The threat of a record: what awaits the media teams in the fourth round of the Russian Cup

The fourth round of the Paths of the Regions will be played in the Russian Football Cup this week. The Media League clubs are still fighting. At this rate, meetings with representatives of the RPL may also take place. But to do this, they must first pass the test of the First League. Read more about what awaits the representatives of the Media League in the fourth round of the "Path of the Regions" of the Russian Cup in the Izvestia article.

Broke Boys

The Brooks have already passed three teams in the Cup: in the first round they dealt with Eagle (3:2), in the second — with Avangard Kursk (2:1), and in the third — with Saturn Ramenskoye (2:0). So now you definitely can't take amateurs lightly.

The next opponent of the Broken Boys is the Saratov Sokol. Yes, the team is from the First League, really, from her basement. In 11 matches, the wards of 42-year-old Montenegrin Mladen Kashchelan, ex-midfielder of Tula Arsenal, Tosno, Tambov and Baltika, won only one victory. So far, Sokol cannot rise above the 16th place, and this is the relegation zone to the Second League.

It seems that such a rival will be too tough for the Brooks. And especially their star striker Fedor Smolov, who has a personal motivation for the upcoming match — to score the 159th match and beat the living legend of Russian football Andrei Arshavin, who has 158 goals. Smolov himself admitted that there was such a goal after the previous cup match. It was important for him to match Arshavin, but Fedor also wants to score another goal. The next Broken Boys match in the Russian Cup will provide him with such an opportunity.

Held off the blow: Smolov led the "Brock Boys" to the fourth round of the Russian Cup

The oldest football player in the country's history helped Amkal to go further.

Additional interest in this game is caused by the fact that Smolov will play to some extent against his native team. Fedor is a native of Saratov, however, he was not at the base of the "Falcon" — only in the youth team. But for quite a long time — from 1997 to 2005.

Another professional in the Broken Boys squad who can play against Sokol is the 39—year-old former striker of Spartak, Krasnodar, Lokomotiv and the Russian national team, Russian Brazilian Ari. And he had already helped the Browns in the previous round by scoring the second goal against Saturn. By the way, from Smolov's show. Thanks to a goal in the Cup, Ari overtook Dmitry Sychev: 131 goals against 130.

Amkal

Amkal's opponent in the fourth round of the Path of the Regions also represents the basement of the First League. Krasnoyarsk's Yenisei is not much more successful than Sokol: Andrey Tikhonov's team has 10 points after 11 games and 14th place. So the "bloggers" have a certain chance of success, although, of course, it will not be easy for them.

None of the three victories in the Russian Cup on the way to the Yenisei was achieved by one or two: Obninsk "Kvant" beat 3:1, Kaluga scored only one unanswered goal, and they played 2:1 with Belgorod "Salyut".

But Amkal is remembered not so much for its victories as for the unusual records it sets in each match. Streamers and artists played in the game with Kvant (for example, rap artist The Limba, and technoblogger Wylsacom was in reserve), ex-basketball player Pavel Podkolzin played for Amkal in the game with Kaluga and, with a height of 226 cm, became the tallest football player in history, and in the match withSalute" broke the age record of Russia — Amkal gave 70-year-old Alexander Medvedev, the former chairman of the Zenit board, who was replaced by ex-blue-white-blue midfielder Konstantin Zyryanov at the end of August. Medvedev broke the record held by Vladimir Tumaev, who played for SOYUZ-Gazprom in 2005, as the club's CEO, when he was 58 years, 4 months, and 15 days old.

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The champion of Russia in the Krasnodar Fedor Smolov will play for the Broken Boys

After the match with Salyut, Medvedev admitted that he felt good on the field, but did not answer the offer to play in any other game either yes or no. So anything is possible.

Amkal has already sowed intrigue for the upcoming match: the Telegram channel says that they "also signed someone interesting for the game with Yenisei."