Tuesday’s top 6 games: Carlsen in the final, Amkal in the Cup and qualifying for the Champions League
Mikhail Georgiev August 21, 2023, 21:00 Moscow time
Programming for August 22: soccer, chess, hockey, volleyball and tennis.
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Program in summary:
♟ 2:00 pm: Magnus Carlsen – Rameshbabu Pragnanandha, World Cup, final ⚽️ 7:00 pm: Tekstilshchik – Amkal, Russian Cup, 1/128 final 🏒 7:30 pm: SKA – Avtomobilist, Nikolay Puchkov Tournament 🏐 9:00 pm: Belgium v Poland UEFA EURO 2023 – Women’s Group A ⚽️ 22:00: Rangers v PSV Eindhoven, first leg of the Champions League play-off round ⚽️ 22:00: Rakow – Copenhagen, first leg of the play-off round of the Champions League 🎾 7:00 p.m.-2:00 a.m.: Separate tennis hours
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♟ 2:00 p.m.: Magnus Carlsen vs. Rameshbabu Pragnanandha, World Cup final
Intrigue: can the best chess player of our time win the World Cup?
Norwegian former world champion Magnus Carlsen has never won the World Cup. Besides, he didn’t even play in the final of this tournament. But this time Carlsen is more than serious. He confidently entered the decisive stage of the World Cup in Baku, where he will play 18-year-old Indian Rameshbabu Pragnanandha. Today is the first of the classic games.
magnus carlsen
Photo: FIDE
⚽️ 7:00 p.m.: Tekstilshchik – Amkal, Russian Cup, 1/128 final
💬 Match with text streaming
Intrigue: will the top club in media football go through another stage of the Cup?
For the second time, the RFU allowed football teams from the media to participate in the Russian Cup. The experiment pays off: Amkal and 2DROTS have passed the first stage. Lost only to Rodina Media. Ahead of Amkal is a difficult match in Ivanovo with Tekstilshchik. Interestingly, the Ivanovo club eliminated another media football giant, 2DROTS, in the last draw. Will Tekstilshchik manage to beat an amateur club for the second year in a row?
“amkal”
Photo: vk.com/media.football.league
🏒 19:30: SKA – Avtomobilist, Nikolai Puchkov Tournament
Intrigue: in what form will SKA appear?
The KHL regular season starts in less than two weeks, and the pre-season tournament in St. Petersburg is the last test for both teams before it starts. The status of SKA is much more intriguing: firstly, the army team, which will perform in front of the local audience, is traditionally one of the main favorites of the championship, and secondly, at this time the composition of St. changes. .
ska
Photo: vk.com/ska
🏐 21:00: Belgium – Poland 2023 UEFA Women’s Group A
Intrigue: who will become the leader of the “group of death”?
The European Championship is gradually gaining momentum – the teams are in the middle of the preliminary stage, which means that the leadership of the main title contenders is becoming more apparent. Except probably group A. Belgium, Serbia and Poland are doing just as well, the Serbs haven’t lost a single set: Tijana Boskovic is alive in attack with 36 points after two matches. Therefore, the head-to-head match will be a serious test for the Belgians, the Euro 2013 bronze medalists.
Poland national team
Photo: volleyballworld.com
⚽️ 22:00: Rangers vs PSV Eindhoven Champions League first leg of the play-offs
Intrigue: the battle of the best clubs from Scotland and the Netherlands for the Champions League group
Rangers and PSV are about to qualify for the group stage of the Champions League. You just need to be stronger in the playoffs. In the third round, PSV beat the Austrian “Storm” and “Rangers” – the Swiss “Servette”. Head-to-head battle ahead. The first match will take place in Glasgow. A slight advantage for PSV as the second leg will take place in Eindhoven. Last season Rangers played in the Champions League group, but the Dutch played in the Europa League. Will the situation change in the current draw?
Lucas DeJong
Photo: Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images
⚽️ 10:00 p.m.: Rakow – Copenhagen, Champions League play-off round, first leg
Intrigue: Will the people’s team reach the Champions League?
Will Rakow go through all the stages to get into the main round of the Champions League? The team from the small Polish town of Czestochowa started from the first stage. “Rakuv” surpassed the Estonian “Flora”, the Azerbaijani “Karabakh” and the Cypriot “Aris”. The final boss is the Danish Copenhagen. He also went through two stages, beating the Icelandic Breidablik and the Czech Sparta. Both clubs have come a long way, but only one will make it to the group stage. But the story of “Rakuva” is undoubtedly much more epic. And Copenhagen often jumps into the Champions League group. But he hardly wants to be in it right now.
“Rakow”
Photo: rakow.com
🎾 7:00 p.m.-2:00 a.m.: separate tennis hours
Due to the time difference, information about the important tennis tournaments that are taking place now appears late. Therefore, we are collecting matches in a separate article – it will appear here.
