RPL Winter Camps: Akhmat, Pari NN and CSKA met First League teams

On 19 February, three matches were played between RPL and First League teams.

Akhmat Grozny 2-0 Volgar Astrakhan

Grozny team finished their Turkish camps meeting ninth-placed team of the First League and scored goal in both halves. Lechi Sadulaev opened the score with free-kick goal, and Vladimir Ilyin doubled the advantage in the final minutes. It was second match for Volgar against RPL sides, they beat Torpedo 3-1 earlier. Akhmat got three wins, five draws and two defeats in ten friendly matches.

Pari NN 1-0 Rodina Moscow

Twelfth-placed team from first division was the final opponent for Pari NN in Turkey. Rodina previously met two RPL teams losing 1-2 to Lokomotiv and winning 1-0 over Ural. Nizhny captured win through Edgar Sevikyan goal on 73rd minute. Artem Gorlov finished his first camps as Pari NN head coach with two wins, three draws and three defeats.

CSKA Moscow 0-2 Rubin Kazan

Rubin, who go in First League top 3, caused first defeat for CSKA at camps, as the Armymen were unbeaten for seven matches with four wins and three defeats. CSKA started with penalty, but Jorge Carrascal could not beat Aleksandr Belenov, and Rubin answered with two goals. Aleksey Gritsaenko scored the first one, and six minutes later Oleg Ivanov converted the penalty. Rubin stayed unbeaten against RPL teams, as they defeat Krylia Sovetov 2-1 and were tied 1-1 with Akhmat.

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Akhmat, Pari NN and CSKA will resume the season with Russian Cup play-offs matches. CSKA participate in RPL Path, and they will face Krasnodar in the quarter-finals. The first leg will be played at VEB Arena in 23 February, and the second will take place at Krasnodar Stadium five days later.

Akhmat and Pari NN moved to Regions Path. Grozny will face Ufa on 26 February, and Nizhny will visit Zvezda St. Petersburg on 27 February, as the winners will qualify for the next quarter-finals stage.