Lokomotiv and Dynamo are two walking problems. Both teams fail the season and often show an unintelligible game. In the face-to-face confrontation between the Moscow clubs, it became obvious that Loko’s troubles are much more serious.

The Railroad started the match perfectly, but then everything turned upside down. It’s all to blame – a strange coaching decision that weakened the team’s game in the key zone.

“Dynamo” just tore the opponent in the center of the field! The lesser of two evils – Dynamo

The first seconds of the meeting gave hope that the game would be open and productive. Less than a minute later, Francois Camano drove the ball into Anton Shunin’s goal after Dmitry Zhivoglyadov’s serve. The goal turned out to be truly English – like the departure of Josef Zinnbauer.

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Inspired by success, Loko immediately gave the initiative to Dynamo. The guests, who entered the derby in stylish black uniforms in honor of Lev Yashin’s birthday, took possession of the ball and gradually began to approach the opponent’s goal. At first it was just timid crosses, but then Anton Miranchuk, after one of these crosses, did not timidly play his hand in his own penalty area. Referee Pavel Kukuyan pointed to the spot.

Fedor Smolov went to beat, who kept the number 100 in his head. A goal would mean that the Dynamo striker would get into the club of scorers who scored a hundred goals in the Russian championship. A confident takeoff, a blow – and now Fedor is already in the company of Alexander Kerzhakov, Artyom Dziuba, Oleg Veretennikov and other superstars.

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After that, Dynamo began to pump even more, and Arsen Zakharyan even scored. Alas, the joy of the Chelsea legend did not last long. It turned out that Smolov went offside and during the blow loomed right in front of Guilherme’s eyes, blocking the keeper’s view. As a result, the teams went to the break with an equal score. The general impression at the end of the first forty-five minutes is that both teams have serious problems, but the lesser of two evils is still Dynamo.

Doubtful permutation

As soon as they saw Loko’s starting lineup, many asked a reasonable question: why is Dmitry Barinov playing in the center of defense? At the same time, and about. Andrey Fedorov, the head coach of the team, chose to put Stanislav Magkeev in the support zone, who has much more experience in defense. After the break, this original rearrangement began to cause even more doubts.

After the 50th minute, Loko began to fail over and over again in the center of the field, allowing Dynamo to run away into fast attacks. One of these attacks was interrupted only in the immediate vicinity of his own penalty area – with the help of a foul on a yellow card. It was Magkeev who got the mustard plaster, knocking down Daniil Fomin, who was rushing to the gate. After Zakharyan’s free-kick, the ball hit Tin Yedvay’s head, and treacherously bounced off her into the goal – Guilherme could not react to such an insidious rebound!

Loko clearly lacked drive. Perhaps the team really reigns in the mood described by Barinov in a recent interview. “Railroad” almost did not bring attacks to strikes, and “Dynamo” in the meantime created a whole series of dangerous moments – only the reaction of Guilherme helped the hosts to keep the minimum backlog.

Once again, Loko’s weakness in the middle showed up. Dynamo stopped all the opponent’s attacks in the bud – Anton Miranchuk, Wilson Isidor, Kamano and other attacking players had to basically take the ball with their backs to the goal. The situation seems to have become a little better with the release of Daniil Kulikov, who knows how to make the first gear, but the situation has not fundamentally changed. And at the end, Maxim Nenakhov also brought the second penalty kick, which Daniil Fomin calmly realized.

It is clear that the point is not only that Barinov and Magkeev have been swapped. Much more is needed for Loko to play again. On the other hand, the failure of the club this season was formed, among other things, from such strange decisions. The Germans have left, but so far nothing has changed.