The meeting ended with a victory for the hosts with a score of 2:1. Edgar Sevikyan opened the scoring in the 13th minute. In the 16th minute, Konstantin Tyukavin equalized the score again. In the 90+3rd minute, Yaroslav Gladyshev brought victory to his team.
“Dynamo” took the initiative from the first minutes, taking possession of the ball and territory. The Nizhny Novgorod club had something to answer for. From the 13th minute, Edgar Sevikyan opened the scoring in the match. The midfielder beat Carrascal to the corner of the penalty area and sent the ball into Shunin’s goal. It didn’t take long for the hosts to salvage their victory. Three minutes later, the Paris NN goalkeeper made a mistake. As a result, the ball went to Carrascal, who crossed to the center of the penalty area, where Konstantin Tyukavin finished off the opportunity. After a few more minutes, Tyukavin could have scored a double, but the goalkeeper did a competent job.
With the remaining time of the first half, Paris NN worked on the second goal. Sevikyan created two more chances which ended with shots hitting the woodwork. But at the break, the visitors were ultimately inferior in shots on target – 2:5.
In the second half, Dynamo started to put pressure on again and the goalkeeper almost brought the visitors home. Nizhny Novgorod residents responded with counterattacks. But after Sevikyan’s replacement, the Paris NN attack slowed down significantly. And the hosts continued to attack. Smolov hit the Cross, Tyukavin’s shot was blocked.
Dynamo finished without Smolov and Tyukavin. Marcel Lička’s team failed to put pressure on their opponents. The home team made 26 shots, including 9 on target, compared to 13 shots and 2 on target from the opponent. But from the third minute compensated, luck still smiled on the Muscovites. Fomin crossed and Gladyshev headed clear.
“We did our job, it was very important for us. We had a difficult group – Spartak, Krasnodar. I respect Pari NN, they use quick counterattacks well and are not just defensive. It was hard for us, the match “It was open. Congratulations to the team for the victory,” Lichka said after winning the match.
“We didn’t deserve to lose today, certainly not in normal time. We should have taken our chances. Those who started today showed well.
With the sanctions we have, these are additional games. The Cup is a title, it’s always nice to win it. There are a lot of games now and we have a squad rotation. All footballers are proud, today we showed it,” commented Dmitry Ananko about the defeat of Paris NN (Yuran was absent due to disqualification).
Paris NN was defeated and finished its performance in the tournament by taking the last place in group D. And Dynamo took second place and reached the playoffs of the Russian Cup of the RPL path.
Yahya Hasanov, Athletistic
Source: Sport
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