The current champion of Russia, without unnecessary nerves, coped well on a visit with Samara “Dynamo” in the first postponed match of the 4th round 5-1.
The game superiority of the Ugra team already at the beginning of the meeting naturally turned into an advantage in the score. In his debut match for Gazprom-Ugra, after a soft pass from Afanasyev, in the 7th minute, Sergey Pokytilo scored a goal. Another newcomer of the “gas companies”, Spaniard Juan Emilio, also drew attention to the assertiveness, but, like his teammates, he could not succeed in the attack, despite the succession of attempts. Nando, Pirogov and Pokotylo arranged a real test for Zalaletdinov, which the Samarans goalkeeper coped with. At the very end of the first half, Afanasyev had a chance to distinguish himself, but missed the goal. On the part of the Samarans, we should note the attempt of Smirnov, but for Kupatadze it was not so difficult to parry this blow. The starting half of the second half did not specify Dynamo at all. On the 29th minute, Pokotylo plunged the second ball into the near corner of the hosts goal, almost immediately Nando spun the projectile straight into the far post, and in the 35th minute Afanasyev was right there on the finishing off after Signev’s long shot 0-4. It was quite possible Emilio could bring the score to an even bigger one, but having run away “one to zero” the Spaniard outwitted himself, and having failed to create a real threat.

In the remaining time, Yevtushenko comes to the pitch to replace Zalaletdinov, and if the goalkeeper of Samarans, when guests of 10-meter in the 45th minute, parried Lyskov’s shot, and then Pirogov’s strike at a second pace, then at Emilio’s kick almost at full stop a minute later goalkeeper Dynamo turns out to be powerless. The team of Maksim Gorbunov manage to please their fans this evening with only a bare prestige from Ivan Krylov in the 47th minute. Gazprom-Ugra today is an order of magnitude more collected, but there are still three full-time fights ahead of the teams. Still can change.