2024-03-12 00:29:23
MOSCOW, March 12. /TASS/. On Tuesday, Khimki near Moscow will host Krasnodar in the quarterfinal match of the first stage of the Fonbet “path of the regions” playoffs – the Russian Football Cup. The meeting will take place at Arena Khimki.
Source: RIA “Novosti”
“Khimki” began their tournament journey from the fourth round of the “regional path” and at this stage defeated the team from the Media League 2Drots (2:0). Then the Moscow Region club defeated Ufa (1:0) and Dynamo from Vladivostok (4:0). “Krasnodar” took third place in Quartet D in the group stage of the “Path of the World – Russian Premier League (RPL)”. The rivals of the Krasnodar team in the group were Moscow Spartak and Dynamo, as well as Paris Nizhny Novgorod. The match between Khimki and Krasnodar will be the first in the Russian Cup since November 2023. The meeting is scheduled to start at 18:00 Moscow time.
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Khimki – Krasnodar
Also at this stage on March 13, two matches will take place in the “regional path”. Volgar Astrakhan will play with Akhmat Grozny. “Volgar” in the previous rounds defeated “Znamya Truda” from the city of Orekhovo-Zuevo (3:1), Krasnoyarsk “Yenisei” (1:0) and Tolyatti “Akron” (1:0). “Akhmat” played in the group stage of the “RPL path” once morest the St. Petersburg “Zenith”, the Kaliningrad “Baltika” and the Samara “Wings of the Soviets”. The match between Volgar and Akhmat will start at 15:30 Moscow time.
Moscow Rodina will host Ekaterinburg Ural. Rodina defeated Tekstilshchik Ivanovo (3:1), Arsenal Tula (2:1) and Chernomorets Novorossiysk (3:0) in this Russian Cup. “Ural” in the “RPL way” played in a group with Moscow “Lokomotiv”, “Rostov” and Kazan “Rubin”. The match between Rodina and Ural will begin at 18:00 Moscow time.
SKA-Khabarovsk and Sochi will play in the final match of this stage on March 14. In the previous rounds, the team from Khabarovsk defeated Saratov Sokol (1:1, 4:2 on penalties), Perm Amkar (2:0) and Forte from Taganrog (2:0). Sochi players played once morest CSKA Moscow, Orenburg and Fakel Voronezh in the group stage of the “RPL path”. The match “SKA-Khabarovsk” – “Sochi” will begin at 15:30 Moscow time.
Return matches in the “RPL way”
From March 12 to 14, return matches in the quarterfinals of the “RPL path” will also be held. On March 12, the current tournament winner CSKA will play once morest Rostov. The first match of these teams ended with a score of 1:1, the meeting will begin at 20:15 Moscow time.
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Zenit – Dynamo
The most interesting match will take place on March 13 in St. Petersburg, where Zenit will play with Dynamo Moscow. Both teams are in the top three in the Russian Championship table. Zenit is in first place with 40 points. Dynamo is in third place, two points behind the leader. In the first cup match, the capital team won with a score of 1:0, the return match is scheduled to start at 20:15 Moscow time.
According to two-time Russian Cup winner Dmitry Bulykin, both teams can take risks in the return match, since based on its results no one will be eliminated from the tournament – the loser will go to the playoffs “the way of the regions.” “I think the match will be tense, both teams will play to win,” Bulykin told TASS. – At the same time, due to the fact that no one will fly out, you can take a risk and check the nearest reserve. Of course, everyone wants to win a trophy, but when there is no room for error, the teams will already play at their maximum.”
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Spartak – Orenburg
On March 14, Lokomotiv will host Baltika. The first cup match between the teams ended with a score of 2:2. The meeting will begin at 18:00 Moscow time.
At the same time, the return game between Spartak and Orenburg will begin. On March 4, the RPL reported that the Lukoil Arena field would be ready for this meeting. On March 10, the red and white played a Russian Championship match once morest Fakel (0:2) at the Luzhniki Stadium, since the home field did not comply with the RPL regulations and the standards of the Russian Football Union. The first game between Spartak and Orenburg ended in the defeat of the capital team (0:1).
About the Russian Cup
In the playoffs of the Russian Cup, teams are divided into the “RPL path” and the “regional path”. The RPL teams had previously played group stage matches, while the remaining clubs went through six rounds of the “path of the regions”, determining the four strongest. In the quarterfinals of the “Path of the Regions” of the Russian Cup, the teams that took third place in the “RPL Path” groups and the winners of the sixth round of the “Path of the Regions” will meet.
The playoffs will be held using the Double Elimination system (elimination from the tournament following two defeats). At each stage of the playoffs of the “RPL path”, with the exception of the final, the losing team will drop into the corresponding stage of the playoffs of the “regional path”. Teams from the regional playoffs will leave the tournament following their first defeat.
The current holder of the Russian Cup is CSKA, which beat Krasnodar in the super final of the last tournament (1:1, 6:5 on penalties). The army club has eight victories in the Russian Cup. The record holder for this indicator is Lokomotiv (nine), the trophy was won four times by Spartak and Zenit, one each by Dynamo Moscow, Rubin, Rostov, Torpedo Moscow, Terek ( the current name is “Akhmat”).
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