Dinamo went to Yekaterinburg in search of victory. And in the end they gave it to Ural, the first in the Premier League since the end of November.
Dynamo has Anton Shunin in the RPL for the first time in four months. This is understandable, after crazy mistakes in the match against Spartak, Igor Leshchuk seemed to sit firmly on the bench. “Ural” had to do without two main center backs (the disqualified Italo and Silvie Begic), which did not at all portend a dry game for the team. There are problems with this in the Premier League and in the best squad. If the rival is not the deceased Spartak of Guillermo Abascal.
The Yekaterinburg team was the first to attack: they created several interesting plays and won a corner, after which Italo crushed Shunin with a header on goal. A little later, Anton effectively stopped Eric Bikfalvi’s shot directly into the right six meters. In the 10th minute there was no way to save: Daniel Miskic grabbed the rebound and shot accurately into the bottom corner from outside the area.
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Judging by the match, it was generally unclear which team was recently fighting for the lead in the RPL and which was fighting for relegation. “Ural” scored and calmed down. And although Dinamo took possession of the ball, they could not even enter the rival area. The visitors gave the first blow to the local goal in the 27th minute thanks to the efforts of Luis Chávez. And he’s weak and right in the center. Ilya Pomazun was there, not Leshchuk, so he had no problem.
Everything changed in the 33rd minute, when the Ural defense made a serious mistake. Diego Laxalt threw Konstantin Tyukavin from the center of the field, the Yekaterinburg team poorly organized an artificial offside and the blue and white striker, in the best tradition of Filippo Inzaghi, escaped one by one. Only moment in the half and immediately goal.
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In the first half of the match, the proportion of shots was with a notable advantage for the Urals: seven (four on goal) compared to two (both on goal). The problem is that Dynamo has Tyukavin, but Ural does not. And a great passer like Laxalt couldn’t hurt him.
After the break, the hosts also created the first dangerous episode: Emmerson reacted to a free kick, jumped with his shots and put the ball into the far corner. The blue and whites were lucky to have Laxalt as reinforcement.
The first half of the second half wasn’t as eventful. None of the rivals wanted to take the initiative, as if a tie was entirely convenient for them. Although you can’t tell from the classification. But in the 70th minute, Andrei Egorychev entered the field for the first time in just over four months after a serious injury.
But then the heat came. First, Jorge Carrascal threw a right hand at Chávez, who hit the post beautifully. Then Daniil Fomin failed to take advantage of the great opportunity. After that, Timur Ayupov headed the ball to Kashtanov. Alexey was right in front of the goal, but Roberto Fernández put his foot in just in time.
At the end of the match, Ural took a penalty. Chávez stopped Ibrahima Cissé’s blow with his shoulder or hand. Referee Vasily Kazartsev took a long look at the VAR and announced clearly to the entire stadium: “There is no violation of the rules.” Judging by the replays, fair enough.
A little later, the Urals no longer cared, because they scored the decisive goal! Kashtanov took an accidental discount from Alexander Kutitsky, who was fighting with Alexey Ionov, pushed Laxalt and hit the technical into the near corner. Also, the VAR intervened here, however, the decision turned out to be in favor of Ural. There was no smell of offside there.
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Kashtanov, overjoyed, bared his torso and received a second yellow card. The blue and white rushed to recover, but still ran out of time.
Dynamo lost for the third consecutive RPL match; In the spring it was just terrible. Talks about gold are finally postponed at least until the next championship. In fact, he would get bronze medals here. “Ural” beat the favorite and effectively left the relegation zone. Although the whole fight is ahead: in this round Sochi, Baltica and Orenburg took three points each.
