Khabarovsk reached the seventh round of the Russian Cup in football The football club SKA-Khabrovsk reached the seventh round of the Russian Cup. The day before, the army team beat Leningradets from Roshchino on the road.
Khabarovsk was the first to open this game in the 19th minute - Igor Shkolik finished off an excellent pass from Kamran Aliyev with a spectacular shot to the far corner. After 18 minutes, the hosts equalized - Dmitry Yakovlev converted the penalty awarded for a foul by the army defender Yaroslav Grabenkin in his own penalty. In the second half, both teams created several more excellent scoring opportunities, but were unable to capitalize on them. As a result, the match ended in a draw, and the winner had to be decided by a penalty shoot-out. In it, the Khabarovsk team proved to be stronger: the red-blue goalkeeper Vitaly Butner deflected two shots from the Leningrad players, and Sadig Begaiv, Mikhail Gorlishvili, Vladislav Briagin and Igor Shkolik clearly converted their attempts. SKA-Khabrovsk won the penalty shootout with a score of 4:3 and advanced to the 7th round of the Russian Football Cup to be held next spring. The opponent of the army team in this cycle will be the Russian Premier League club. It will be either Tolyatti Akron or the legendary CSKA Moscow. Stay up-to-date on events everywhere: OK VK max.