WFC Dynamo youth team lost to WFC Lokomotiv at home

On Monday, the Dynamo youth team hosted a possible future champion of the youth championship. Moscow's Lokomotiv is in first place in the standings: in 12 matches before this match, the red-greens had 12 wins. The Railwaywomen conceded only 4 goals, scoring 38. The only club that can compete with them in the fight for gold is Krasnodar, which is breathing down the Railwaywomen's neck. These two teams were separated by only four points.

As for Dynamo, our girls have not yet shown the results that we all want so much. The white-blues are at the bottom of the standings in the final stage of the league. In their last match, the Dynamo team played away against Spartak. The game performed by Mikhail Kobyakov's team was not bad. We responded to the goal scored by the red-whites with a beautiful and accurate shot by Anastasia Orlova. The result was a draw (1:1), which the home team was more happy about, as they were playing out the rest of the match with a man down.

As expected, the visitors took the initiative from the first minutes in the match with Lokomotiv. Our girls managed to build defensive redoubts, which were reliable until a certain point.

The breakdown occurred in the 24th minute. Anna Solovieva's shot from the center of the penalty area was so accurate and powerful that Arina Taranchenko did not have time to react. The red-greens took the lead already in the middle of the first half. A few moments later, things got hot again near the Dynamo goal, but after a long-range shot, our goalkeeper made a beautiful jump and sent the ball to a corner.

Just before the break, Taranchenko's jump was not enough to save the team after a long-range shot by Golovina - 0:2. Lokomotiv doubled its advantage almost before the break.

In the second half, our girls tried to move the game away from their goal. And they succeeded. Dynamo organized several good attacks right after the break. One of the approaches to the Lokomotiv goal could have ended with a goal. Varvara Rubtsova decided to strike from outside the penalty area - beautifully, accurately, powerfully, but the opponents' goalkeeper, not without difficulty, reached the ball and deflected it to the corner.

It seemed that a goal was brewing. And it happened, but only into the Dynamo goal. Polina Pavlova got past several Dynamo defenders and made an accurate strike.

After one of the attacks of the red-greens, referee Maria Tkacheva recorded a violation of the rules and pointed to the spot. Vladislava Butkevich approached the ball, probably intending to open the scoring for Lokomotiv. However, she was unable to beat Arina Taranchenko - the Dynamo goalkeeper guessed the direction of the strike and blocked the ball with a beautiful jump. A few moments later, Taranchenko showed a wonderful reaction again and saved her possessions from the fourth goal. However, she was unable to save herself from it. In the last minute of regular time, Butkevich scored her first goal for her new team, making the score 4:0 in favor of the railwaywomen.

For full details on the starting lineups and events of the match, see the match centre.