A difficult victory in the red-hot Samara (2:1) brought the blue and white three points and first place in the standings.
The match began in Samara with the attack of the hostesses of the field: already in the 2nd minute, the Wings struck a free kick, which, however, turned out to be inaccurate. Dynamovki responded quickly and much more dangerously – in the 3rd minute Ksenia Pilnikova struck the first shot at the goal of the Samara team.
Soon the hostesses took the initiative again: in the 7th minute Sheshunova struck above the gate, and in general, the Wings earned several standard positions at our gate. In the 13th minute, the blue and white had a great opportunity to open an account: after Dana Dobrovitskaya's pass, Eva Rabchenyuk struck from the center of the penalty area, but the ball went a little higher than the crossbar. The hostesses responded with their moment two minutes later, when Irina Kozinets, after a corner kick, struck with her head, but also inaccurately.
By the 20th minute, the game had become tougher, which was reflected in two yellow cards shown by the referee to the players of both teams. In the middle of the half, the teams went to a watering hole – the Samara heat affected, the thermometer rose to +30 degrees. By this time, the account was still not open, and Dynamo captain Kristina Kubatkina had already received a warning.
After a pause, the game leveled off and passed mostly without dangerous moments, until at the 35th minute Dobrovitskaya decided to strike – the ball passed next to the bar. And on the 38th minute dynamovki opened the account! Irina Dricheva executed an accurate cross from the left flank, which Eva Rabchenyuk closed with her head, sending the ball into the net – 1:0!
Towards the end of the half, Krylia tried to recoup and, after a corner, created tension at our goal, but the blue and white defense selflessly blocked a series of shots.
It seemed that the teams would go for a break with the score in favor of Dynamo, but in the second added minute the hosts equalized. After the submission of Ekaterina Dianova from the right flank, goalkeeper Diana Valieva unsuccessfully hit the ball with her palm right on the leg of Alexandra Khramenkova, who did not miss her chance – 1:1.
In the second half, the Dynamo coaching staff released the second goalkeeper: Maria Leontieva took the place in the goal instead of Valieva. Already in the 53rd minute, the hosts were close to the second goal: Leontieva made a mistake on the way out when giving a corner, but the team was rescued by captain Kristina Kubatkina, who took the ball almost from the goal ribbon.
Dynamo's response was immediate. At the 55th minute, Rabchenyuk earned a penalty with her activity. Diana Dobrovitskaya came to the point and in the 57th minute coolly realized an eleven-meter shot, hitting the bottom exactly in the right corner – 2:1, the blue and white are ahead again!
In the 63rd minute, the blue and white coaching staff made a double substitution to refresh the game: Daria Sorokina and Yana Nesterenko entered the field, replacing Ksenia Pilnikova and Mariana Stepanova. Having gained an advantage in the score, dynamovki continued to attack.
At first, the restless Rabchenyuk checked the goalkeeper's vigilance with a long-range shot, but she missed. In the 76th minute, a double moment immediately appeared at the Krylia gate with the participation of Daria Sorokina and the same Rabchenyuk, but it was not possible to score the third goal. And in the 80th minute, Alisa Klimova made a brilliant individual pass, the goalkeeper parried her shot, and Sorokina could not beat the defender who blocked her shot.
In the final minutes of the match, Krylia Sovetov threw all their strength to recoup, but Dynamo's defense acted reliably and smoothly, repelling all the attacks of the Samara team. Especially vivid was the episode in the 87th minute, when two of the hostesses' footballers were ready to strike at the goal, but at the last moment Alina Gagieva knocked the ball out of the penalty area in a clean tackle. Six minutes were added to the main time, but the Samara team failed to make the final assault.
The final whistle recorded a difficult but very important victory of Dynamo in Samara with a score of 2:1. Blue and white continued their winning streak, which now totals four matches.
For full information about the starting lineups and the events of the meeting, see the match center.
The next match of Dynamo U-21 will be played on May 24 – in Kazan against the youth team of ZHFC Rubin. The meeting starts at 11:00 Moscow time.
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