Former Spartak player Valery Gladilin believes Lokomotiv’s chances of beating the red-whites in the Russian Cup are very slim.
“Lokomotiv has little chance to beat Spartak. The weather will be more favorable in the next match. I think Spartak will win by a bigger score,” Gladil told socialbites.ca.
On February 22, Spartak defeated Lokomotiv 1-0 in the first match of the Russian Cup 1/4 finals. Danil Prutsev scored the only goal. The return match between these teams will be played on February 27. Also yesterday, another playoff match of RPL Way took place in the Russian Cup, where Rostov and Ural drew 1-1.
Today Samara “Wings of the Soviets” beat Moscow “Dynamo” (2:1) and CSKA beat “Krasnodar” (3:0).
Former football player of the USSR national team and Moscow “Spartak” Evgeny Lovchev shared He is of the opinion that the quarter-final match of the Russian Cup, played between Lokomotiv and the red-whites, took place at a temperature of -13 degrees.