Traditionally tough contender over the past few years, Metalurh Z were good at making life difficult for Dynamo this weekend as well.
As expected, Zaporizhya were quite the force defensively. Having seized the initiative, the White-Blues could not declare their dividends. Kravets had an effort on target. Ninković took his chances firing several times outside the box. Corrêa sent some good crosses when delivering corners and free-kicks. The scoring chances were still far away.
The guests were thinking little of going forward, which makes their opener even more unreasonable. Arjanov was better in the aerial fight after his teammates supplied a pass down the flank. Shovkovskyy dived to reach the ball but only to let it slip under himself directly into the net.
The late minutes saw the second, and many are sure to say a disputable one, yellow card for Metalurh’s Postranskyy and the injury of Dynamo’s Bangoura who was substituted by Shatskikh.
Dynamo now were exerting more pressure on the ten-man opponent, with Shatskikh netting in a rebound and Ghioane scoring an extraordinary second after outplaying the defense. Semin’s guys then allowed their attacking strength to wane, yet their mission to clinch valuable three points was accomplished.
