Those players who lacked game practice during the Joint tournament and reservists took the field of Dynamo stadium named after Valeriy Lobanovskyi.
Game aspects
Kyivans started the game actively and had some goal-scoring opportunities. Never the less away side opened the score 13 minutes into the match. Beikzadeh put a low cross into Dynamo penalty area and Borhani netted the ball.
Kyivans equalized the score five minutes later. Ruben scored in one-on-one situation.
After that Estaghlal players started fouling a lot in the midfield. Ruben was injured and substituted with Vitaliy Kaverin.
69 minutes into the match Majidi slotted his team ahead after the White-Blues defenders’ mistake.
The match was attended by more than thousand spectators. Dynamo ultras also came to support the team.
Key episode
69 minutes into the match Dynamo defender Valeriy Boldenkov slipped and Majidi scored in one-on-one situation.
Top person
Esteghlal striker Farhad Majidi made a substitute appearance 56 minutes into the match and scored the decisive goal.
Friendly match
09.07. 2013. Kyiv. Dynamo Stadium named after V. Lobanovskyi. 1,200 spectators
Dynamo Kyiv – Esteghlal (Tehran, Iran) -1:2 (1:1)
Dynamo: Bushchan (Bon, 46) – Sukhomlynov (Burda, 81), Yussuf, Ryzhuk, Chornomorets – Buialskyi (Boldenkov, 61), Makarenko (Balan, 61) Bezus (Savchenko, 61), Tsurikov – Kravets (c) (Maik, 61), Ruben (Kaverin, 33).
Esteghlal: Hosseini, Sadeghi, Omranzadeh, Beikhzadeh, Borhani (Montazeri, 81), Akbarpour, Nouri, Ghazi, Lovre (Kyslyi, 75), Nazari (Majidi, 56), Nikbakht.
Goals: Ruben (18) – Borhani (13), Majidi (69).
Yellow cards: Bezus (53), Tsurikov (80) – Nazari (27), Omranzadeh (31), Akbarpour (34).
Red card: Akbarpour (second booking).
