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Carrera reportedly was offered an opportunity to attend one of the Spartak games in the near future to say good bye to the fans. His response at a press-conference today: "I belong to Spartak's past and don't want to interfere with the next manager." As I said, the guy is pure class.

Though I am not a Juve fan, I will try to answer your question because I watched every game Spartak played under Carrera and because he said that he wants to return to Juve one day. This is a very tricky question, primarily because Carrera was never given a chance to build a team he wanted at...

A very sad day for me personally and for the club as a whole. Carrera probably made some tactical mistakes this season, but he never received any support from the club management. We sold Quincy Promes, our best player, to Sevilla on August 31, the last day of the transfer window, and did not...

Spartak Moscow fans displayed this banner during the home game against Terek Grozny to thank Massimo Carrera for the league title.

By the way, in case anyone here is interested, here is a very good tactical analysis of Carrera's Spartak from a couple of months ago (in English).

Interestingly, there are now rumors that another former Juventus player (and current Fiorentina manager), Paulo Sousa, may become the next head coach at Zenit.

This may sound funny, but a huge reason why we had a better national team back then is that Russian clubs were poor then but are rich now. In the 1990s, Russian players had to go abroad to make reasonable money, and in order to be successful abroad they had to work really hard. Today Russian...

Great question. Well, Zenit probably still have the biggest budget in the league and are about 20-25% richer than Spartak, but they have sold their biggest stars (Hulk and Witsel) to China, so they are not as dominant as they used to be. Moreover, Zenit are likely to miss the Champions League...

Well, I'm already rooting for Juve in the Champions League. My best friend in Russia is a big Juventus fan, and I greatly admire Gigi and want him to finally win the Champions League because I play recreationally as a goalkeeper myself. Well, I think that he did not talk to the media after the...

Well, there is currently a debate on this topic, with Zenit claiming that they have become the most popular club in Russia. But traditionally, Spartak is thought to have the largest fanbase in Russia. Spartak is often called "the people's club" due to our popularity, and our support is spread...

I'm a new one here, but hopefully you won't mind if I answer your question as I am a big Spartak Moscow fan. First, there are some people who are skeptical of Carrera. Mostly they are either former Spartak players or old school Russian coaches. There are a few reasons for this skepticism...

Hi everyone, I'm new here. I'm a huge Spartak Moscow fan (which means that I'm a big fan of Massimo Carrera). I also greatly admire Gigi Buffon because I am a goalkeeper myself, and he definitely is the best goalkeeper I've ever seen.