Former striker Sergey Kornilenko commented on the first match of the 2024/25 Russian Premier League season. This was reported by Euro-football.ru.
He highly rated the performance level shown by the "Orenburg" team in their first game. Kornilenko emphasized that the "Orenburg" team proved its competitiveness among the strong teams of the competition and showed no weaknesses in the match against "CSKA," one of the leaders in the tournament table.
The match ended in a 0:0 draw, making it the only game of the first round without goals. Kornilenko particularly highlighted the excellent performance of "CSKA" goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev and named him the best player of the match.
He also mentioned that the "Orenburg" team has the opportunity to strengthen its squad until September. According to the expert, it will not be easy for anyone to play against "Orenburg" this season.
The next game will take place on July 27 at "Orenburg" against the "Dinamo" team from Makhachkala.
