FC Krasnodar completed its second pre-season training camp in Austria on July 9th with a friendly game against PFC CSKA Moscow. The scrimmage was staged in hot weather at the Austrian town of Rohrbach an der Lafnitz and ended with a tie. The Army team scored an opener on the 14th minute when Alan Dzagoev intercepted an unlucky ball cleared by the black-green keeper and shot it into the empty net. The players of Igor Shalimov were able to escape defeat on the 90th minute when a well-launched combination was crowned with an accurate shot by Wanderson Maciel.
Therefore, the Bulls passed through a series of pre-season scrimmages unbeaten. Of the seven friendly games played they achieved four wins and tied three times with a combined score of 16-4.
The black-greens are coming back to Krasnodar tonight on July 9th. The team will receive one day off and they will gather again in the afternoon on July 11th at their training ground in order to continue preparing for the beginning of the Season 2017/18.
FC Krasnodar 1-1 (0-1) PFC CSKA Moscow
Goals: Dzagoev, 14 (0-1), Wanderson, 90 (1-1).
9 July 2017. Austria. Rohrbach an der Lafnitz. Stadion Rohrbach. Clear. 29 degrees. 350 spectators.