Sensation from Zvezda, the release of Volga and the victory of Kuban in the penalty shootout: what do you remember about the matches of the 1/16 finals of the Russian Cup

Pershin's masterpiece goal

The main sensation of the Way of Regions was the performance of Zvezda.

St. Petersburg under the leadership of 35-year-old Dmitry Kombarov proved to be real cup fighters.

For example, even at the stage of the 1/64 finals, they managed to knock out the media “Amkal”, which made a lot of noise, from the fight in a penalty shootout.

With the entry into the fight of the FNL teams, the modest team did not slow down and sensationally beat the league outsider Veles.

Rodina, also fighting for survival, became the next rival.

At the same time, it has enough performers with rich experience in playing RPL.

What are at least defender Vladimir Rykov and midfielder Jose Maurcio worth, while the opponent’s roster is mainly composed of young people who have passed through the leading academies of the country.

Therefore, the Muscovites seemed to be clear favorites.

And in the first half, they justified this title, having achieved a minimal advantage in the score - 2:1.

Moreover, the goalkeeper of the guests Vladimir Mukhin managed to take a penalty from Ivan Timoshenko, but Albert Gabaraev was the first to finish.

However, Zvezda did not think to give up and in the second half of the meeting pressed Rodina to the gate.

Petersburgers turned on high speeds and suppressed the hosts with high pressure.

And the pupil of Lokomotiv, Matvey Pershin, led them forward.

The 19-year-old striker restored the status quo on the scoreboard even before the break, and then scored a masterpiece goal.

After serving from the flank, he struck through himself in the near corner and celebrated in the style of Cristiano Ronaldo.

Just a few minutes later, he took the ball away from a defender near someone else's penalty area and launched a quick attack, which Dmitry Sukonkin completed with an accurate shot.

And the goal of Pavel Kudryashov finally killed the intrigue in the match.

The penalty kick realized by Astemir Gordyushenko did not save Rodina from defeat.

Bazelyuk rate of fire

In addition to Zvezda, three more teams representing FNL-2 made their way to the 1/16 finals.

However, they failed to go further.

Dynamo-Bryansk, which a year ago played in the country's second strongest division, lost away to Ufa, which recently delighted fans in the elite.

Now the club is going through hard times, and there are even rumors about its liquidation.

The victory in the Cup thanks to the only goal of Egash Kasintura in the ninth minute helped the Bashkortostan team to escape from sad thoughts.

At the same time, the opponent spent half an hour in the minority after the direct removal of Sergei Yevtushenko.

And Peresvet performed worst of all, failing to compete with Akron on the road — 0:5.

For Togliatti residents, this victory is the largest in history.

The defeat was initiated by Konstantin Bazelyuk.

If in the FNL the former CSKA striker scored only once, then in the Cup - already three times.

At the previous stage, his accurate blow allowed the Torpedo-Vladimir to pass.

In the next game, he scored a double in the first half, scoring two labor goals.

Worked provocations of Khamkhoev

The most offensive defeat was suffered by Dynamo-Vladivostok, which on the road met with the team of the same name from Makhachkala.

The hosts had the advantage, but in regular time they could not beat Vladislav Kucheiko.

Slightly cooled their ardor removal at the beginning of the second half.

Erbol Atabaev received a red card for a last resort foul.

However, he had no choice but to shoot down the runaway from his own half to a rendezvous with the opponent's goalkeeper.

As a result, the outcome of the confrontation was decided in a penalty shootout.

And one single misfire turned out to be fatal.

Khazbulat Khamkhoev parried Maxim Mashnev's shot.

By the way, the goalkeeper of the Dagestan team during the “lottery” tried in every possible way to bring down the rivals.

He approached them, stood next to the "point", picked up the ball.

At least one person he managed to bring out of balance, and that was enough.

In the penalty shoot-out series, Shinnik and Kuban had to find out who was the strongest.

The main time of the match, as in Makhachkala, ended in a goalless draw.

The teams seemed to initially agree with this result and spent more time fighting than building up in attack.

In the “lottery”, only one player also performed his attempt inaccurately.

Young Sergei Yeshchenko coped with Andrey Batyutin's ingenuous blow to the left corner.

Thus, the southerners not only made it to the 1/8 finals, but also won on penalties for the second time in a row.

At the previous stage, they turned out to be stronger than the Textile Worker.

Perfect KAMAZ counterattacks

The departure of the Yenisei can also be called a surprise.

Krasnoyarsk in the last draw sensationally reached the semi-finals of the tournament, knocking out Krylya Sovetov, Lokomotiv and Rubin along the way.

But this time they had to end the fight after the second match.

KAMAZ turned out to be an insurmountable obstacle in the way of the team.

Wards of Artyom Gorlov, although they played on the road, for most of the meeting acted as the first number.

However, the hosts defended competently, and if necessary, Alexei Smirnov came to the fore, who did not break through.

Ahead, they relied on counterattacks, and this tactic fully justified itself.

In the time added by the referee to the first half, the Chelnin team managed to open an account after a magnificent removal of the defender from his own half.

As a result, Nikita Kirsanov and Zakhar Tarasenko ran away to someone else's goal together, and the latter left no chance for Dmitry Rebrov.

After an hour of confrontation, they organized another exemplary counterattack.

This time Tarasenko beautifully threw the goalkeeper, and Aslanbek Sikoev closed the far post.

KAMAZ made it to the 1/8 finals of the Way of Regions and continues to delight its fans.

If last season the team fought for survival and did not fly out of the FNL just because there were not enough teams willing to move up in the class, then this is a pleasant surprise, achieving success on two fronts.

In the league standings, it currently shares third place with Rubin and just Yenisei.

The amazing luck of Natabashvili

Alania, the leader in the FNL, also achieved a confident victory.

Wards of Zaur Tedeev sent three unanswered goals at home to Volgar.

However, the scoreboard does not reflect what happened on the field.

Throughout the meeting, the guests looked no worse and could repeatedly upset the hosts.

But their gates seemed to be bewitched that evening.

In several episodes, the partners were saved by 22-year-old Georgy Natabashvili, who played only the third game for the team.

In a number of other moments, the Astrakhans miraculously missed the target.

The apotheosis was the reflected goalkeeper in the end of the penalty kick from Ilya Stefanovich.

And after a couple of minutes, the goalkeeper was secured by Alexei Tataev, who knocked the ball out of the target.

"Alania", on the contrary, was lucky.

On 18 minutes Arshak Koryan decided to take a long shot.

For Dmitry Saganovich, he was hardly a threat, but the ball treacherously hit his partner's leg and flew to the opposite corner.

The situation repeated itself immediately after the break, when a fresh Alexander Tashaev hit his head from close range.

The goalkeeper was again prevented from bailing out by a rebound from a defender.

And in stoppage time, another reservist Taras Gagloev put an end to it.

Stunning shots by Efremov

Unlike KAMAZ and Alania, Volga performs extremely unsuccessfully in the current FNL draw and takes the last place.

Moreover, she has only one victory, won at the end of August just over Vladikavkaz.

But in the Cup of Russia, things are going great for the Ulyanovsk team.

As part of the tournament, they seemed to start a new life and turned out to be stronger than two strong teams from Tatarstan at once.

At the previous stage, Rubin suffered, and in the 1/16 finals - Neftekhimik.

Two amazing goals from Dmitry Efremov helped the outsider to go further.

The ex-CSKA midfielder, who is not famous for high performance, scored his debut double in his adult career.

Already in the 16th minute, he spun the ball into the far corner from the left corner of the penalty area without a chance for Andrey Golubev.

Shortly before the break, the midfielder scored an equally beautiful shot, but from a slightly longer distance.

Nizhnekamsk players answered with their handsome goal.

Pavel Kotov from 30 meters delivered a powerful blow close to the far post.

In the second half, the hosts intended to save themselves, but the game was broken by the controversial removal of Alexei Berdnikov, who received one after another two yellow cards.

The first young referee Konstantin Yudanov showed for a foul in the attack on Chingiz Magomadov.

The defender did not argue and, apologizing to the opponent, ran to his half of the field.

However, the referee immediately took out the second "yellow card", which shocked everyone present on the field.

It remains to be assumed that Berdnikov said something to the referee unnoticed by the audience, and was punished for it.