The Orenburg Courier
Match19 Aug 2028
Gamid Agalarov wins it after the whistle should have gone
94 minutes played. Gamid Agalarov found the finish in time that only existed because of earlier delays, and Baltika went from a point to nothing inside one movement.
Player ratings21 Aug 2028
Gamid Agalarov scores twice — 9.43
Two goals and a mark of 9.43 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Market21 Aug 2028
Orenburg turn down Dinamo Minsk for Alexandre Jesus
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Alexandr Maximenko keeps Orenburg in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Siro Di Niro is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 20 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Tempers go at Orenburg
Jersson González was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Match19 Aug 2028
Orenburg get the job done against Baltika
A 3‑2 win over Baltika, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Words at Orenburg training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Danil Krugovoy is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market21 Aug 2028
One of our own: Timur Lipatov joins the Orenburg first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Timur Lipatov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Yuri Andreev steps up from the Orenburg academy
- Market Lev Kokorin steps up from the Orenburg academy
- Player ratings Jersson González runs at them all day