MOSCOW, February 25 Spartak Moscow will play with German Leipzig in the 1/8 finals of the Europa League. «Spartak» will hold a home game on a neutral field in connection with the decision of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) against the backdrop of the situation in Ukraine. «Spartak» is the last Russian club participating in the current European Cup season. At the group stage of the Europa League, the Moscow club took first place in group C, ahead of the Italian Napoli, the English Leicester and the Polish Legia. The head coach of Leipzig is the German Domenico Tedesco. He led Spartak from October 2019 to May 2021 and won the silver medals of the Russian championship last season with the red-and-whites.
