Dynamo won a difficult victory over Chertanovo in Novogorsk

The previous round was a real challenge for our team both from a physical and psychological point of view. Firstly, to begin with, I had to endure the longest flight of the season - to Krasnoyarsk, and already there I had to play on the artificial field of the local Football arena "Yenisei". From the point of view of football, the pleasure is not the most pleasant, although in relation to Dynamo, the Krasnoyarsk arena is traditionally hospitable: blue and white played two matches there before this season and won both times with the same score - 1:0. And in general, the Dynamo team has never missed from Yenisei.

The second problem that the Dynamos had to cope with was psychological. The week before the long trip to Krasnoyarsk, Dynamo changed the head coach, or rather, lost the head coach, and received the acting head coach Alexander Katasonov. It fell to him to make his debut in this status for the first time in the history of our club.

Fortunately, the debut turned out to be the best you can think of! Good movement of the players, despite the long journey and the change of time zones, a spectacular game in attack and reliable in defense, beautiful goals after combinations and standard position, and as a result – 3:0 in Krasnoyarsk on artificial turf! A good and, most importantly, working mood for the coming week was ensured.

As if as a reward for patience, Dynamo received three consecutive home matches according to the calendar, the closest of which was the derby with the Chertanovo Housing and Communal Services. The statistics of personal meetings with this club at the Dynamo team is far from as comfortable as with Yenisei. There were victories, of course, and defeats, but, for example, last season Chertanovka, despite all its problems, Dynamo just took away points in Novogorsk, having played a draw (1:1).

At least I would not like to repeat such a result on Saturday. Moreover, this match was the first home match for Alexander Katasonov as acting in front of his fans.

It is not known what the Dynamo coaches said to their wards before entering the field, but it turned out that the blue and white showed their best segments in the Saturday match at the beginning of the halves.

So, already in the 3rd minute, after a tight blow due to Tatyana Danilochkina's penalty, Kaylan Williams was the fastest to finish off. The American woman sent the fastest goal of ZHFC "Dynamo" in the official matches of the club! It's a good start, you'll agree. By the way, just a few seconds before the Dynamo scoring episode, Chertanovo had a good moment, so our girls responded with dignity.

And anyway, the debut of the game in Novogorsk was completely left to the Dynamo team. High speeds, fast movement of the ball, a goal scored in the first minutes – it was clear that the blue and white came to the duel very charged. This also affected the nature of the game: although they did not have the same super-goal moments, in general, the advantage was, of course, for the owners of the Novogorsky field.

But it would also be wrong to belittle the opponent's dignity. Moreover, he managed to do something, despite the hard pressure and pressure from Dynamo football players. So, for example, in the 32nd minute, Chertanovo could even even the score - perhaps the most striking player in the team of Alexei Tarasyuk, Arina Akatieva, from the corner of the penalty area charged exactly into the crossbar of the goal of Arina Taranchenko! The young football player will remind you of herself more than once in this game.

But what was annoying about the Dynamo team's game was the excessive rigidity in their actions. It is clear that they came to the game very motivated and charged, but in some episodes this charge was to the detriment. For example, even before the break, three Dynamo players turned out to be yellow cards at once – Maria Galai (the defender received a warning already in the 5th minute!), Tatyana Danilochkina and Kaylan Williams. For one of them, this yellow one will come back in the second half.

Well, the second half began with the same as the first – with the goal of Dynamo and Kaylan Williams! This time, the American woman put her head up after the same Danilochkina and the rebound from the Chertanovo football player and accurately put the ball into the corner of Violetta Isaikina's goal – 2:0!

It seemed that the game should continue under the control of Dynamo and calmly roll to the home victory of the blue and white. But that was not the case! The restless and ubiquitous Danilochkina distinguished herself again – however, this time with a minus sign. In the 57th minute, the midfielder fouled her opponent near her penalty area and saw the second warning in the game from referee Anastasia Varfolomeeva. I had to leave the field and leave my team outnumbered for almost the whole half. Immediately chertanovki almost used the earned penalty, but this time Taranchenko and her gate were saved by a cross… In general, as it turned out, all the fun was just beginning.

Having gained a numerical advantage, Chertanovo, as expected, rushed to recoup the backlog in the score. Less than 10 minutes after Danilochkina's removal, it became noticeable that they began to spend much more time on the Dynamo half of Chertanovka than before they left the Dynamo field.

They also started to have moments – they even scored in one of them, but they did it from an offside position. By the middle of the half, it became obvious that the blue and white were slightly hooked, but the guests had just reached the maximum of their attacking efforts. The Dynamo goalkeeper only managed to divert the danger from her goal. Perhaps, Chertanovo played for one goal in the aggregate.

And it happened. Moreover, it's a shame that it happened almost immediately after Dynamo's goal, which was also not counted due to offside - Anastasia Kovaleva threw the goalkeeper after Daniela Basaeva's discount, but immediately the line judge raised the flag up, fixing the offside. And three minutes later, in the last minute of regular time, Arina Akatieva still achieved her goal - with a long–range shot she hit exactly the corner of the Dynamo goal. The score became 2:1, and there were still four minutes left to play, added to the main time.

Let's pay tribute to the Dynamo team: in the remaining time, the blue and white did not panic, but calmly played in defense and practically did not give the chertanovs a chance to save the game. Although, as always, there were some nerves.

But the main thing is that the victory still remained for Dynamo! The blue and white continue to revive after the change of head coach: they won the second victory in a row, returned to the top 6 Winline of the Super League, and Kaylan Williams scored a double and continues to be the team's top scorer.

For full information about the starting lineups and the events of the meeting, see the match center.