At 1:00 a.m. Beijing time on March 3, the Russian Cup 1/8 final continued, Promes scored twice, Nicholson performed a hat-trick, and Sparta Moscow swept the lower-level team Cuban 6-1 to advance to the top 8 of the Russian Cup.
Sparta Moscow is a century-old Russian Premier League team that has won the league 10 times since 1992. Last season, Sparta Moscow finished runners-up in the Russian Premier League and made a splash in the Europa League, beating Leicester city and Napoli to advance to the round of 16 as the first in the group.
However, due to the Conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Sparta Moscow was removed from the UEFA list, and they did not qualify for the Europa League quarter-finals, and the opponent RB Leipzig automatically advanced. To this end, Sparta Moscow said that sports should be a bridge between you and me, but now it has been burned by UEFA, they do not agree to be banned, but have to accept the result.
However, back in the domestic arena, Sparta Moscow vented its anger on the weak kuban in the secondary league, and the Russian Cup 1/8 final became a one-sided hanging! Just 20 minutes into the first half, Promes scored twice, Nicholson scored a goal, and Sparta Moscow took a 3-0 lead, directly killing the suspense of the game.
Yi Bian fought again, defender Zhikia accidentally swung himself, and Cuban dramatically pulled back a city. However, Nicholson soon scored two more goals, completing a hat-trick, Jordan Larson was the icing on the cake, and Sparta Moscow scored three more goals, and the final score was fixed at 6-1!
The post-match data showed that Sparta Moscow had a ball control rate of 63%, only 37% of the opponent, in addition to the number of shots on goal was 15-3, and the number of shots on target was 13-2, which is not an exaggeration to say that it is a full range of crushing. If Sparta Moscow has a better grasp of the ability, the score gap will be even greater.
However, due to the loss of europa League qualification, Sparta Moscow suddenly became idle, with only three games in the whole of March. After a 6-1 win to advance, they will face the Moscow derby in five days against the second-place team in the table, followed by Krasnodar.
With the remaining two matches, Sparta Moscow will have a 20-day break and will not be back in action until 3 April against Lokomotiv Moscow.