First defeat

Compared to the game against CSKA Jose Couceiro made just one change in his starting eleven: Renat Yanbaev appeared on the right side of the defence instead of Andrey Eschenko.

Both teams were wearing t-shirts with a logo of the international campaign “Professional football against starvation”.

As for the game, for the most time in the first half, the ball remained in the centre of the pitch. There was a lot of tackling and losses rather than scoring opportunities.

Late in the first half both team finally managed to threaten each other's goals. First, Wilkshire broke the rules when trying to win the high ball from Roman Pavlyuchenko. The Railwaymen were awarded a direct free kick which was played by Roman Shishkin. The defender made a pass to Denis Glushakov who bulleted the ball and it took Shounin's best skills to deflect it. Dynamo's reply, alas, was a goal. Kokorin received the ball in the box and made a chip shot. Guilherme didn’t help.

The second half could have started with an awkward goal by Dynamo. Samedov played a long ball to Loko's box which disoriented both sides. However, Guilherme was cool and got the ball in a perfect jump.

In the middle of the second half Jose Couceiro made a double substitution. Dmitry Loskov and Victor Obinna appeared on the pitch instead of Dmitry Torbinsky and Vladislav Ignatiev.

Ten minutes later the Nigerian made a cross that could have been an assist. Roman Pavlyuchenko was the first on the ball but his shot missed the target.

The Railwaymen were putting up pressure on Dynamo's goal and in the 82 minute there was another danger in the box. Loko played a long corner, the ball came to Pavlyuchenko who headed on to the farther post but Maxim Belyaev should have been there a moment earlier than an opponent.

Loko was trying hard to equalize but two minutes before the final whistle Dynamo scored again. Samedov carried the ball into Loko's box, Ozdoev tried to clear the ball but instead hacked his opponent and the referee pointed to the penalty spot. 0:2, a winner scored by Misimovic.

Even after this blow, the Railwaymen kept storming Dynamo's goal and Sychev who appeared on the pitch shortly after the second goal several times received the ball in a good positon. Sadly, he failed to convert opportunities into goals.

In this equal battle, Loko lost to Dynamo. However, our team is still third in the table.

Lokomotiv - Dynamo 0:2 (0:1)

Goals: Kokorin, 43 (0:1). Misimovic, 88 - pen. (0:2)

Lokomotiv: Guilherme, Burlak, Shishkin (Sychev, 89), Belyaev, Yanbaev, Glushakov, Ignatiev (Obinna, 61), Torbinsky (Loskov, 61), Ozdoev, Pavlyuchenko, Caicedo.

Dynamo: Shounin, Fernandez, Granat, Wilkshire, Rykov, Kokorin, Samedov, Semshov (Yusupov, 75), Noboa, Voronin (Misimovic, 78), Kuranyi.

Yellow cards: Wilkshire, 41. Rykov, 47. Pavlyuchenko, 85. Burlak, 85.

Referee: Alexey Nikolaev (Moscow).

April, 1. Moscow. Lokomotiv Stadium. 15 640 spectators.