Crazy Fight between FC Zenit and Spartak Moscow Players || 6 Red Card shown || Russian Cup

The Russian Cup match between Zenit St. Petersburg and Spartak Moscow descended into chaos with six red cards and a mass brawl.

The game was taking place during the World Cup with Russian national and club teams banned from FIFA and UEFA competitions due to the country’s invasion of Ukraine earlier this year.

Despite all eyes being focused on Qatar, league leaders Zenit and Spartak grabbed the headlines for all the wrong reasons as they battled in a cup clash.

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The two sides won’t play again until March as Russia enters its winter break with Zenit six points clear of Spartak in their Premier League, but they left their mark in more ways than one.

With a cup meeting ending 0-0 in normal time, a coming together between Zenit’s Wilmar Barrios and former Netherlands winger Quincy Promes quickly turned nasty.

Referee Vladimir Moskalev struggled to break up a shoving match before Zenit’s Brazilian defender Rodrigao started attempting to kick his opponent.

That saw a flood of players intervene, with Rodrigao being punched in the face as the bench flew onto the pitch.

Spartak substitute Alexander Sobolev then jumped into action as if it was a boxing match, as coaching staff and bundles of players appeared on the pitch.