
Xavbek Baltika player Ilya Petrov commented on the victory of Kaliningrad's Baltika team against St. Petersburg's Zenit in a friendly match. This was reported by Euro-football.ru.
In the new season, Baltika, a participant in the Russian Premier League, won 2:1 against Zenit. In an interview with Matc TV, the footballer assessed the game as follows: “We showed a good performance against a strong opponent.
Our team acted well and scored the long-awaited goal. We hadn't been able to score for the last two months, but today we achieved victory.” It is worth noting that last season, the Kaliningrad team won the Melbet First League.
The team, led by Andrey Talalaev, directly advanced to the Premier League for the 2025/2026 season.