Unexpected match results can occur in any group of the Russian Premier League (RPL) Russian Cup Road, as the teams at the start of the tournament do not play in the main squads. This opinion was expressed by the former football player of Moscow CSKA and Spartak Valery Masalitin in a comment to socialbites.ca.
“You see, he usually plays mixed squads in the early group stage. Someone needs to practice the game, another thing, surprises can happen anywhere, in any group. if they don’t respond [серьезно], the main teams will not be given the task of needing to bleed from the nose, then something will change. And that’s how it was last season, at first everyone played with semi-reserves. And the closer it is to the Cup, the more the main teams enter the field, ”Masalitin said.
The RPL Road groups of the Russian Cup look like this:
Group A: CSKA, Orenburg, Sochi, Fakel;
Group B: Rostov, Lokomotiv, Ural, Rubin;
Group C: Zenit, Akhmat, Krylya Sovetov, Baltika;
Group D: Spartak, Krasnodar, Dynamo, Pari NN.
Valery Gladilin, former football player and coach of Spartak Moscow discretion He said the Russian Cup is the final draw of the Russian Premier League (RPL) and it is difficult to separate the clear favorites in the current groups.