The team in a full cast held a training session at the Small Sports Arena in Cherkizovo. With the permission of the coach staff several Loko players - Guilherme, Vedran Ćorluka, Ján Ďurica, Mbark Boussoufa, Lassana Diarra, Roman Pavlyuchenko and Dame N'Doye – will join the patners later.

On January 9 the football players are undergoing in-depth medical examination in one of Moscow clinics. On January 10 in the morning the team will depart to Portugal for the first winter training camp, the official site says.