Ural played its first training matches in the current year. The players of Alexander Tarkhanov played two matches against Ufa in Ayia Napa.

The first match ended with win of Ural 4:2. Spartak GOgniev made a het-trick. One goal was scored by Artem Fidler. The following eleven players started the game: Arapov, Filippov, Novikov, Kashkarov, Chudin, Fidler, Sapeta, Dorozhkin, Stavpets, Scherbakov and Gogniev.

Two hours after the first match was over Ural and Ufa played another game. Now the first eleven were the following players: Zabolotny, Khozin, Fontanello, Ottesen, Dantsev, Emelyanov, Erokhin, Acevedo, Podberezkin, Manucharyan and Smolov.

The second match between Ural and Ufa also ended with win of the team from Ekaterinburg – 1:0. The only goal in this game was scored by Vyacheslav Podberezkin, who made it in the 10^th minute. Gerson Acevedo made an assist for him.