The acting head coach of Spartak, **Vadim Romanov**, discussed the team’s motivation ahead of the derby against the capital’s Dynamo in the 18th round of the Russian Premier League.

**— How did the team respond to the defeat in Kaliningrad?**
— We have motivation beyond just the match against Baltika. The game against Dynamo is always special. It’s a derby, and it’s against Dynamo, so we don’t need any extra motivation for this. Regarding the Baltika match, everyone realized that we created a good number of scoring opportunities and that the quality of our play was quite solid. We all understand that we need to continue progressing in this direction. We will make some adjustments, particularly in converting goal-scoring chances, — Romanov’s comments were relayed by Championship correspondent Ilya Nikulnikov.

Currently, Dynamo occupies the ninth spot in the RPL standings with 20 points, while Spartak is in sixth place with 28 points.