The final of the fifth season of the Media Football League will be played at home in Moscow CSKA – VEB Arena. It was reported Official website tournament.
The teams Broke Boys and 2DROTS will face off in the deciding match. The meeting will take place on Monday, July 15 and will start at 20:00 Moscow time. During the break, a performance by rap artist Basta is planned.
It is worth noting that VEB Arena became the third Moscow stadium to host the Media League final. The final match of the first season was played at the VTB Arena stadium, while the final of the third season was played at the legendary Luzhniki Stadium. The finals of the second and fourth seasons were also held in Krasnodar and Volgograd, respectively.
It is noteworthy that the finalists of this season will take part in the new Russian Cup. This will be 2DROTS’ third participation in the Russian Cup. In its first performance in the 2022/23 season, the team lost to Ivanovo Tekstilshchik in the penalty shootout in the 1/128 final stage and dropped out of the competition. However, in the 2023/24 season, the amateurs reached 1/32 and lost 0-2 to Khimki, who were playing in the First League at that time. Broke Boys, who were Media League finalists last season, will take part in the Russian Cup for the first time.
The 2024/25 Russian Cup starts on July 23. For the third season in a row, it consists of two Paths: the Russian Premier League (RPL) and the regions. The current holder of the cup is Zenit St. Petersburg. The blue-white-blue became the champions of Russia for the sixth time in a row at the end of last season. They fought for the championship until the last round and managed to win in the 30th round, beating Rostov 2:1, and in the parallel match, Dynamo, who took first place, lost 0:1 to Krasnodar. .
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