Players of FC Akron / Photo: © FC Akron
Tolyatti’s Akron beat Voronezh’s Fakel in the second round of the MIR RPL.
The meeting took place in Voronezh at the new stadium and ended with a score of 2:0 in favor of the guests, goals were scored by Ivan Timoshenko and Soltmurad Bakayev. In the third minute of added time to the first half, the home team’s forward Evgeny Markov was sent off the field.
For Akron, this is the first victory in the RPL in history; the Togliatti team entered the elite division of Russian football following the results of last season.
Zaur Tedeev’s team has 3 points, Fakel has 0 points. Akron will play Dynamo Moscow at home in the next round on August 3, and the Voronezh team will host Krasnodar a day later.
Watch live broadcasts of MIR RPL matches on the Match TV and MATCH PREMIER channels, as well as on the websites sportbox.ru and matchtv.ru.
Russian Championship. 2024-25. Round 02
“Fakel” (Voronezh) – “Akron” (Tolyatti) – 0:2 (0:0)
Goals: Tymoshenko, 64 (VIDEO). Bakaev, 76 (VIDEO).
Deletions: Markov, 45.
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