Russia announce final 31-man squad for international friendly against Super Eagles

Head coach of the Russia national team, Valery Karpin, has finalized a 31-man squad for the upcoming June training camp, which features international friendlies against Nigeria and Belarus.

The standout fixture will see Russia, the 2018 Fifa World Cup hosts, take on three-time African champions Nigeria at the iconic Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on June 6. Kick-off is scheduled for 18:00 Nigerian time.

The squad list includes four goalkeepers, eleven defenders, thirteen midfielders, and three forwards.

Notably, Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper Matvey Safonov and Sion midfielder Anton Miranchuk are the only foreign-based players named in the selection.

Initially, Zenit St. Petersburg goalkeeper Evgeny Latyshonok was part of the squad announced by the Russian Football Union on Sunday.

However, the shot-stopper has been withdrawn due to a muscle injury. In response, the coaching staff has drafted in Lokomotiv Moscow’s Anton Mitryushkin as his replacement.

The Russian national team will commence preparations for the double-header on May 31, setting up camp at their base in Novogorsk.

Russia squad for friendlies against Nigeria, Belarus

Goalkeepers: Matvey Safonov (Paris Saint-Germain, Paris), Andrey Lunev (Dynamo Moscow), Anton Mitryushkin (Lokomotiv Moscow), Stanislav Agkatsev (Krasnodar).

Defenders: Yuri Gorshkov (Zenit Saint Petersburg), Ilya Vakhaniya, Viktor Melokhin, Maxim Osipenko (all from Rostov, Rostov-on-Don), Danil Krugovoy, Dzhamalutdin Abdulkadyrov (both from CSKA Moscow), Alexander Silyanov (Lokomotiv, Moscow), Valentin Paltsev (Dynamo Makhachkala), Ilya Rozhkov (Rubin Kazan), Arsen Adamov, Turpal-Ali Ibishev (both from Akhmat Grozny).

Midfielders: Kirill Shchetinin (Rostov, Rostov-on-Don), Dmitry Barinov, Alexey Batrakov, Sergey Pinyaev (all Lokomotiv Moscow), Danil Prutsev (Spartak Moscow), Danil Glebov, Yaroslav Gladyshev (both Dynamo Moscow), Ivan Oblyakov, Matvey Kislyak (both CSKA Moscow), Maxim Glushenkov, Andrey Mostovoy (both Zenit St. Petersburg), Lechi Sadulaev (Akhmat Grozny), Anton Miranchuk (Sion).

Forwards: Dmitry Vorobyov (Lokomotiv Moscow), Ivan Sergeev (Krylya Sovetov, Samara), Nikolay Komlichenko (Rostov, Rostov-on-Don).

Ifeanyi Emmanuel

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