Before the second series of the “small” metropolitan derby, there were enough forecasts and talks about the interweaving of fates connected with Lokomotiv and Dynamo. However, the word password still sounded "luck." Byshovets blamed for his absence after a lot of missed opportunities in the cup match. I didn’t want to explain the defeats to anyone with a perfectly organized and very pleasant eye (in comparison with other new buildings, such as Zenith and Spartak), the game ...
Dynamo, meanwhile, filled up the personnel deficit with Semshov, who had recovered completely, and Tanasevich and Karpovich, who were disqualified from the quarter-finals. The first two together with ex-locomotive Pimenov left the starting lineup. In addition, Andrei Kobelev decided on a non-trivial tactical move. Khokhlova and Tochilina detached to destroy the attacking intentions of the creative duo of Lokomotiv Loskov - Bilyaletdinov, while Semshov drove Danny from under Pimenov to the right flank. The arrangement of Byshovets, on the contrary, was, if not predictable, then very logical.
In the first twenty minutes, the most unexpected impression from the game of the teams fresh and eager for the fight was the deathly silence of the right Dynamo flank, where Danny was lost. And Pimenov, mindful of Baskakov’s Milan misadventures, after Kaka decided to check the arbitrator for professional suitability. The referee did it very well: a yellow card for the simulation. Ruslan learned a lesson from the warning, and real, not imaginary, but real threats began to come from him: before the break, the striker had two sharp moments.
Lokomotiv, despite several failures in the defense center, looked nevertheless more well-trained and potentially more dangerous. The center of the field the team preferred to go through vertical passes to Sychev, who played on the verge of an offside position. Three or four attempts to break free ended in the referee's go-ahead. The next one is Kochish's goal. Romanian clearly demonstrated to the striker of the Russian national team how to use Loskov’s filigree passes and break away from Dynamo defenders.
Time was drawing to a close when an unremarkable but fatal episode for Lokomotiv happened. Byshovets decided to replace the lame Rodolfo with ... Izmailov. This entailed a change in the positions of three players at once from those remaining on the field. Fininho got the most unfortunate role - the newly-born left-back defended a card in the first episode after replacing the game, and six minutes later completely left the field after a very optional foul - an elbow hit. Bilyaletdinov was already leaving for a break with thoughts on how to close the entire left brow.
The second half, “Locomotive” began without a nominal left midfielder. There was definitely a reason for the decision of Anatoly Byshovets: the pseudo-active Danny did not need special supervision. But Kobelev, contrary to logic, transferred the swift Portuguese to the opposite flank. And he, along with Granat and Kombarov, tormented there the already unstable bunch of Ivanovich - Izmailov.
Inspired by Dynamo did not get used to the status of hegemon for a short time. The handsome goal of Dmitry Kombarov, to which the bewildered Kochish tried to prevent, should finally give a chance to the pickled Pellitsoli - Yakupovich was obviously late with a throw. The return of the indefatigable Danny to the “native” flank was at the 66th minute an unpleasant revelation for the “Locomotive”. The canopy of the Portuguese was transformed into a goal pass all the same Kombarova and goal Semshova. Ironically, the lonely half-falling Kochish again watched the outrage in his penalty box ...
From the sad look of Byshovets one could understand: in the coach’s soul, as on the field, it was snowing. Replacing Izmailov with O'Connor looked like agony: the Dynamo team had already done the game. Formally, Lokomotiv again has the right to complain about bad luck. But even the most devoted fan of “red-green” cannot help but notice: even on a sunny day, the team’s game after coaching changes reminds me of a snowstorm in Petrovsky Park.
DYNAMO - LOCOMOTIVE - 2: 1 (0: 1)
Goal: 0: 1 - Kochish (30), 1: 1 - D. Kombarov (48), 2: 1 - Semshov (68).
DYNAMO: Karchemarskas, Tochilin, Kolodin, Fernandez, Granat (K. Kombarov, 56), Tanasievich, Danny, Khokhlov, Semshov (Karpovich, 75), D. Kombarov, Pimenov.
LOCOMOTIVE: Yakupovich, Rodolfo (Izmailov, 32, O'Connor, 69), Spakhich, Ivanovich, Efimov, Loskov, Gurenko, Bilyaletdinov, Kochish, Sychev, Fininho.
Warnings: Pimenov (22), Fininho (33), Ivanovich (50), K. Kombarov (66).
Removal: Finigno (39).
April 7th. BSA Dynamo. 2 p.m.
Judge: Yuri Baskakov (Moscow).