Francesca Ordega bags brace in five-star performance for CSKA against Ryazan

By Oyediji Oluwaseun Babatunde

Francesca Ordega scored two goals for Russian Supreme Division Women’s side, CSKA Moscow as they thrashed Ryazan 5-0 during a League encounter on Saturday.

The Nigerian forward inspired her side to a comprehensive win as she opened the scoring in the 48th minute after a goalless first half.

The goal spurred her team to score more goals with Tatiana Petrova making it 2-0 two minutes after the first goal.

Ordega completed her brace in the 66th minute before Sofiya Shishkina’s strike put the game out of the host’s reach.

Iuliia Pleshkova compounded their woes with the fifth goal of the match in the 81st minute.

Her brace increased Ordega’s tally to nine after seven league games this season.

CSKA Moscow maintained their leadership position on the log with 44 points after 16 games despite playing a game more than second-placed Zenit with 41 points.

They will battle it out against Krasnodar in their next league game on August 24, 2024.

Oluwaseun Oyediji

Oluwaseun Babatunde Oyediji is a multi-media sports journalist with over 10 years experience in Information Communication Technology (ICT), women's football, and beach soccer reportage.The prolific writer is the Media Assistant to Nigeria Beach Soccer League and Africa Beach Soccer Union as well as contributor on Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) website.He has covered multiple national and international football tournaments including Championship of African Nations (CHAN 2020), CAF Women's Champions League (2023), and Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON 2023).Since 2021, Oyediji has covered the NWFL Premiership especially the season ending Super Six Playoffs.A member of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Ogun state chapter is also the image maker of the Remo Sports Development Council under the leadership of Chief Falilat Ogunkoya and David Osuolale.

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