Press conference of head coach after the first game of the 1/8 final of the Russian Cup between the FC “Gazprom-UGRA” and the FC “Spartak”, (8-3)

Andrey Tsukanov, head coach of the “Spartak”:
– Firstly, I want to congratulate “Gazprom-UGRA” on their well-deserved victory. I’m happy with the game my players did, with the only exception of the period when we missed three goals in one minute. We won’t give up, our team have with character, we are playing the second leg tomorrow, we will fight.

Kaka, head coach of the FC “Gazprom-UGRA”:
– The game didn’t go the way we had planned it. Yes, there were good moments that give us confidence. The SC “Triumf” is not our home pitch, we only train here, so we do not have enough fans to support us. The fight is not over yet, even despite the fact that we have an advantage in score, the second game is tomorrow, and we will try to make it better.

FC “Gazprom-UGRA” vs FC “Spartak”, 8-3 (2-1)
Goals FC “Gazprom-UGRA”: Signev (2), Pirogov (2), Lima (2), Marcenio, Liskov
FC “Gazprom-UGRA”: Shevchenko, Shayakhmetov, Kopeykin, Liskov, Eder Lima, Afanasiev, Marcenio, Kotlyarov, Caio, Pirogov, Katata, Davidov, Signev.