Kristina Komissarova and Diana Ponomareva at the Russian national team training in Montevideo. Photo: RFU
Dynamo football players represented the club in national teams.
At the end of spring and the beginning of summer, there was another international break for national team games, in which the players of the white-and-blue team traditionally participated.
Three main team footballers of "Dynamo" made a long journey to Uruguay – goalkeeper Diana Ponomareva and midfielders Kristina Komissarova and Liana Kotelnikova, who is spending this season on loan at Perm's "Zvezda-2005", went to Montevideo as part of the Russian national team. Here, the Russian women not only held a training camp under the guidance of head coach Yuri Krasnozhan, but also played two friendly matches against the Uruguayan women's national team (June 1 and 4).
Our girls could not defeat the Uruguayans – in the first game, the teams drew (1:1), and in the second, the Russians lost (1:2). Of the three Dynamo footballers, only Liana Kotelnikova appeared on the field: in the first match, the midfielder came on as a substitute at the 87th minute with the score at 1:1, and in the second, she started but was substituted at the 67th minute with the score at 2:1 in favor of the Uruguayan team.
As usual, the goalkeeping coach of the WFC "Dynamo" Vitaly Shadrin joined the coaching staff of the Russian national team led by Yuri Krasnozhan.
Liana Kotelnikova warming up before the match with the Uruguay national team. Photo: RFU
Dynamo central defender Helena Bozic played not at all friendly matches as part of the Montenegro national team, who, together with her team, continues to fight for a ticket to the European Championship. This time too, the irreplaceable Dynamo player, as usual, played both matches as part of the qualifications for Euro 2025: first, an important away match with the Greek national team, the main rival of the Montenegrins in the group, which ended in a draw (2:2), and then another match in away - with the Andorran national team (5:1, Bozic has a yellow card).
After this round, Montenegro, together with Helena, continues to lead in Group C and has an excellent chance of qualifying for the Euro, which will be held next summer in Switzerland. The Montenegrins have two decisive games ahead: July 12 – with the Faroe Islands (away) and July 16 – with Greece (at home).
Helena Bozic is even closer to qualifying for the European Championship with the Montenegro team
The next match of the Dynamo Football Club will take place on June 15 - as part of the 12th round of the Super League, the blue and white will play away against Spartak Moscow.
The meeting starts at 17:00 Moscow time.