First teams qualify for FONBET Cup quarter-finals in Sochi

Kristall, Lokomotiv, Spartak, Rosich and Delta make it through to next round of the cup on the second day of group stage games

After clocking up two wins and other matches going favourably, the first five teams have made it through to the quarter-finals of the FONBET Cup in Sochi, Russia.

There was a second consecutive hat-trick for the skipper of the Belarussian national side, Bryshtel, and defending champions Kristall became the first team to make it through to the next round.

These teams who have already qualified are: Kristall, Lokomotiv, Spartak, Rosich and Delta. The teams who will occupy the three remaining places will be decided on the final day (Thursday 20th) of the group stages.  

 

CITY 3-0 ATAMAN

City turned their fortunes around in the FONBET Cup around on day two in Sochi, by beating Ataman by three goals to none. Both teams now have three points after the team from from Rostov-on-Don beat Lex the previous day, and all three have the chance to join Kristall in the final eight.

 

ADLER 2-15 DELTA

Despite scoring after just 46 seconds to take the lead, Adler suffered a similarly severe beating on day two as Delta scored 15 against them, just as Rosich had done the day before. Andrey Pankratov scored six of the 15 for his team, taking his tally to eight after two days, and sending his team into the quarters.

 

STARS OF DYNAMO 7-5 GRINTIM

Andrey Kozel scored a brace within just two minutes to take the lead for Stars of Dynamo. Even when Anton Shibaev saw red, Grintim spent the whole game playing catch up after falling behind, and the Samara side are still to pick up points in the cup.

 

METTRANSTORG 1-7 LOKOMOTIV

Mettranstorg suffer their second defeat in two days as Lokomotiv show no signs of running out of steam. Nuritdin Mamadiyev completed a hat-trick as the Moscow giants scored five in the final period to confirm their place in the quarter-finals.

 

LEX 0-7 KRISTALL

Brace for Brazilian Rodrigo and Russian national team star, Krash, helped Kristall make more progress toward retaining the FONBET Cup for another year, as they qualify for the next round. Lex were unable to find the back of the net and are yet to pick up points in the competition.

 

ARGO 5-6 ROSICH

Each side retained their form from the day before as Argo faced a second defeat and Rosich enjoyed second win in as many days. They came from behind in the final period to snatch the three points. Delta and Rosich will now progress to the next round from Group B.

 

ELMONT 3-2 LUKOIL

After trailing for the majority of the game, ELMONT made it two wins out of two when Belarussian recruit, Gapon, completed his brace in the dying minutes of the final period to deny the Kaliningrad-based side a second victory in the cup.

 

KRYLIA SOVETOV 3-9 SPARTAK MOSCOW

Zemskov opened the scoring to put Spartak in front after thirty seconds and then the Belarussian national team captain netted a hat-trick to deny Krylia Sovetov any hope of progressing to the next round. Spartak and Lokomtiv are now through to the quarter-finals.

 

For full details of the FONBET Cup, including results, fixtures, standings and live streams of the games, please visit http://bsrussia.com/ 

 

 

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