KAZAN, September 20, Adela Ziatdinova. Footballer of Kazan “Rubin” «Maxim Shiryaev told reporters that the team goes to every match as if it were going to war.
Rostov beat Rubin in the fourth round match of the group stage of the RPL Russian Football Cup. The main time of the meeting in Kazan ended with the score 1:1. Marat Apshatsev scored for the hosts (49th minute), and German Ignatov (27th minute) scored for the guests. Rostov won the penalty shootout with a score of 4:2.
«»Of course, the match was important to perk up. For us now every game is important. Like going to war, everyone wants to prove something, show results. We knew that we couldn’t lose in regular time, because the pace is there , but, unfortunately, they brought it to a penalty and lost. And a penalty is a lottery,” Shiryaev said.
Russian Football Cup20 September 2023 • starts at 17:15Finished (P)
RubinRussia1 : 22:4
RostovRussia
49' • Marat Apshattsev
27' • German Ignatov
«We had good approaches «. I also saw that they made way for Ignatov's goal, but I have to watch, I'm interested myself. We need to understand what was in our heads. During the break, Rakhimov said what to pay attention to. In the second half, we added more and scored. We could have scored more , but didn’t take advantage of the chances,” added the player.