CSKA beat Zenit and reached the Superfinal of the Russian Football Cup

Moscow football club (FC) CSKA beat Zenit St. Petersburg 2-0 at home, the match took place on May 14 at the VEB Arena. After the victory, the Muscovites reached the Superfinal of the Russian Football Cup.

Matvey Kislyak (in the 37th minute) and Tamerlan Musaev (in the 90th+2nd minute) scored for the army, Sport-Express notes. In the 45th minute at the end of the first half, Ivan Oblyakov failed to score from the penalty spot.

According to the sum of the two matches, the score became a draw — 2:2. Thus, a series of penalty shootouts was held, where the CSKA players were again more accurate — 4:3. As part of Zenit, Alexander Sobolev and Gustavo Mantuan failed to score.

In the match for the main prize, the Army team will face the winner of the final of the Path of the Regions between Spartak and Rostov, the teams will play on May 15. The superfinal will be held on June 1 at the Luzhniki Stadium.

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In the remaining two rounds, Musayev's team needs to win two, Zenit is very close.

On May 10, CSKA also beat Krasnodar in the match of the 28th round of the Russian Premier League (RPL). The match took place in Moscow and ended with a score of 1-0 in favor of the hosts. Venezuelan striker Saul Guarirapa scored in the 69th minute of the match. Thanks to the victory of CSKA, the Zenit club from St. Petersburg reduced the gap from Krasnodar to one point.