Seven Zenit players called up for the Russian national squad

Stanislav Cherchesov has named his squad for the upcoming friendly matches.
Andrey Lunev, Yuri Zhirkov, Igor Smolnikov, Alexander Yerokhin, Daler Kuzyaev, Anton Zabolotny and Alexander Kokorin have all been called up. 

Russia play Brazil on 23 March in Moscow and France on 27 March in St. Petersburg.