“I was afraid that we would lose some of our players because most of them probably have never used the metro before and could have got lost there. I had to chase after everyone and make sure no one was left behind.”
— Spartak Moscow coach Vladimir Fedotov, whose team had to take the Moscow subway to its Champions League game against Inter Milan because its bus was stuck in traffic. “I was shocked how crowded it was,” said Austrian defender Spartak Martin Stranzl while captain Yegor Titov said he last rode the subway in the early 1990s. Spartak lost, 1-0. (Reuters)