VTB Memorial Lev Yashin Cup is in the hands of Dynamo players!

Dynamo playing against Portuguese club was awaited by the supporters with a big interest. Benfica after sudden defeat from Serbian OFK (0:1) at the beginning of the competition managed to triumph against Malaga (3:1). That match had not only many goals, but also cautions for both teams. Dynamo started the tournament by means of a comeback win in the match against Greek PAOK (3:2) and then they had a tough win over their compatriots CSKA (1:0). This is the second final for the white-and-light-blue team in this Cup history. In the first one the players by Dmitry Khokhlov did not manage to win over Olympic team of Mexico. But in spite of the pre-start forecasts, the favourite team was difficult to define.

Dynamo Moscow (Russia) vs Benfica Lisbon (Portugal) - 1:1 (0:1) (5:4 - pen)

Goals: 0:1 Nelson (40), 1:1 Kozlov (83)
Post-match penalty shoot-out: 0:0 Pinto, 1:0 Ivanov, 1:1 Buedes, 2:1 Kozlov, 2:2 Pla, 3:2 Klimov, 3:3 Alfayate, 4:3 Levin, 4:4 Valente, 5:4 Obolskiy 

Dynamo: Zirikov, Ivanov, Klimov, Kalyashin, Levin, Gorbunov, Morgunov (Mogulkin, 76), Suanov (Obolskiy, 46), Tashchi (Farafonov, 66), Sidnev, Kozlov
Substitutes: Rebrikov, Altunin, Evtushenko, Derevyagin
Head Coach: Dmitry Khokhlov

Cautions: Klimov (67), Levin (90+) - Pla (45), Pinto (45+), Amorin (26)

Sent-off: Amorin (88, 2^nd yellow card)

Referees: Sergey Karasev, Tikhon Kalugin, Vitaly Drozdov

24 July 2014 – 19:00. Luzhniki, Sportivnyi Gorodok, pitch No10