FC Dynamo Kiev vs. Rubin Kazan

The Russian champions stunned their hosts when they took the lead against the run of play through Alejandro Dominguez's free-kick.

Dynamo got off to a strong start as Andriy Yarmolenko had an early shot blocked by Cesar Navas and Yussuf sent a free-kick narrowly wide. But Rubin Kazan then shocked their hosts with the opening goal. Milos Ninkovic brought down Sergei Semak on the edge of the area and Dominguez lashed the resulting free-kick into the top left-hand corner of the net.

Even with the lead the visitors remained firmly on the back foot and it was a rare attack in the 33rd minute that saw Alexander Bukharov's shot blocked by Leandro Almeida.

Andriy Shevchenko was struggling to make an impact on his return to the competition, and his 40th-minute header gave Sergei Ryzhikov a routine save. Ninkovic then blazed over the crossbar and then headed just over too as Dynamo failed to make their supremacy pay in the opening minutes of the second half.

At long last the breakthrough came for Dynamo with 20 minutes to go when Yussuf rose to meet Magrao's corner and send a powerful header into the top of the net. Ryzhikov had to be smart to block an Eremenko shot moments later as Dynamo continued to pour on the pressure, now seeking the winner.

Yussuf thought he had it in the 78th minute, but Ryzhikov made a fine save to push his header around the post. But it only delayed the inevitable as, moments later, Shevchenko's pass found Magrao and he fired in from the centre of the area. Dynamo were not done at that.

The hosts made sure of all three points five minutes from time as Gusev lashed home a right-footed shot to put the result beyond doubt.