Press conference of the head coaches and players of the teams after the first match of the fifth round between “Gazprom-UGRA” vs “Sinara”.

Evgeniy Davletshin, head coach of the FC “Sinara”:
– Very interesting and intense game. As for our impression, on the one hand it is such an honor to draw a game against such a rival, take the points away, but on the other it is a little bit disappointing because we could’ve won this match if we have finalized all our perfect moments we created. I believe we looked pretty good throughout the whole match, with the exception of the moment, when the opponent started playing without pivot. They had four universal players on the pitch, it was there when we started loosing and “Gazprom” had clear advantage. I want to thank my guys for their dedication and understanding. When we prepared for these games, we tried to convey our players that you need to go out and play to win against any opponent.

Nikita Fakhrutdinov, player of the FC “Sinara”:
– It was a very good game, a fighting draw between two principal rivals. Both teams had equal number of goalie moments, it was a good man’s struggle, so I think the outcome is natural.

Kaka, head coach of the FC “Gazprom-UGRA”:
– Immediately I want to thank our players for the game. Despite the difficult situation after the World Cup, when the team is dispersed, today we came out and played disciplined, gave all power. I think that today we’ve shown the best match of the season. We demonstrated a very high quality game, varied the game and played well both halves. This is great because you can win, but not enjoy the game, I believe that firstly you need to provide a high quality game, if so positive result will come. Today we showed that we have other options. Everybody is used to our game, but we can show other skills, we have worked out these details and today they have benefited. Once again, I want to thank our guys. Now we will analyze it and try to do better tomorrow. I know that the fans expect us to win.

Ivan Signa IFC player “Gazprom-Ugra”:
– Intense game, like all other games against such a rival. We need to finalize our moments and we had plenty of them, but we didn’t use ‘em, that is why the game rolled so hard. At least, it was necessary to score in the end and go forward.

FC “Gazprom-UGRA” vs FC “Sinara”, 1-1 (1-1)
Goals FC “Gazprom-UGRA”: Afanasiev (5′)
FC “Gazprom-UGRA”: Kupatadze, Shayakhmetov, Kopeykin, Liskov, Eder Lima, Afanasiev, Kotlyarov, Caio, Pirogov, Katata, Davidov, Signev