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In the Russian championship on Saturday in the third round matches, the league favorites played against each other - the title holders "CSKA" defeated the "Lokomotiv" team at their home ground, while "Spartak" won convincingly against "Zenit" as guests. Three more matches ended in draws, with "Rubin" standing up against "Khimki" and securing a victory.
Results of the 3rd round matches on Saturday:
"Zenit" 1 - 3 "Spartak"
2' [0 - 1] Yegor Titov
24' [0 - 2] Martin Stranzl
37' [0 - 3] Vladimir Bystrov
85' [1 - 3] Pavel Pogrebnyak
Aleksei Rebko ("Spartak") in the 40th minute, Pavel Pogrebnyak ("Zenit") in the 89th minute were sent off the field
R.Poškus ("Zenit") and I.Dedura ("Spartak") were not registered for the match
"Tom" 1 - 1 "Saturn"
54' [0 - 1] Simon Vukcevic
82' [1 - 1] Hrvoje Vejic
E.Česnauskis played the full match, R.Džiaukštas (both "Saturn") were not registered for the match
"CSKA" 2 - 0 "Lokomotiv"
2' [1 - 0] Ramon
82' [2 - 0] Vagner Love
D.Šemberas ("CSKA") played the full match
"Amkar" 1 - 1 "Dinamo"
63' [0 - 1] Denis Kolodin (11m.)
65' [1 - 1] Dmitri Belorukov
Ž.Karčemarskas played the full match, A.Klimavičius (both "Dinamo") were not registered for the match
"Krylia Sovetov" 0 - 0 "Moskva"
"Rubin" 2 - 1 "Khimki"
45' [0 - 1] Aleksandr Antipenko
56' [1 - 1] Jean Narde
89' [2 - 1] Aleksandr Gatskan
M.Samusiovas ("Khimki") played from the 75th minute
