The coaching staff headed by Valery Karpin has determined the composition of the Russian national football team for the decisive qualification matches for the 2022 World Cup. As reported on the website of the national team, a total of 29 athletes will take part in the matches against Cyprus and Croatia. They will be held on November 11 in St. Petersburg and November 14 in the Croatian Split.
Final composition
Goalkeepers:
- Marinato Guillerme (Lokomotiv, Moscow),
- Matvey Safonov (Krasnodar),
- Nikita Khaikin (Bodø-Glimt, Norway),
- Ilya Lantratov (Khimki).
Defenders:
- Igor Diveev (CSKA, Moscow),
- Georgy Dzhikia (Spartak, Moscow),
- Maxim Osipenko (“Rostov”, Rostov-on-Don),
- Vyacheslav Karavaev (Zenit, St. Petersburg),
- Alexey Sutormin (Zenit, St. Petersburg),
- Dmitry Chistyakov (Zenit, St. Petersburg),
- Ilya Samoshnikov (Rubin, Kazan),
- Sergey Terekhov (Sochi),
- Fedor Kudryashov (Antalyaspor, Turkey).
Midfielders:
- Dmitry Barinov (Lokomotiv, Moscow),
- Rifat Zhemaletdinov (Lokomotiv, Moscow),
- Ilzat Akhmetov (CSKA, Moscow),
- Alexander Golovin (Monaco, France),
- Alexander Erokhin (Zenit, St. Petersburg),
- Andrey Mostovoy (Zenit, St. Petersburg),
- Alexey Miranchuk (Atalanta, Italy),
- Arsen Zakharyan (Dynamo, Moscow),
- Daniil Fomin (Dynamo, Moscow),
- Alexey Ionov (Krasnodar),
- Roman Zobnin (Spartak, Moscow),
- Zelimkhan Bakaev (Spartak, Moscow),
- Danil Glebov (Rostov, Rostov-on-Don).
Forwards:
- Fedor Smolov (Lokomotiv, Moscow),
- Anton Zabolotny (CSKA, Moscow),
- Ivan Sergeev (Wings of the Soviets, Samara).
Valery Karpin said that when choosing the final composition of the national team, the candidacy of Zenit striker and former captain of the national team Artyom Dziuba was not considered. “Last time we hoped that he would help us in the matches with the teams from Slovakia and Slovenia. Then he said he was not ready. While we will not consider, there are two games left, ”said the coach.
According to the coach of goalkeepers Vitaly Kafanov, there are four goalkeepers left in the final list, since Soslan Dzhanaev will not be able to take part in the preparatory camp due to injury.
The FIFA World Cup will be held in Qatar from November 21 to December 18, 2022.
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