Moscow CSKA beat SKA-Khabarovsk in the 1/8 finals of the BetCity Cup of Russia-2020/21 - 2: 0. The goals in the match were scored by army midfielders Ilzat Akhmetov and Nikola Vlašić … On the eve, exactly 20 years have passed since the moment when the president of CSKA became Evgeny Giner.
The match at the VEB Arena could not have taken place due to weather conditions, but the thermometer did not drop below minus 6 an hour before the start of the meeting, so the match delegate did not find any reason to postpone the game. "CSKA lets play, we need to act more impudently," - said the defender of SKA during the break Kirill Suslov.
By that time, the Khabarovsk team was losing 0: 1 after Akhmetov's accurate hit. This is the fifth goal of the native of Bishkek for CSKA. Three of them were scored in the Russian Cup.
SKA striker was sent off at the beginning of the second half Vladislav Bragin … First, the referee showed the player a yellow card for a straight kick. Mario Fernandezhowever after prompting VAR and watching replay changed my mind. The defender of the Russian national team managed to continue the meeting.
Finding themselves in the minority, Khabarovsk residents could miss a few more times. Most of the moments began to arise after the striker entered the field Salomon Rondon … It was the first match of the former Rubin and Zenit player for the army team. The Venezuelan will play for the Moscow club on loan until the end of the 2020/21 season.
The point in the match was set by Vlašić, who scored his 30th goal for the army team.
CSKA made it to the quarterfinals of the Russian Cup only for the second time in the past five years. In the 2019/20 tournament draw, the army team passed Ufa (1: 0), but lost in the ¼ final to Spartak Moscow (2: 3). Prior to that, the red-blues invariably took off in the 1/16 finals: Tyumen (1: 1, 0: 3 on penalties), Avangard (0: 1), Enisey (1: 2). Since the 2020/21 season, the Russian Cup is held according to a new scheme, so CSKA, as a participant in European competitions, began the tournament immediately from the 1/8 finals.
The rival of the army team in the quarterfinals will be determined by drawing lots.
Cup of Russia. 1/8 finals
CSKA (Moscow) - SKA-Khabarovsk - 2: 0
CSKA: Akinfeev - Fernandez, Diveev, Magnusson, Shchennikov - Akhmetov, Dzagoev (Oblyakov, 54) - Sigurdsson (Chalov, 73), Vlashich (Maradishvili, 85), Zainutdinov (Edzhuke, 73) - Shkurin (Rondon, 54)
SKA-Khabarovsk: Sugrobov - Bolshakov, Emerson, Suslov (Georgievsky, 75) - Bezlikhotnov, Martusevich, Kvekveskiri (Nazarov, 70), Kolesnichenko - Bragin, Bazelyuk (Pershin, 70), Barkov
Goals: Akhmetov, 39; Vlašić, 66
Warnings: - / Nazarov, 80
Deleting: - / Bragin, 52
Referee: Vasily Kazartsev (St. Petersburg)
February 21. Moscow. VEB Arena
