Dynamo lost to Spartak after a quick goal and removal

So, one of the hottest confrontations of the season is over. In the new round of the Super League, Dynamo football players came together in an uncompromising derby with the current champion, Spartak Moscow. The degree of tension promised to be exorbitant, because in such matches character, passion and the will to win usually come to the fore.

Our team approached the battle with the red and white after a heavy and viscous guest match against CSKA (0:2). That derby took a lot of energy, and today dynamovki were eager to rehabilitate themselves in front of their fans.

The main reason for optimism among the blue and white is the powerful emotional charge that our girls brought from the national teams. The pause for international matches turned out to be really positive for Dynamo: Lamunat Mustafayeva made her debut for the main team of the country, and our Belarusian duo Anastasia Shlapakova and Anastasia Kovaleva literally tore through the defense of Armenia – they scored a cool goal and an elegant assist, respectively.

A group of young Dynamo players who played in friendly matches of the national and youth national teams of Russia – Arina Taranchenko, Diana Valieva, Irina Dricheva, Ekaterina Sergeeva - also received practical training.

Of course, our opponent was also over-motivated. Spartak started the season in a champion-like way, having managed to register three major victories. In the winter, the red and white had a great transfer campaign, luring the league's top scorer Gabriela Gzhivinska from Zenit, as well as the talented Kira Petukhova from Chertanovo. However, Vadim Kozlov's car has already failed, losing the most important points in the game with Krasnodar (1:1). Because of this, Spartak lost the first place to CSKA and is now ready to tear and throw in order not to let go of the main competitor.

But the champion also has a vulnerable spot — serious personnel losses. In the upcoming derby, Spartak could not be helped by its best player of last season, Tiyana Filipovic, who suffered a foot injury. Also out of the game was one of the leaders of the defense Lydia Kulish. Without these football players, the Spartacus game has noticeably lost reliability.

Old scores added a special peppercorn to the derby. Ex-blue and white players Karina Baklanova and Marina Fedorova could enter the field as part of the opponent. And historically, the matches against Spartak are not easy for us: in five face-to-face meetings (including friendly ones), the red and white won four times.

Nevertheless, Dynamo got a real chance to take advantage of the opponent's personnel problems and break an unpleasant tradition. Moreover, the blue and white received serious reinforcements in the person of two-time champion of Russia Yulia Myasnikova, who did not postpone her debut for the blue and white and appeared in the starting lineup literally on the day of signing the contract!

Interesting events began even before the starting whistle: if Myasnikova only made her debut for the blue and white, then Maria Galai, on the contrary, took the field in her 50th anniversary match for the club.

The game itself started without any buildup: already in the first minute, the captain of the red and white Anna Kozhnikova opened the account, completing a quick attack of her team. The scoring moment was preceded by a corner played by Marina Fedorova and Dina Blagojevich, who made an accurate throw into the penalty area.

In general, the events of the first half of the meeting developed for our team according to a negative scenario. In addition to the goal missed in the first minute, the removal on the 16th was also added. Anastasia Kovaleva fouled Fedorova in the center circle, after which she kicked her opponent, for which the referee Alina Vakhrusheva immediately showed her a straight red card.

The team was outnumbered for almost the entire game, and Maxim Zinoviev's coaching staff was forced to make emergency substitutions. At the 23rd minute, Kristina Komissarova replaced Tatyana Danilochkina, and at the 29th minute Ksenia Pilnikova came out instead of Isidora Vuchkovich.

Spartak continued to dominate, creating one moment after another. In the 34th minute, Natalia Mashina almost doubled the advantage by hitting the post, and in the 42nd minute, after taking out Myasnikova's ball from the ribbon, Gabriela Gzhivinska shook the crossbar of Anastasia Ananyeva's goal with a powerful blow.

The second half also began under the dictation of Vadim Kozlov's wards, who sought to score a quick goal, as at the beginning of the meeting. In the 51st minute Fedorova struck dangerously after a rebound, but the ball missed the target.

However, the key moment for Dynamo happened in the 56th minute, when Anastasia Shlapakova left the field, injured in a collision with Kozhnikova. As soon as the blue and white lost another player, Spartak scored the second goal here. The canopy from the left flank ended with a discount Car on Lina Yakupova, who sent the ball into an empty net…

Three minutes later, Dynamo could reduce the gap: after giving a corner, the ball hit the frame of Elizaveta Shcherbakova's goal, but they played reliably on finishing off the Spartacus. In the same episode, Komissarova received a yellow card for disrupting a quick counterattack.

The final ten minutes were spent in Dynamo's attempts to organize a constructive attack, despite the accumulated fatigue. Maxim Zinoviev refreshed the game by releasing Ekaterina Sergeeva and Lamunat Mustafaeva on the field, but experienced spartacists confidently held the ball, not allowing to close the gap. They could have scored, but Ananyeva continued to save the team until the last seconds, in particular by pulling out the most difficult long-range shot in the 83rd minute.

The final whistle recorded Dynamo's third defeat of the season and the third match without scoring goals.

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