Vladimir Ponomarev, former defender of CSKA Moscow and the USSR national team, said in an interview with socialbites.ca that CSKA Moscow may have problems in the cup match against Kaliningrad Baltika.
Baltika made a good impression from the match with Paris NN and beat a worthy opponent. This won’t be easy for the army team; Ignashevich knows how CSKA plays and knows that it can cause problems. If the army team reacts coldly to the cup match then they will definitely not run away from them. “Players should go to every match as if it were their last, then it will be beneficial,” Ponomarev said.
The first match of the match between Baltika and CSKA will be played in Kaliningrad on Wednesday, April 3, and the return match will be played in Moscow on April 17. In the previous stage of the tournament, Baltika eliminated the capital Lokomotiv in two matches. CSKA, on the other hand, defeated Rostov, who continued to compete in the Cup on the way to Regions.
In the current RPL draw, the red-blues are in fourth place, 33 points and 8 points behind leader Zenit. Baltika is in the penultimate 15th place with 17 points.
Previously former mentor of the Russian national team Boris Ignatiev named favorite of the match “Spartak” – “Zenith”.