Six years waiting for victory: what do you remember about the match between Baltika and Orenburg?

Kaliningrad club Baltika beat Orenburg in the match of the 11th round of the Russian Premier League. The fans had been waiting for this victory for six years. What you remember about the game, read the material “MK in Kaliningrad”.

The outcome of the football match was the same as in 2017. However, this time Baltika finished the game with a score of 1:0 in their favor.

The match took place the day before, on September 7, at the Rostec Arena stadium. Kaliningrad football players first appeared on the field to the sound of an organ. Titular organist Evgeniy Avramenko performed the legendary Blanter march live.

Almost 8,000 fans gathered to support the players. In the 23rd minute of the game, Baltika forward Gedeon Guzina took advantage of the opponent’s mistake and sent the ball into the Orenburg goal, thereby securing the long-awaited victory for his team. The activity in the second half did not bring success to either the hosts of the match or the guests.

“We scored after an individual error. We tried to respond, but the players were a little lost,” said Orenburg head coach David Deogracia in an interview with the Match TV channel.

The coach of the Kaliningrad team, Sergei Ignashevich, was extremely pleased with the match. In his opinion, the players deserved this victory.

“There were a couple of episodes when the opponent made shots from the penalty line, 16-17 meters from the goal, but that’s all we allowed them. There was a shot from outside the penalty area that hit the post, but the defense played quite reliably,” he said, notes Match TV.

Noteworthy is the fact that this season Baltika most often wins games at its home stadium. The team earned its ten points at the Rostec Arena during matches against Fakel, Rostov, Akhmat and Orenburg.

The best player of the meeting with the team from Orenburg recognized Baltika defender Ivan Ostojic. He spent all 90 minutes of the football match on the field.