FC Krasnodar made it to the finals of the Way of Regions of the Cup of Russia

Krasnodar players were able to overcome the second stage of the Russian Cup semi-finals in the lower bracket. In a home match with Samara “Wings of the Soviets”, the “bulls” won in a penalty shootout.

The main time of the match ended with the score 2:2. In the 32nd minute, the leader of the hosts, Eduard Spertsyan, opened the scoring with a pass from Colombian John Cordoba. On the 70th, the South American himself distinguished himself. For Cordoba, it was the 100th goal of his professional career. At the same time, from the beginning of the second half, the guests played in the minority after Amar Rahmanovich received a second yellow card. Krasnodar also had personnel problems, in the first half one of the team leaders Alexander Chernikov was injured and was replaced.

At the end of regular time, the goalkeeper of the black-and-greens Matvey Safonov parried 2 dangerous blows from his opponents with his head. However, in compensated 5 minutes Samarans were able to bring the match to a draw. First, Dmitry Tsypchenko scored, having realized a one-on-one exit, then Ilya Gaponov sent the ball with a strong blow to the target with a rebound from the crossbar.

According to the rules of the tournament, a penalty shoot-out was immediately appointed. To reveal the best, the teams needed only 3 hits. The players of the “bulls” hit impeccably – Eduard Spertsyan, Mikhailo Banyats and Ilzat Akhmetov scored accurate shots into the corners of the goal. Footballers of “Wings” could not excel even once. Glenn Bale’s shot was parried by Safonov, while Vladimir Pisarsky and Yuri Gorshkov sent the ball well above the goal.

Eduard Spertsyan was recognized as the best player of the meeting.

In the finals of the Path of Regions, Krasnodar will play against Akron Togliatti, a representative of the First League, who managed to knock Spartak Moscow out of the tournament.

The winner of this pair will play the trophy with the best team of the RPL Path. In the final of this stage, which is held in 2 matches, CSKA and Ural play. Today in Moscow the teams played a 1:1 draw, the winner will be determined after the duel in Yekaterinburg.

Krasnodar in its next match will play in Moscow against Spartak in the 24th round of the RPL. The “Bulls” take the 6th place in the tournament, the red and white – the 3rd.