Home of the Russian Cup! Loko welcomes Ural, Akhmat visits Zenit. LIVE
Jul 25, 2023 01:00 UTC Audio Version: Your browser does not support the audio element.
And Dynamo will meet with Pari NN.
Today, July 25, the group stage of the Russian Cup begins. Lokomotiv will host Ural, Dynamo will visit Pari NN and Zenit will play Akhmat at home.
Lokomotiv – Ural – a classic of the Russian Cup. After all, in the last six years, the teams have met twice in the final. And both times the railway proved stronger. Now what? Viktor Goncharenko’s side scored a historic win over CSKA in the RPL over the weekend and are clearly in a mood now. The same cannot be said about the Muscovites, because they almost lost to Rubin in the first round of the Russian Championship.
Pari NN – Dynamo – a meeting of teams that started the season poorly. And it’s okay, Nizhny Novgorod – they lost to the champion (0: 2) in the initial round of the RPL. The Muscovites, after the ambitious appointment of Marcel Lichka, lost Krasnodar three times in 25 minutes (1:3). By the way, in the Russian Cup, the clubs met only once – in the 1/8 final in March 2022. Then the blue and whites won 3:0. What will happen this time?
Meetings between Akhmat and Zenit are almost always an impressive sight. For a long time, the St. Petersburgers could not win in Grozny, and from time to time they experienced problems at home: for example, last season, the Grozny team scored four points in two matches against the future champion. Sergey Tashuev’s team have retained their explosive temper, but Sergey Semak has problems in real time: the Brazilians are leaving. Will this be a surprise?
