RPL teams’ winter training camps: Ufa defeat Orenburg, Krasnodar won against Zilina

On 23 January, four RPL teams played friendly matches in Turkey and the UAE.

Rubin 0-0 Wisla Plock

In the final match of their first training camp in Turkey Rubin met Wisla Plock, who are in sixth place in the Polish championship. It was the second game for Rubin at the training camp in Turkey. Earlier, they had drawn 4-4 with Fakel Voronezh. Leonid Slutsky's side will play their next friendly on 2 February against Sochi.

Nizhny Novgorod 0-0 Fakel Voronezh

Nizhny Novgorod played two warm-up matches today. In the first, Aleksandr Kerzhakov’s men drew with Fakel Voronezh, who lie second in the FNL-1. At the training camp in Turkey, Fakel played two games against RPL teams and drew both times.

Nizhny Novgorod 2-0 Vojvodina

In the second match of the day, Nizhny Novgorod's opponents were Vojvodina, who are currently fourth in the Serbian Super League. The Russian team scored both goals in the second half through Timur Suleymanov, then Richlord Ennin. On 30 January, Nizhny Novgorod will play the final match of their first training camp against Montenegrin side Decic.

Krasnodar 3-2 Zilina

On the last day of their first training camp in the UAE, Krasnodar met a representative of the Slovak championship. Grzegorz Krychowiak and Eduard Spertsyan scored for Krasnodar in the first half, and Aleksandr Chernikov scored after the break. The team’s next training camp will be held in Spain from 26 January to 6 February.

Ufa 4-1 Orenburg

In Ufa’s last match of the training camp in Turkey they took on FNL-1 leaders Orenburg and won, scoring two goals in each half. Egas Cacintura and Aleksandr Saplinov scored in the first half, before Danila Emelyanov and Dylan Ortiz scored after the break.

The schedule of training camps and friendly matches during the winter break is in the "Winter camps" section

Photo: FC Krasnodar