The capital’s Spartak emerged stronger than the world team in the match dedicated to the memory of Ilya Tsymbalar.
The match, which took place at the Otkritie Bank Arena stadium, ended with a minimum score of 2:1.
Andrey Eshchenko and Roman Pavlyuchenko scored among the winners.
Maxim Romashchenko scored the only goal of the defeated team.
The following players played in the capital team: Alexander Filimonov, Dmitry Khlestov, Oleg Tsymbalar, Viktor Onopko, Dmitry Alenichev, Egor Titov, Andrey Tikhonov, Alexey Meleshin, Dmitry Parfenov, Andrey Eshchenko, Konstantin Golovskoy, Robson, Roman Pavlyuchenko, Nikita Bazhenov, Dmitry Ananko, Alexander Pavlenko and others.
The world team included Alexander Mostovoy, Anatoly Timoshchuk, Araz Ozbiliz, Yuri Zhirkov, Vladimir Maminov, Dame N’Doye, Timofey Gatcan, Emmanuel Emenike, Dejan Radic, Zachary Sirakov, Maxim Romashchenko, Sergei Kornilenko, Matthew Booth and others.
Oleg Romantsev and Stanislav Cherchesov were on the bench as Spartak’s coaches.
The world team was coached by Massimo Carrera and Yuri Semin.
Wife of former owner of Spartak Zarem Salikhov compared St. with the robber magpie Petersburg Zenit.
Source: Gazeta
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