Spartak Moscow rallies past Rodina Moscow in six-goal contest

MOSCOW (Interstat) — Mirlind Daku scored twice, Marquinhos added a first-half goal and Manfred Ugalde struck deep in stoppage time as Spartak Moscow defeated Rodina Moscow 4-2 on Thursday. Marquinhos opened the scoring in the 25th minute before Magomedkhabib Abdusalamov answered in the 40th and German Onugkha gave Rodina a 2-1 lead one minute later. Daku equalized in the 48th and scored again in the 64th, while Ugalde capped the win in the eighth minute of stoppage time. Daniil Denisov and Ezequiel Barco provided assists for Spartak, and Soltmurad Bakaev had an assist for Rodina. Rodina’s Fishchenko was booked in the 23rd minute, while Spartak’s Umyarov, Fernandes and Dmitriev were cautioned before Ugalde and Rodina’s Gordyushenko also received yellow cards. Spartak Moscow improved to 1-0 in the competition and 1-0-1 overall, while Rodina Moscow dropped to 0-1 in the competition and 0-3 overall.