Spartak and Lokomotiv justified the status of the favorites of the first stage of the semifinals of the Russian Cup regions, knocking Ural and Akhmat from the draw, respectively. The red and white decided the outcome of the confrontation in their favor even before the break thanks to the goals of Christopher Martins, Markinos and Esecel Barko. The railway workers had to be harder, since they missed the debut and gave way to the expense for a long time, but managed to distinguish themselves twice in two minutes and brought the matter to victory. It is interesting that both productive combinations of Loko began with the ball entries from Auta Ilya Samoshnikov. Art-outs from the Self-Summary Results in the last RPL matches (defeats from the “wings of the Soviets” and “Rubin” and a draw with “zenith”) deprived “Lokomotiv” of real chances in the struggle for the championship, and probably for the place in the prize prize Troika. In this situation, the railway workers were simply obliged to approach the match with the Akhmat in the country’s Cup with proper dedication. The team dropped out in the quarter -finals from the RPL path, losing to the Dynamo Moscow in a penalty shootout, and then beat another Dynamo – Makhachkalinskoye. The victorious goal was then scored by Sergey Pinyaev, who, like other Loko leaders, Alexei Batrakov, Ilya Samoshnikov and Dmitry Barinov, left the first minutes. Of the key players in reserve, perhaps, the defender Maxim Neskhov and the best sniper of the team in the Cup – Timur Suleimanov remained, but in general, the composition, which was put up by Mikhail Galaktionov, could be evaluated as a combat one. Also, on the topic, while Spartak and Zenit saved the forces before a full -time battle: CSKA beat Dynamo in the first semifinal match of the RPL CSKA path over Dynamo in the first semifinal match of the Russian Cup RPL. Before the break, the teams were not too pleased with the fans … Akhmat flew out in the quarterfinals of the RPL path, giving way to Zenit twice, but after that, for many, Krasnodar outplayed many sensations. At the same time, the Grozensy traditionally exposed in the Cup not the most combat team, actively involving the players of the rotation. And against Loko, Sergei Tashuev did not change this principle, which, however, did not stop guests at all in the debut of the match and open an account in the eighth minute. Zaim Divanovich, who was sitting in the Grozny men in the RPL in a deep reserve, burst into the penalty area from the left flank and gave out a chic assault pass on Rodrigo Ruis Diaz, who also receives a few minutes of playing time in the championship. The man of the same time “Akhmat” owned the advantage-the hosts began to work out only closer to the interruption. Fortunately, Loko found his own hero, who turned up the course of the meeting. We are talking about Ilya Samoshnikov, who demonstrated corporate skills performed by authors. First, he gave out a cool pass to the center of the penalty area to Dmitry Vorobyov, who equalized the score with a blow to one touch. And a couple of minutes later, the Samoshnikov from the same right flank led to the ass combined combination that ended after the ball entered the crossbar of Cesar Montes with an effective finishing from Yegor Pogliyskov. The goalkeeper of the guests Vadim Ulyanov, who worked on the “Russian Railways Arena” as a steward in 2020 and 2021, could not do anything in these moments. “Akhmat” to such a cold shower reacted with a triple replacement, but could not come to his senses. Loko deservedly kept the victorious account. Sometimes he deliberately gave the opponent a ball, caught it on quick counterattacks and created several very dangerous moments. The rapid combination was especially good, as a result of which Vorobyov ran one -on -one with a goalkeeper after the cool pass, but struck not only past Ulyanov, but also past the gate. The striker admitted to the “Match TV” after the match that the equipment was brought up, and the victory in the Russian Cup called the main task for the railway workers this season. Martins was ahead of Spartak Promes after a sensational defeat in the championship from the Makhachkala Dynamo simply could not afford to yield at home for a second time in a row. Especially the team from the first league, which is the Urals. Although, of course, the red and white over the past 11 years have suffered Fiasco several times in cup matches with representatives of the lower leagues. The defeats from Tosno in 2014, “SKA-Khabarovsk”-in 2016 and “Acron”-in 2023 are memorable to many. By the way, the meeting with Akron also took place as part of the semifinals of the regions. Nevertheless, Yekaterinburgers who knocked out two RPL – “Khimki and Rubin” teams in the way to the match with the Spartaks, are now more focused on the struggle for one of two direct trips to the Russian elite division. After 28 rounds, they go the third two points from the Moscow Torpedo. In the last meeting in its field, Neftekhimik was beaten – 3: 2, and the match seemed suspicious. The profile department of the RFU and the first league even started checking this game. Naturally, all these news could negatively affect the mood of the Urals, which went on the field with a semi -cutting composition. Acts Stankovich clearly set up his wards to fight the first minutes, releasing the basis in which, in particular, Manfred Ugalde was present and there was no meeting with the Makhachkalars Hesus Medina. According to Spartak, the midfielder, who did not score in the end of the match from Dynamo, did not appear on the field due to injury. Moskvichi immediately seized the initiative without stepping on the same rake. Already in the sixth minute, Christopher Martins opened after the gross mistake of the goalkeeper of the Urals, who repelled the ball directly on his leg. For the Luxembourger, this goal has already become the sixth in the current draw, which allowed him to beat the club’s record for goals in the tournament in the course of one season. Earlier, Martins shared the leadership with Alexander Sobolev, Kinsey Promes and Fernando Kavenagi. Krasno-white continued to besiege the gates of the rivals, depriving them of even the slightest hope of dangerous counterattacks. It was clear that the team was set up to solve the issue of the winner of the meeting even before the break. And she succeeded. Yes, Esecel Barko hit the cross, and then the ball after the blow of Ruslan Litvinov crushed slightly with a nine. But such an energetic pressure simply could not end with anything, so the ghol-masterpiece from Markinos in the 28th minute looked completely deserved. And for the Brazilian winger himself, hitting nine has also become very important from a psychological point of view, because this goal became a debut for the Moscow club. To do this, he needed to play 29 matches. Putting the Urals did not lead to absolutely nothing, only allowed the owners to feel more freely in the attack. One of them ended with Nikita Morozov’s folus in a penalty for Yekaterinburgers on Daniil Denisov, which Judge Evgeny Kukulyak recorded with VAR. In the absence of Medina, no one interfered with the point, and no one interfered, and he calmly brought the score to the crushing, turning the second half in general, an empty formality. But Spartak did not want to calm down immediately-Roman Zobnin, having replaced, immediately scored, but the ball was canceled due to offside. After which Theo Bongonda did not realize a chance from a slaughterhous position. At the equator of the Time, Stankovich released a duet of newcomers: Liviv Garcia and Pablo Solari. But none of them managed to score, unlike Danil Prutsev, but his goal was also canceled due to position outside the game. However, the already devastating victory is an excellent result for Spartak, which is quite able to compete for the cup, until the conquest of which, like Lokomotiv, has only three matches remains.
