Russian Cup play-offs
RPL Path Semi-finals, 1st leg
Spartak Moscow 1-1 Ural Ekaterinburg
Tuesday 14 March, Otkrytie Bank Arena, Moscow
Goals: Spartak – Promes (21); Ural – Zheleznov (67)
Teams returned at Spartak home arena in ten days after match in RPL. It was close again, but now Spartak stroke first, Quincy Promes scored a volley after getting the ball from Tomas Tavares. Ural rescued with help from the bench, like it happened in league match. Yury Zheleznov spent three minutes on the field, when his long shot flew into the right corner. Promes had couple opportunities to get the winner, but he missed the open angle at first, and then his header was greatly saved by Ilya Pomazun from the top corner.
Second leg will be played in Ekaterinburg between 4 and 6 April. The winners will enter RPL Path finals, while eliminated team will move to Regions Path semi-finals.