Krasnodar players failed to win the Russian Cup

FC Krasnodar lost in the Russian Cup Superfinal to CSKA Moscow. The game was held at the Luzhniki stadium in the Russian capital and ended in favor of the army club in a penalty shootout. The match was attended by about 55 thousand spectators.

In regular time, the teams exchanged scored goals – 1:1. CSKA forward Fedor Chalov opened the scoring in the 32nd minute, converting a penalty. At the beginning of the second half, the Colombian forward of the Bulls, John Cordoba, restored equality by hitting the goal of the army team with a header. Ecuadorian Christian Ramirez acted as an assistant. Cordoba became the top scorer of the tournament, scoring 7 goals in the Cup.

At the end of the match, CSKA created several dangerous situations at the gates of Stanislav Agkatsev, but could not convert them.

In the penalty shootout, the teams missed the standard 5 shots. After their execution, the score was 4:4. At the army team, the Brazilian Moises hit the crossbar, at Krasnodar, the blow of the legionnaire from Angola, Joao Batchi, was repelled by Igor Akinfeev. The decisive was the attempt of the Nigerian Olakunle Olusegun, which was parried by the goalkeeper of the army. The result of the penalty shootout is 6:5 in favor of the red-blue.

CSKA won the Cup for the first time since 2013. “Krasnodar” and in the second attempt did not submit the trophy, in 2014 the “bulls” also lost to “Rostov” in the penalty shootout.