Dynamo’s attack overcame the flaws in defense. Even Smolov broke the terrible streak!
Nikita Paglazov April 17, 2024, 19:30 Moscow time Audio version: Your browser does not support the audio element.
Lichka arrived in Orenburg, beat his former team and advanced further in the Russian Cup.
Dinamo, after two defeats in the RPL, can only dream of gold. But in the Cup, the blue and white team continue fighting for the trophy. Yes, on the Camino de las Regions, but the possibilities are still good. In the semi-finals of the lower category, the Muscovites were expected to travel to Orenburg. David Deogracia’s team had a great run after the resumption of the RPL: 11 points in five rounds. So Dynamo had a difficult match ahead of them.
Blue and white coach Marcel Lička sent a mixed team for the match against his former club. For example, Yaroslav Gladyshev, Vyacheslav Grulev, Fedor Smolov, Alexander Kutitsky, Daniil Fomin and Denis Makarov all had chances to start. Orenburg also resorted to rotation, because the main task of the team is to maintain its place in the RPL.
Smolov hasn’t been impressing lately:
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But at the beginning of the match the locals showed that they would not give up victory. “Orenburg” put strong pressure on “Dynamo”, without giving the ball to the opponent. And in the seventh minute, referee Pavel Kukuyan made a controversial decision. Blue and white defender Sergei Parshivlyuk attacked Orenburg striker Khimmi Marin from behind in his area and brought him down. But the referee did not see the violation. Ambiguous.
It is good for a club to have high-level players. So any moment can become a goal. This is what happened in the 11th minute. Dynamo’s first attack of the match immediately ended in a goal. Gladyshev received the ball, entered the area, passed it to Smolov and he shot into the near corner of the Orenburg goal. Fedor’s first goal in 2024!
Celebrating a goal by Fedor Smolov
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After the first goal the game did not stop being interesting. The game stabilized, the teams exchanged good attacks. In the 16th minute, Orenburg midfielder Mohammad Ghorbani hit the crossbar with his head after a pass from the right wing by Andrey Malykh. Then Dinamo winger Denis Makarov shot from long range, which was saved by goalkeeper Andrei Khodanovich. At the end of the half, Gorbani once again threatened the visiting goal, but after his header, Antón Shunin and Roberto Fernández saved the Muscovites. The first half was even: Orenburg definitely took advantage of their goal, but Dynamo also deservedly scored.
The beginning of the second half can be called a cosplay of the first. Once again Orenburg was more active and dangerous at the beginning, but Dinamo scored the goal. In the 62nd minute, substitute Tyukavin scored. Carrascal (who also came off the bench) made fun of the Orenburg defense on the left wing and threw the ball into the goalkeeper’s area, where Konstantin headed in. Goal from coach Marcel Lička, who had released the players a few minutes earlier.
Although Dynamo had doubts about Lichka:
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But Dinamo doesn’t know how to hold meetings without getting nervous. In the 67th minute, the visitors gave Orenburg the goal: Justin Cuero made a pass into the goalkeeper’s area, but it went wrong. The problem is that goalkeeper Shunin and defender Fernández did not know who should take the ball. Ghorbani took advantage of their confusion and reduced the difference on the scoreboard. Another epic failure from the Dynamo defense.
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Orenburg felt they could change the course of the game. Deogracia made changes and the players advanced. Unfortunately for the hosts, Dynamo’s attack was in full swing today. A mistake by Orenburg midfielder Gabriel Florentin was caught by Daniil Fomin, who intercepted the ball and ran into the Orenburg area. Denis Makarov arrived in time behind his teammate and scored Khodanovich’s goal. 3:1 – the Orenburg team was expelled from the game. And in the 82nd minute, Carrascal took advantage of another Orenburg mistake. Poluyakhtov slipped, the Colombian intercepted the ball, escaped from everyone and hit the visitors’ goal.
Jorge Carrascal
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In the end, Orenburg recovered and scored the second goal of the game: Jordi Thompson moved from the right half-back to the center and shot accurately into the lower left corner of Shunin’s goal. The meeting was productive!
Orenburg abandoned the 2023/2024 Russian Cup and Dynamo moves on. The blue and white await their rival in the next stage of the Camino de las Regions. Options: Rostov, Baltika or Spartak/Zenit.
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