RPL winter training camps: Lesovoy returns to the pitch, Ural score six goals past Dubai City

On 13 February, friendly matches were played by Ural, Dynamo and Nizhny Novgorod.

Ural 6-0 City FC (Dubai)

Ural won the second match in two days at their training camp: on 12 February, Igor Shalimov's team scored four goals against Armenian outfit Pyunik in a thumping 4-2 win, and this time they inflicted a major defeat on Dubai City from the UAE first division. In the first half, Aleksandr Yushin, Aleksey Evseev and Chingiz Magomadov scored for Ural (from the penalty spot), while Yuri Zheleznov and Lev Tolkachev, with a double, scored in the second. Ural will play their next match in the Emirates on 16 February against Riga.

Dynamo 1-1 RFS

In the third match of their final training camp in Turkey, Dynamo drew with the current champions of Latvia. The Blue-Whites conceded in the 22nd minute, but equalized in the 47th thanks to Arsen Zakharyan's goal. Daniil Lesovoy also played for Dynamo in the second half in his first match after recovering from a cruciate knee ligament injury suffered last summer. The Muscovites’ next opponents at the training camp is Danish outfit Vendsyssel on 15 February.

Nizhny Novgorod 1-1 Dinamo Batumi

Nizhny Novgorod played against Dinamo Batumi behind closed doors. Dmitry Stotsky, who moved to Nizhny Novgorod during the winter break, scored for Aleksandr Kerzhakov's team in the 26th minute. Dynamo hit back in the 62nd minute. Nizhny Novgorod will train in Turkey until 17 February.

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

Photo: Kristina Korovnikova / Dynamo