The Russian national team to play two Autumn friendlies

The Russian Football Union have published the planned games for August and September.
On the 29th August the team will meet-up and begin preparations for the two friendly matches:

31/08/16  Antalya, Turkey,
Turkey v Russia

06/09/16 Moscow, Russia
Russia v Ghana. 


12 Zenit players are in contention to be called up to the national squad including:
Yuri Lodygin, Alexander Anyukov, Igor Smolnikov, Yuri Zhirkov, Pavel Mogilevets, Aleksander Ryazantsev, Victor Fayzulin, Oleg Shatov, Artur Yusupov, Artem Dzyuba, Alexander Kerzhakov and Alexander Kokorin.