The 9th round of the RPL opened with a match with a rather intriguing sign. Last season, Sochi and Dynamo fought for silver to the last, and only in the last round did the southerners surpass the opponent. This time, Slavisa Jokanovic’s team seemed to be the favorite, which has not yet suffered a single defeat in the current championship draw.

From the very beginning, the open nature of the meeting was indicated. Already in the first half, the audience saw a lot of sharp moments at the gates of both teams. And the crown of forty-five minutes was the stupidest transfer of Soslan Dzhanaev, thanks to which Dynamo managed to close the gap in the score.

The Sochi goalkeeper naturally made himself a laughing stock!

Shocking start

Dynamo was considered the favorite, but the Sochi residents had their own plans. They started the match right off the bat – and already in the 6th minute they sent the ball into Anton Shunin’s goal. This was done by a person who is usually teased for low performance – Georgy Melkadze. The former Spartak player completed a chic multi-move with an accurate blow to the bottom corner. Melkadze scores for the third match in a row and finally begins to justify his resemblance to Gonzalo Higuain.

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Just a few minutes later, Sochi scored again – and again the central role in the episode belonged to Melkadze. The striker shot through himself, Shunin parried the blow, and Nikita Burmistrov was the first to finish, who just had to send the ball into an empty net. The players began to celebrate, but the referees did not count the goal – the position was offside.

It would seem that the starting onslaught after this should subside. However, Sochi continued to go forward and scored the third goal! This time everything was decided by Christian Noboa. By the 11th minute, Dynamo was burning 0:2 – and there were no noticeable prerequisites for any positive changes.

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good shake

During the half the game leveled off a little, and the “white-blue” even had some good approaches. Denis Makarov was the most active among the guests. The right winger constantly dispersed attacks with the help of his trademark dribbling, supplied his partners with sharp passes and tirelessly put pressure on the defense of Sochi. It was the latter that ultimately led to the fact that Dynamo managed to retaliate one goal.

It all started with a completely trivial situation: Sochi just played a free kick in their own half of the field. Defender Artyom Meshchaninov passed the ball back to Soslan Dzhanaev. He calmly accepted, but suddenly noticed that the restless Makarov was running at him. Here, for some reason, the experienced goalkeeper suddenly got scared and made a decision that was not at all obvious. Dzhanaev wanted to either beat Makarov on the backswing, or give it back to Meshchaninov. However, the goalkeeper did not have enough speed or self-confidence – and, alas, he got into a puddle. The ball hit Makarov’s leg, and bounced off it into the goal. It’s funny that just a few seconds before that, the commentator of the meeting, Mikhail Melamed, said: “Some kind of shake-up of Dynamo is not enough.” And here it is!

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Surely Dzhanaev will be haunted by nightmares in which he is being pressed by the Dynamo midfielder for a long time to come. However, in the future, the keeper will already know: there is no need to try to outwit the main trickster of the Premier League. Already Makarov knows all these feints with swings by heart!