The match between Moscow “Lokomotiv” and Moscow “Dynamo” could not but arouse interest. The background is huge. Starting with the most obvious - after all, two metropolitan clubs play and ending with the most primitive - the current Semin team meets with the team of Yuri Palych of the past. However, the last argument is rather erroneous. “Lokomotiv” of this season’s model, “Lokomotiv” of Slavolyub Muslin, a club that changes literally from match to match, looks like an old Semin team, in fact, only by its name ...
Nominal guests - “Dynamo” and the game began in a guest modestly. Well, the railroad workers, accordingly, seriously strangled the white-blue defense. And only confident play Ovchinnikov for the time being kept zeros on the scoreboard. That time has come in the 21st minute: once again missed on the left flank O´Connor smoothly hung into the penalty area on the same lonely Bilyaletdinov. The young midfielder did not put a ball under Ovchinnikov with a strong but accurate header.
The scored goal seriously spurred Dynamo. For twenty minutes the blue and white kept Polyakov in constant tension. Right up to the second goal of “Loco” ... The goal was not logical (from the point of view of football justice), scored from the penalty spot (violation - a play with Jean's hand - it really was). Loskov came up to the point and ... 2: 0. At the end of the first half, Larry Kingston scored. In a situation that was quite harmless in terms of the game, the railwayman met Fernandez with his straight foot in the knee and, with the assistance of Judge Baskakov, left the hosts in the minority. The second half began with forced replacements on both sides. Muslin released Sennikov instead of O'Connor, Semin replied with Guyan in exchange for the injured Fernandez. In addition to the roster, the nature of the game has changed - now the obvious, but ultimately ineffective, Dynamo pressure was diluted with Loko's counterattacks. The hosts defended quite competently. With the personnel leapfrog caused by injuries in the defensive ranks, Loko certainly does honor to Muslin. Dynamo, on the whole, left a much more pleasant impression (in comparison, for example, with the start of the championship), but the team stubbornly lacked reasonable actions in the final stages of numerous attacks.
Kirill YAROSHEVSKY