The match "Rubin" - "Spartak" ended with the score 1: 1

(KZN.RU, 13 August). "Rubin" played a draw in a match of the third round of the Russian Championship with the Moscow "Spartak". The game, which ended with the score 1: 1, was held at the Central Stadium in Kazan. The home team responded to the goal of Spartak's Ivelin Popov in the middle of the first time with the exact impact of Marko Devic before the break. Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan and the president of the Kazan football club, watched the game.

"Rubin", fed with energy of full stands, began briskly. In the first attack Maxim Kanunnikov could open an account, but hit the post from the vantage point. Almost immediately Spartak players laid Ilzat Akhmetov on the lawn in their penalty area, but the referee showed the play.

Gradually the visitors leveled the game, and in the middle of an inning Ivelin Popov brought "Spartak" forward, scoring an incredibly beautiful ball. Quincy Promes passed from the left and the Bulgarian sent the ball in the high arc  under the crossbar. Popov scored "Zenith" in a similar style in the last season.

"Rubin" answered at the end of the inning. Moritz Bauer, who conducted his debut match for "Rubin", filed in the penalty area. Marko Devic won the position from Serdar Tasci and  sent the ball into the near corner with his head. The first goal of Javi Gracia's "Rubin" in official matches turned out that way.

"Spartak" was a bit more active in the first fifteen minutes after the break and threatened the goal more often. On 60 minutes "Rubin" got active and began to create chances. Samu Garcia missed the most convinient of them in the 66th minute. Hispanic gave inaccurate shot from a good position, but he could give to Maiden, who was running a parallel course.

Gracia's wards held ending in positional attacks: Garcia, Devic and Kanunnikov had a good opportunity to bring his team to victory. Spartak have focused on the counter attacks in final minutes, which were unsuccessful, according to the website of FC "Rubin".