In the 1/8 final of Russian Cup “Spartak” hosted “Volga” and 120-minute fight finished 1:1, in penalty series “Volga” beat the opponent and as a result went through the quarter final. The bad news is that 18-year-old Georgian midfielder of “Spartak” Jano Ananidze was substituted due to injury..
At the 17th minute Nikita Maliarov played in cruel way against Ananidze, he mnaged to continue playing, but after another crash he was substituted at the 38th minute.
Valery Karpin(head coach of “Spartak”):“Jano was injured and it must be mentioned that the referee even did not show yellow card in this moment”.
Ananidze is played against very crucial way in these latest months. He injuries, recovers and the same repeats since spring..
As for “Volga”, only Gia Grigalava played for it, he played for 120 minutes and was shown yellow card. In penalty series he kicked but the goalkeeper managed to parry it out.
Ilia Nanobashvili
