FC Sochi defeated Paris NN and returned to the RPL a year after the relegation

The Sochi football Club defeated Pari Nizhny Novgorod on May 31 and returned to the Russian Premier League (RPL) a year after the relegation.

The match took place in Nizhny Novgorod and ended with a score of 3:1. Kirill Zaika and Martin Kramarich scored goals for Sochi, while Juan Boselli scored for the losing team, Sport-Express reports.

Thus, Sochi became the second club since 2010, which managed to return to the RPL, taking fifth place in the First League.

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FC Ural defeated Akhmat Grozny on May 28 in the first play-off match for the right to play in the RPL. The game took place in Yekaterinburg and ended with a score of 2:1. Ural striker Martin Sekulich scored twice, while Akhmat scored the only goal from Georgy Melkadze with a direct free kick.