Russia Announces Starting Lineup for Friendly Against Brunei
Moscow, March 19 (R-Sport) -
The Russian national football team has announced its starting lineup for a friendly against Brunei on Tuesday in Moscow.
Goalkeeper: Guilherme Marinato (Lokomotiv Moscow)
Defenders: Igor Diveev (CSKA Moscow), Georgi Dzhikiya (Spartak Moscow), Fyodor Kudryashov (Antalyaspor)
Midfielders: Aleksandr Golovin (AS Monaco), Roman Zobnin (Spartak Moscow), Daniil Fomin (Dynamo Moscow)
Forwards: Anton Zabolotny (CSKA Moscow), Fyodor Chalov (CSKA Moscow), Aleksei Miranchuk (Atalanta)
Reserves:
Goalkeeper: Nikita Haikin (Rostov)
Defenders: Kirill Nababkin (CSKA Moscow), Ilya Kutepov (Spartak Moscow), Aleksei Sutormin (Zenit St. Petersburg)
Midfielders: Dmitry Barinov (Lokomotiv Moscow), Magomed-Shapi Suleymanov (Krasnodar), Arsen Zakharyan (Dynamo Moscow)
Forwards: Aleksandr Sobolev (Spartak Moscow), Batraz Gurtsiyev (Alania Vladikavkaz)
The match will be played at the VTB Arena in Moscow and will kick off at 19:00 local time (16:00 GMT).
Russia is ranked 34th in the FIFA World Rankings, while Brunei is ranked 191st.
Russia is using the match as a warm-up for its upcoming EURO 2020 qualifiers against Scotland on March 24 and Cyprus on March 28.
Brunei is using the match as a preparation for its upcoming AFC Asian Cup qualifiers against Malaysia on March 26 and Mongolia on March 31.