Head Coach of the Red-Whites Murat Yakin told about Spartak preparation for the upcoming match against Kuban and expectations from it.

— What was the schedule for your team work during the break in the Championship for the National Team matches? Are all the national players ready to play against Kuban?
— During this interval many Spartak players went to their national teams. We followed their performance, have all the information on their training sessions in national teams and number of minutes in the game. Preparation for the match against Kuban was started on Monday, and on Wednesday and Thursday we had national players return to the club and joined the training step-by-step. I think that we have enough time to evaluate the condition of all players, which returned from the national teams, and to prepare for the upcoming match.