Dynamo Kyiv played out a 2-2 draw in a friendly match versus one of Russia’s richest football clubs FC Anji Makhachkala in Marbella on Saturday.
This game was the first of Dynamo’s second mid-season training camp in Spain.
The Russian side prevailed 2-1 after the first half despite going behind to Niko Kranjčar's opener midway through the first half. But Oleh Blokhin’s men levelled in the 69th minute through Ewerton’s own goal. Andriy Yarmolenko collected a long diagonal pass from the center of the pitch and found Admir Mehmedi in the penalty area, whose effort was deflected in off Anji's defender.
One of the best Dynamo players in this match was skipper Oleh Husiev, who even could have scored after Mehmedi’s pass 7 minutes after the starting whistle. As for the opponents, their midfielder Mbark Boussoufa was definitely one of the most dangerous players throughtout the match, posing a real threat to Dynamo' tactics.
Friendly match
2 February 2013, Marbella. Football Center Stadium
Dynamo - Anji - 2:2 (1:2)
Dynamo: Koval - Danilo Silva (Lyulka, 73), Vida, Khacheridi, Selin (Taiwo, 59) -Velozo, Haruna (Harmash,45), Husiev (Kravets, 88), Kranjčar (Bezus, 52), Yarmolenko - Mehmedi.
Anji: Gabulov - Logashov, João Carlos, Tagirbekov (Smolov, 46), Yeschenko - Lassana Diarra (Carcela-González, 45), Boussoufa, Jucilei, Shatov (Willian, 71), Zhirkov (Ewerton, 46), - Eto'O (Serderov, 79).
Goals: Kranjčar (20), Ewerton (69, og) – Boussoufa (40), Zhirkov (42)
Yellow cards: Boussoufa (30), João Carlos (58)
Red cards: Haruna (45) – Diarra (45)
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Dynamo Kyiv |
|
Anzhi |
|
2 |
GOALS SCORED |
2 |
|
6 |
TOTAL ATTEMPTS |
5 |
|
4 |
SHOTS ON TARGET |
3 |
|
2 |
SHOTS OFF TARGET |
2 |
|
1 |
WOODWORKS & CROSSBARS |
0 |
|
7 |
CORNERS |
6 |
|
0 |
OFFSIDES |
6 |
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0 |
YELLOW CARDS |
2 |
|
1 |
RED CARDS |
1 |
Dynamo Kyiv will face Russian Premier League FC Anzhi Makhachkala on Saturday, 2 February in Marbella.
The friendly game of the White and Blues against the side headed by well known Dutch coach Guus Hiddink will be the first among planning four on the second training camp in Spain.
The ex-Dynamo defender Andrey Yeschenko (оn the picture below) is among quite an impressive Anzhi squad that includs such big names as Cameroon striker Samuel Eto’o and former FC Chelsea and current Russian international Yuri Zhirkov.
Dynamo head coach Oleh Blokhin already informed that he does not care about the result in the forthcoming game. “The match against Anzhi is a part of our preparation for the Europa League battle with FC Girondins de Bordeaux. I’m going to give playing practice to numerous players including reservists”.
The game between FC Dynamo Kyiv and Anzhi will start 2, February, at 18.00 by Kyiv time.
