In the rematch of the Russian Cup RPL Path 1/4 final, St. Petersburg Zenit defeated Dinamo Moscow with a score of 2:0 on its home field.
The score opened in the 13th minute of the match. Mateo Cassierra jumped one-on-one with Igor Leshchuk and expertly slotted the ball over the goalkeeper. It took less than 10 minutes for the Colombian striker to score a double goal. Cassierra could not beat Leshchuk this time, but he played the rebound and sent the ball to the Dinamo goal.
The first match between these teams ended with Dinamo leading 1:0. Thus, Zenit defeated the blue and white teams on aggregate and reached the semi-finals of the tournament.
CSKA advanced to the semi-finals of the Russian Cup RPL Road by beating Rostov 3:1 on aggregate. On March 14, Spartak will host Orenburg and Lokomotiv will host Baltika in the quarter-finals.
The current owner of the Russian Cup is CSKA. In last year’s final, the red-blue team beat Krasnodar in the penalty shoot-out. The Bulls completed their participation in this season’s tournament by losing to Khimki.
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