Russia squad for Portugal, Croatia matches

Oct 31, 2015 - 10:37 AM Russia coach Leonid Slutsky has announced a 25-man squad for friendlies against Portugal on November 13 and Croatia four days later.

The Portugal game was to be played in London but a change of venue is being sought "due to technical reasons", the Russian Football Union said.

The match against Croatia will be played in Krasnodar.

Squad

Goalkeepers: Igor Akinfeev (CSKA Moscow), Yury Lodygin (Zenit St Petersburg), Artem Rebrov (Spartak Moscow), Sergei Ryzhikov (Rubin Kazan)

Defenders: Alexei Berezutsky, Viktor Vasin, Sergei Ignashevich (all CSKA Moscow), Yury Zhirkov (Dynamo Moscow), Dmitry Kombarov (Spartak Moscow), Oleg Kuzmin (Rubin Kazan), Andrei Semenov (Terek Grozny), Igor Smolnikov (Zenit St Petersburg)

Midfielders: Denis Glushakov, Roman Shirokov (both Spartak Moscow), Igor Denisov, Alexei Ionov (both Dynamo Moscow), Alan Dzagoev (CSKA Moscow), Pavel Mamaev (FC Krasnodar), Alexander Samedov, Dmitry Tarasov (both Lokomotiv Moscow), Oleg Shatov (Zenit St Petersburg), Denis Cheryshev (Real Madrid/ESP)

Forwards: Artem Dzyuba (Zenit St Petersburg), Alexander Kokorin (Dynamo Moscow), Fedor Smolov (FC Krasnodar)

Source: AAP