Zorya's head coach Patrick van Leeuwen commented on the defeat against Rukh, which was the team's first in the new season.

- We played really bad. The opponent played way more aggressive than we did. After the match with Dynamo, we told the guys that Rukh would play against us as we played against Dynamo, so we need to prepare for this. Too many of our players did not show their level of football.

Rukh showed itself very well and played aggressively - they had many more chances and created more moments than us.