Moscow “Spartak” and St. St. Petersburg “Zenith” announced the starting lineup for the first match of the Russian Cup RPL Road semi-finals.
“Spartak”: Selikhov, Khlusevich, Duarte, Babich, Denisov, Klassen, Umyarov, Prutsev, Bongonda, Sobolev, Ugalde.
Zenit: Kerzhakov, Karavaev, Alip, Erakovic, Rodrigao, Kovalenko, Barrios, Akhmetov, Manutan, Pedro, Sergeev.
The starting whistle of the match, which will be played at the Lukoil Arena in Moscow, will blow at 20.30 Moscow time. “socialbites.ca” will conduct a text online broadcast duel.
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. Ordu club will play with Baltika in the semi-finals of the Cup this season.
After the 22nd round of the RPL, Spartak is in sixth place in the Russian Championship standings, having collected 32 points. At the top of the standings is Zenit, who drew with the Soviets’ Samara Wings in the 22nd round of the national championship and currently has 41 points.
Previously Lokomotiv flew out From the Russian Cup.