MOSCOW, Aug 30 Spartak Moscow defeated Samara Krylya Sovetov in the match of the first round of the group stage of the Russian Football Cup. Russian Football CupAugust 30, 2022 • start at 19:00End img src=»/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/bb13dc99c7559a3e398d9d502ff7310e.png» />Krylya SovetovRussiaGroup B match in Moscow ended 1-0 in favor of the home team. The only goal scored by 18-year-old Pavel Meleshin (46th minute), who made his debut in Spartak. Pavel Meleshin is the son of the four-time Russian champion in Spartak Alexei Meleshin. In the 19th minute, the forward of the «red-whites» Alexander Sobolev did not convert a penalty. On Wednesday, in another match of group B in St. Petersburg, Zenit and Voronezh «Torch» will play. Earlier, the bureau of the executive committee of the Russian Football Union (RFU) approved a new format holding the Cup of Russia, the teams go to the final in two ways. The clubs of the Russian Premier League (RPL path) are divided into four groups, the games in which will be held in two rounds. Teams that take the first two places in their groups will advance to the playoffs of the RPL path; those who took third place — in the playoffs of the path of the regions. The teams of the First League and the Second League, as well as amateur clubs, follow the path of the regions. In the final of the Russian Cup, which is scheduled for June 2023, the winners of the RPL path and the path of the regions will meet.
