#SPARTAK MOSCOW

Legia will play another match this week on Łazienkowska street, however this time it will be a league match against another team which is playing in the Europa League - Śląsk Wrocław. Our rivals, who lost 1-3 against Rapid Bucharest have very slim chances of going through to the group stage. "Both teams will feel tired after the European cup matches, but will play to win" - says Maciej Skorża.

Emmanuel Emenike was supposed to break down Legia’s defense. However, in the first match, the Nigerian did not prove his value (he was bought for 10 million Euros). Spartak’s attacker tried to excuse himself, by stating that he still needs time to adjust to the Moscow-based team’s style of playing. Emmenual Emenike had this to say for the Spartak’s official website "The result isn’t bad, but I’m not satisfied with the way I played.

Maciej Skorża (Legia’s coach): After a good match from our side, it is unfortunate that Spartak is in a better situation. However, I have no grievances towards my players. They played a good match against such a team. I especially liked the first half - that’s how we were supposed to play. The rivals didn’t have an upper hand, and after scoring the early goal, we had many more situations to score. The second half was a lot worse. After the beautiful goal which set the score at 1-1, things became shaky.

Valery Karpin (Spartak’s coach): The first half didn’t go as planned for us. We were too relaxed. Up until the 25th minute we played poorly. Things picked up in the second half. The younger players had to be brought in on the pitch, and near the end of the match our gameplay was very good.

Coach Valery Karpin gave a list of the 23 players who will fly to Warsaw for the first play-off match in the Europa League against Legia. Amongst those present is Emmanuel Emenike, who has recently joined Spartak after being bought from Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü for 10 million Euro.