The Dynamo youth team lost to Lokomotiv in the derby

The super important match for both teams took place on the field of the capital's Lokomotiv, at the Sapsan Arena, and solved a lot. The victory in the derby brought not only three points, but also the sole leadership in the Youth League standings.

Responsible for the result, she put pressure on both Moscow teams, however, the beginning of the game was still left to the railwaywomen. They created their first moment, and the most dangerous one, already in the 2nd minute - Arina Taranchenko saved the blue and white, who will do it more than once in this match.

Having seized the territorial and playing advantage, the owners of the Cherkizovsky lawn continued to bend their line and no longer gave the initiative practically throughout the meeting. And dynamovki switched to the team mode, which had to constantly fight back and play through I can't. Here, Daria Guskova and Ekaterina Sergeeva were also damaged for five minutes, and in the middle of the half, Valeria Azeeva's face was also smashed. It's good that the damage was not so serious to finish the game ahead of schedule, but the mood of the rivals was visible to the naked eye.

They were obliged to realize their huge advantage by at least one goal in the first half of the meeting. And, unfortunately, they did it, albeit at the very end of the half. First, in the 40th minute, Sofia Slobodchikova rolled the ball along the goal and only bad luck prevented the Loko players from closing it at the far post and opening the account.

However, less than five minutes later, fate returned the debt to the railwaywomen. After Polina Pavlova hit the post, Maria Naibich was the first to finish off the ball and sent it to the Dynamo gate without hindrance – 0:1…

Lokomotiv could consolidate the success in added time, but this time the crossbar played for the blue and white and saved from a goal.

The second half was no longer so spectacular, largely because Nikolai Kovardaev's wards scored again, and this time they did it at the beginning of the half. Daria Golovina found herself alone in the Dynamo penalty area and almost from the 11-meter mark shot Taranchenko's goal – 0:2, which is almost impossible to win back with a team like Lokomotiv.

Had Varvara Demidova scored with a free kick just two minutes after Loko's second goal, the game might have gone according to a different scenario. But the goalkeeper of the hostesses of the field, Anna Berestovitskaya, was also fine and hit this ball on the corner.

Once again, the crossbar saved Lokomotiv in the 74th minute, when Angelina Golik again checked the frame of the railwaywomen's gate from a long shot. Dangerous again, but again without a goal! However, between these moments the red-green ones could score more than once, but somewhere Taranchenko saved as usual, somewhere Dynamo defenders played reliably.

Valeria Azeeva had the last chance to somehow turn the game around when, at the very end of the meeting, she broke through to Berestovitskaya's goal and instead of an accurate and strong shot into the corner, she simply sent the ball into the goalkeeper's hands.

An absolutely deserved victory for Lokomotiv, who broke out three points ahead and now the fate of the championship title depends only on himself. Well, Oleg Gusev's wards now have to win the remaining matches and count on the misfire of rivals. The calendar for both clubs at the end of the season is not the easiest.

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