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Smolov did not fly from Dynamo to the Russian Cup match against Zenit – media
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Dynamo forward Fedor Smolov will not play in the Russian Cup match against Zenit in St. Petersburg, RB Sport sources say.
The quarterfinal game of the Way of Regions FONBET Cup of Russia will take place on Wednesday at the Gazprom Arena.
According to RB Sport, Smolov did not fly with the team to St. Petersburg. Before the championship match with Krasnodar, the player had a muscle spasm. There was a possibility that the striker would be able to recover for the Cup match with Zenit, but this did not happen.
Watch the live broadcast of the Zenit-Dynamo match on Wednesday starting at 19:30 Moscow time on the Match TV and MATCH PREMIER channels, as well as on matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru websites.
Source: Sportbox
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