Ivan OrekhovCorrespondent SportAll materialsLess than a month is left before the first match of the new season 2022/23. And it seems that the bright confrontation between the champions of Russia and the holders of the Cup of the country is again doomed to scandal. We discussed with might and main the match for the Super Cup, which was claimed by Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod and St. Petersburg. The last city on the list of candidates has caused great discontent in the camp of the “red-white”: after all, the current champion of Russia “Zenith” will take the Muscovites in his field. Hence Spartak's appeal with three main demands:
Zenith football players with the Super Cup Russia Began long reflections. How to be? Play the Super Bowl in two matches or stay on the same format? Go towards «Spartak» or make a choice in favor of one of the best arenas in Europe on the shores of the Gulf of Finland? Perhaps there would be some justice in Peter taking the Super Cup, from whom UEFA took the Champions League final because of the situation in Ukraine. Andrei Arshavin said this in a Sport24 commentary: Petersburg? The Champions League final was taken away from us. And here, too, there is logic in the position of our club and the city. Perhaps it was even spoken out in advance, even before we lost the Champions League.»