During the June international break, matches were played not only by national teams, but also by our team.
Alexander Katasonov's team filled the two-week break in official matches not only with almost daily training sessions, but also with game practice. So, for the first time in its history, the Dynamo Housing and Communal Complex held a friendly match with the Russian national team.
The historic meeting took place on June 27 in Selyatino, Moscow region, at the stadium of SC "Builder" and ended with a score of 3:0 in favor of the Russian national team. It is noteworthy that Kristina Komissarova took part in the game as part of the Russian national team against her teammates. The Dynamo midfielder appeared on the field in the starting lineup and spent the entire first half against the blue and white.
The Russian national team rushed into the attack from the first minute and began to create scoring chances one after another. Blue and white were first saved by Diana Ponomareva, then by the crossbar of her own goal, but when Polina Yuklyaeva responded to the transfer of ex-dynamo Marina Fedorova in the middle of the first half, the account was still open. The teams left for the break with a minimal advantage of the Russian national team.
Having come out almost in a completely renewed lineup for the second half, Yuri Krasnozhan's team continued to put pressure on the defense of the Dynamo team and soon achieved success again. In the 55th minute, the same Yuklyaeva scored a double against Dynamo in a beautiful style - 2:0 in favor of the Russian national team.
The blue and white team tried to turn the tide of the game, but they could not oppose anything except long-range and not very strong blows from outside the penalty area to the powerful attacks of the Russian football players. Five minutes before the end of regular time, they also set the final score of the match thanks to Kira Petukhova's irresistible strike – 3:0 in favor of the national team. This time the Russian team with dynamovka in the composition turned out to be stronger than our team.
In the second game, which the Russians played away from the Serbian national team, Kristina Komissarova came on as a substitute in the 63rd minute and helped the national team win another big victory – 3:0.
By the way, in addition to Komissarova, Dynamo representatives in the Russian national team have traditionally been in the coaching staff of the national team headed by Yuri Krasnozhan – rehabilitation coach Anna Stukalova and goalkeeper coach of the Academy of Dynamo named after L.I. Yashin Vitaly Shadrin.
Midfielders Daniella Petrova and Ekaterina Sergeeva also played their matches for the Russian national team, but the youth under-19 team. Our young football players went to Minsk as part of the Russian youth team, where the team, led by senior coach Elena Medved, played two test matches with the youth national team of Belarus. In the first meeting, which ended with the victory of the Russians (4:2), Sergeeva entered the starting lineup and was replaced in the 67th minute, having been marked in the protocol with a yellow card. At the same 67th minute, the second dynamo appeared on the field - Daniella Petrova, who played the match until the final whistle.
The second meeting with the Belarusian youth was also not without six goals scored, but this time both teams scored three goals. Ekaterina Sergeeva took a direct part in two Russian goals: at first, she distinguished herself in the first half and made the score 2:0 in favor of the Russians, and at the very beginning of the second half she gave an assist to Anastasia Karataeva. The score was 3:1 in favor of the youth national team of Russia, but the young players could not keep it, and the game eventually ended with a score of 3:3.
Sergeeva was replaced again in the 60th minute, at the same minute Petrova entered the game.
Nikita Smirnov, the goalkeeper coach of the Dynamo football club, also worked in the coaching staff of the Russian U-19 youth national team at these training camps.
As before, three blue-and–white football players, Anastasia Kovaleva, Anna Sas and Anastasia Shlapakova, went to the national team of Belarus. As part of its training camp, the Belarusian national team also held two friendly games - both with the Azerbaijani national team, which the Belarusians confidently won (3:0 and 2:0).
In the first friendly match, Shlapakova entered the starting lineup and was replaced in the 77th minute, while scoring her team's second goal and was recognized as the best player of the match! Sas also started the Belarusian national team and spent the entire match on the field, Kovaleva came on as a substitute in the 61st minute and played until the final whistle.
In the second game with the Azerbaijanis, Nastya Shlapakova again scored a goal and spent 78 minutes on the field. Anya Sas also played 78 minutes, and Nastya Kovaleva, starting the game in the starting lineup, was replaced at halftime.
The next match of the Housing and Communal Complex "Dynamo" will be held on July 6 – as part of the 1/8 finals of the Winline Cup of Russia, the blue and white will play away with the Housing and Communal Complex "Wings of the Soviets".
The meeting starts at 16:00 Moscow time.