Dynamo veterans started the new season with a victory at the "Unquenchable Stars" tournament

It was organized by the Dynamo football club together with the General Sponsor VTB Bank and was dedicated to the memory of the honored coach of the USSR Gavriil Dmitrievich Kachalin.

Tournament rules: six teams play each with each in one round. Duration of the match: two halves of six minutes each. Scoring: win – 3, draw – 2, defeat – 1.

1) Dynamo – Lokomotiv – 2:0 (Smirnov, Dubrovin)

2) Dynamo – CSKA – 2:0 (Dubrovin – 2)

3) Dynamo – Spartak – 2:0 (Dubrovin, Smirnov)

4) Dynamo – RFU – 0:0

5) Dynamo – Torpedo – 1:1 (Dubrovin)

1st match. Dynamo played powerfully and equally exactly both halves. Nikolai Smirnov, having taken the pass with his back to the goal, managed to turn around and hit the bottom hard. This ball was the first goal of the tournament! Then Stanislav Dubrovin scored after a geometrically verified transfer from the newcomer of the team Dmitry Karablin.

Leonid Panteleimonov: The clearing is not convenient for me. For some reason, the coating is lumpy and too soft. High-speed work with the ball does not work.

2nd match. Dynamo made the result already in the first half. Dubrovin twice soloed in attacks. He scored the first goal with a sock kick, and the second with a kick from the summer.

Victor Losev: Our team looks very strong: it attacks efficiently, there are no mistakes in defense so far.

3rd match. Spartak players played on equal terms only for a half, and in the second they could not resist. The inspired Dubrovin, who was playing with a short kick from the summer, drove the ball into the net, but Dynamo did not calm down on that. Smirnov closed the strong transfer of Eric Yakhimovich from the corner with a lashing blow.

Alexander Verizhnikov: Eric masterfully plays corners. He has it played out unmistakably, I know that. In this component, he is the best.

4th match. The game was difficult, the opponent tried very hard not to lose, and he succeeded. All the blows of Dynamo were reflected by the goalkeeper of the RFU team, ex-Dynamo Oleg Denisov. Our goalkeeper Andrei Tveryankin truly saved the team at the very last minute.

Andrey Tveryankin: I missed the whole game, when suddenly out of nothing in front of me the ball bounces, but there are no defenders. Well, I put the ball gently and gently, in the throw, of course.

The 5th match. To take first place, it was enough for Dynamo to play a draw, but the mood was only to win. When Dubrovin ran away from the guardian with a jerk and opened an account, it might have seemed that the game was done. But at the last minute of the match, carelessness at their own goal cost Dynamo a missed ball.

Vladimir Dolbonosov: We were getting ready for this game day, and the guys pleased me with their dedication and discipline on the field. In terms of the number of shots on goal, we were ahead of each of the opponents. The defense made a mistake only once, well, it happens. Our newcomer Dmitry Karablin (that's right, emphasis on the second syllable) fit into the game. But I want to emphasize that all five rivals have not shown their real strength, and it's too early for us to be happy.

The Dynamo team consists of Andrey Tveryankin (goalkeeper), Eric Yakhimovich (captain), Alexey Kutsenko, Leonid Panteleimonov, Andrey Novgorodov, Nikolai Smirnov, Vladimir Skokov, Dmitry Karablin, Stanislav Dubrovin, Alexander Tochilin, Alexey Mironov, Mikhail Markin.

In reserve: Mikhail Maryushkin, Victor Riveiro.

Team Leader: Vladimir Dolbonosov

Dynamo veterans and fans supported their native club, including young football fans who actively supported their native team.

Team places and the best players of the January tour:

1) Dynamo – 13 points (Stanislav Dubrovin)

2) Spartak – 11 (Alexander Panov)

3) "Torpedo" – 11 (Igor Lytkin)

4) RFU – 10 (Albert Sargsyan)

5) CSKA – 8 (Leonid Shumilin)

6) Lokomotiv – 7 (Sarkis Oganesyan)

Nikita Simonyan Cup (the most productive team) was awarded to Dynamo – 7 goals.