Dynamo lost to CSKA with a minimum score in the derby

Dynamo's winless streak, which began in early September and with which the blue and white approached the derby with CSKA, consisted of four matches - three victories over Yenisei, Rostov, Lokomotiv and a draw with Zvezda 2005. Moreover, Dynamo completed all three victorious games with defeats of its rivals: Krasnoyarsk and Rostov women were beaten with a score of 3:0, and the railwaywomen were beaten at all 4:1.

If Dynamo had beaten Zvezda in Perm, it would have been much calmer to be in 5th place in the WINLINE Super League standings and even look at the fourth line, which is now occupied by Lokomotiv, which was so beautifully defeated by the wards of Alexander Katasonov. But alas, it was still not possible to get three points from a difficult exit.

And now CSKA. The team led by Maxim Zinoviev last weekend won another trophy – the WINLINE Cup of Russia, beating Zenit St. Petersburg in a penalty shootout. And immediately after that, she returned to the fierce struggle with Spartak Moscow for the gold medals of the WINLINE Super League.

Paradoxically, the upcoming game with Dynamo will be perhaps the least difficult of the remaining ones for the army club this year. At the finish of the championship, the red and blue, in addition to the match with the blue and white, will have to play with the two best teams of this season - Spartak, their direct competitor for the championship title, and the same Zenit. At the same time, both meetings will be held on the road – in Sokolniki and St. Petersburg.

Will army football players survive in such a schedule? Won't they save their strength in the game with Dynamo after the cup final and on the eve of title meetings with Spartak and Zenit?  In what emotional and physical condition are the wards of Zinoviev at the finish line of the season?

We will find out the answers to these questions in the coming weeks, as well as the question of what place Dynamo Moscow will eventually take in 2025? Will he finish the season in fifth place for the third year in a row? Or will he perform the worst since entering the Super League? Or maybe he will set a new historical achievement for himself by entering the top 4 teams of the championship? Lots of intrigues!

The beginning of the meeting was, oddly enough, quite calm for a match in which the fate of the championship could be decided. The teams spent a lot of time fighting and away from other people's gates, despite the fact that by the 10th minute the hostesses took the initiative, which was not surprising.

For the first time, the blue and white were able to disturb CSKA goalkeeper Alyona Gryaznov only in the 17th minute of the meeting - after a series of ricochets, the ball still ended up with the goalkeeper of the red and blue.

Perhaps both teams really played out only by the middle of the half. Dynamo football players began to spend a lot of time on the opponents' field, although it still didn't come to dangerous blows.

Everything could have changed in the 35th minute, when Dynamovka carried out the sharpest counterattack after an unsuccessfully executed corner shot by Nadezhda Smirnova. Kristina Komissarova and Isidora Vuchkovich ran away to the army gate, but they could not play and punish the army women for a mistake...

At the end of the half, Maxim Zinoviev's team could already punish the Dynamo defense for inattention: CSKA captain Nevena Damyanovich dangerously closed the feed from the corner, it turned out dangerously, but, fortunately, also passed by. That was the end of the first half of the match.

The second half began with a series of substitutions in the line-ups of CSKA and Dynamo, and it seemed that the hostesses came out more charged and fresh after the break than Dynamo. The sensations were soon confirmed by facts. First, Tatyana Petrova beat Komissarova in the penalty area and shot Diana Ponomareva on goal – it turned out to be very dangerous! If the army man had hit the target, the goal would not have been avoided.

And then, in the 60th minute, CSKA still achieved its goal. After the transfer of the same Petrova, Daria Yakovleva struck so flawlessly and accurately into the upper corner of the Dynamo gate that Diana Ponomareva was powerless with her rather big height – 0:1…

Paradoxically, it was after the missed goal that the blue and white took advantage. Two very dangerous blows from Anastasia Shlapakova and Anna Sas could have turned the game upside down, but in the first moment the army club was saved by Gryaznova and the crossbar, and in the second the authorship of the rescue belongs to one goalkeeper of CSKA. But that's not all: in the 67th minute, CSKA defender Yulia Myasnikova fouled Fauzia Nazhembe in very dangerous proximity to the penalty area, received a yellow card, but no penalty was awarded, as the violation occurred a few meters from the CSKA penalty line. Had Katasonov's team realized at least one of these moments, it is not known how the further course of the game would have developed.

Well, as it is, Zinoviev's wards realized that they were at risk of missing the minimum advantage in the score, and with it the chances of the championship, and switched to a game that reduced these risks as much as possible. In the remaining 20-25 minutes, the teams practically did not create chances, and only at the very end Marina Achoyan from CSKA could put an end to the game by insidiously punching her heel from under the defender, but this time Diana Ponomareva was alert and did not let the second goal happen.

The final whistle recorded the heavy victory of the army team and extended the championship intrigue at least until the next round.

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