Dinamo namesakes play to mark club’s 85th birthday
Published: 23 June, 2008, 18:07
While Russia are celebrating their quarter-final triumph at Euro 2008, one of the country's biggest domestic clubs is also enjoying a milestone. It is 85 years since Dynamo Moscow was formed. And to mark it they're playing Dinamo sides from Belarus, Ukrai
Hosts Dinamo Moscow played Dinamo Kiev in the first game. Russian Alexandr Kerzhakov and Portuguese Danni, star-players from the Moscow team excluded from their countries Euro 2008 squads, both appeared at Dinamo stadium. The game ended 1-1 and was decided in a shootout, which the home side won.
Dinamo will now play their namesakes from Minsk and Tbilisi in two other games.
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