As a result, Dynamo's Paraguayan defense line was diluted only by Uruguayan Nicolas Marichal. The second newcomer of the blue and white Danil Glebov, who arrived only at night, it was decided to save.
The teams gave a good start, and in the first attack Arthur ran away to the opponent's goal, but could not throw the ball past Stanislav Agkatsev. The players of both teams acted extremely harshly, and the referee had to stop the game every now and then, making suggestions to the players. In the 14th minute, he even showed a yellow card to Caceres for delaying Victor Sa.
Krasnodar players habitually played on John Cordoba, who, due to his might, tried to push through the defenders, but without much success. The first blow of the bulls happened in the 20th minute, when Kevin Castaño missed the target from behind the penalty area. Dynamo responded with a beautiful combination, which was completed by Carrascal – also above the gate.
Yaroslav Gladyshev took aim a couple of times from his favorite position at the edge of the penalty area, but both times he lacked accuracy. At the 30th minute, Dynamo, due to pressure, intercepted the ball from the opponent's penalty area, and at first Gladyshev missed the goal from an acute angle, and then Bitello hit from afar, Konstantin Tyukavin substituted his heel, and Agkatsev coped not without difficulty.
The ending was marked by a serious advantage of the blue and white and the replacement of Roberto Fernandez, who was slightly injured, with Leon Zaidenzal. In the last minute of the half, Caceres shot into the penalty area, Diego interrupted him in a tackle, and the ball landed exactly on Tyukavin's head, whose blow was again repelled by Agkatsev.
After the break, Alexander Khubulov entered the field instead of Tyukavin, and Krasnodar scored twice very quickly. First, Victor Sa pushed Caceres into the penalty area and shot Andrei Lunev's goal from close range, and four minutes later he also rolled the ball under the kick of Giovanni Gonzalez, and he did not miss from an ideal position.
Dynamo came to their senses and carried out several promising attacks. In one of them, Caceres put a great weight in the center of the penalty area, from where Bitello punched his head under the crossbar, from where the ball in the jump fished out Agkatsev. Gladyshev, who was alone in front of the Krasnodar goal, could have scored, but again missed.
In the next episode, Yaroslav played great and brought Arthur to the goal, after which the ball passed over the crossbar, and Kayo drove into his leg – the referee's whistle was silent. Carrascal was in the spotlight twice in a couple of minutes. First, the Colombian, after a foul, clashed with Nikita Krivtsov, and then gave an excellent pass to Gladyshev, who narrowed the gap in the score.
Bitello immediately spun up his opponent in the penalty area and shot at the near post, from where Yaroslav hit the net from the outside. Almost the accuracy was not enough for the young Gleb Miroshnichenko, who handled the ball well with his chest and struck with his left foot. At the last minute Gladyshev earned the most dangerous penalty 18 meters from the gate, but he hit the wall.
Now Dynamo will start purposeful preparations for the match of the 19th round of the RPL against Rostov, which will be held on March 2 in Rostov-on-Don.
