Dynamo Kyiv suffered their first friendly defeat of the mid-season, going down to the Russian side FC Lokomotiv Moscow.
With young players Denys Harmash and Vladyslav Kalitvintsev in the squad, Valeriy Gazzaev’s men made a lively start and looked quite confident from the opening minutes of the game. The White-Blues created presentable chances in the opening minutes, but a 19-minute opener from Lokomotiv midfielder Dmitriy Torbinskiy and a 39-minute penalty kick from Denys Glushakov decided the game.
Two minutes before the hour-mark, Dynamo head coach made several changes in the squad, letting first-choice players Shevchenko, Milevskyy, Eremenko, Ninković and others join the action. Unfortunately, the venerable Dynamo players failed to break down their defensive-minded opponents and change the scoreline.
Dynamo – Lokomotiv – 0:2 (0:2).
Dynamo: Shovkovskyy, Betão (Yussuf, 60), Almeida, Mykhalyk (Eremenko, 58), Nesmachnyy (Magrão, 58; Nesmachnyy, 80), Vukojević, El Kaddouri (Ninković, 58), Harmash (Yarmolenko, 58), Kalitvintsev (Milevskyy, 58), Husyev (Shevchenko, 58), Zozulya (Kravets, 58).
Lokomotiv (first half): Czech, Sennikov, Basha, Asatiani, Yanbaev, Duimovic, Torbinskiy, Odemwingie, Glushakov, Gatagov, Traore.
Lokomotiv (second half): Guilherme, Belyaev, Milanovic, Efimov, Kuzmin, Charles, Tarasov, Draman, Minchenkov, Ignatyev, Smolnikov.
Goals: Torbinskiy (19), Glushakov (39, pen.).
Booked: Harmash (27), Betão (50), Vukojević (65), Nesmachnyy (84), Milevskyy (88) – Duimovic (8), Belyaev (77), Draman (84).
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