In their first friendly match in Germany Spartak played in a draw with the Olympic team of the UAE.
Spartak — UAE (U-23) — 1:1 (1:1)
Veitsbronn. АСВ Veitsbronn -Ziegelsdorf. 26.06. 20 spectators.
Spartak in the 1st half: Pesyakov, К. Kombarov (c), Taşçı, Insaurralde, Kutin, Zuev, Bryzgalov, Bilyaletdinov, Davydov, Obukhov, Yakovlev.
Spartak in the 2nd half: Mitryushkin, Parshivlyuk, Joao Carlos, Bocchetti (c), Makeev, Ebert, Costa, Rafael Carioca, Romulo, Jurado, Dzyuba.
Goals: 1:0 Davydov (К. Kombarov) (38). 1:1 Salim Ali (44).
Cautions: Bryzgalov (28, foul play), Rafael Carioca (73, foul play).
Spartak Head Coach Murat Yakin summarized the result of this first friendly match for the official website of the club.
- The main result is that the players got playing practice and certain lead. We played in two squads, so as many players as possible could take part in the match. During the game we gathered a lot of information for taking into consideration and we shall be able to make some conclusions for our further work.