Russia - Brazil: Kuzyaev will miss out on the game

Stanislav Cherchesov announced to the press the Zenit midfielder will not take part.
"Kuzyaev and Ignatiev (Lokomotiv Moscow) have both made big steps forward in returning to fitness" - said Cherchesov. "They are almost ready, but we will not risk it." 

Daler Kuzyaev is joined in the Russian squad by five of his blue-white-sky blue teammates: Andrei Lunev, Yuri Zhirkov, Igor Smolnikov, Alexander Yerokhin and Anton Zabolotny. 

The Russian team will play against Brazil on Friday 23 March 23 at the Luzhniki stadium. The game will kick-off at 19:00 St. Petersburg time.