Torbinski replaces injured Dzagoev for Russia
Sunday, May 22, 2016
Article summary
Alan Dzagoev has withdrawn from Russia's UEFA EURO 2016 squad after breaking a metatarsal bone in CSKA Moskva's title decider, with Dmitri Torbinski in as a replacement.
Article top media content
Article body
Alan Dzagoev has had to pull out of Russia's squad for UEFA EURO 2016 after breaking a metatarsal bone in his foot during CSKA Moskva's title-winning defeat of Rubin Kazan on Saturday.
The attacking midfielder struck the only goal in a 1-0 success as CSKA were crowned champions and was named in Leonid Slutski's squad on the same day, but complained of a pain in his foot after the game before tests revealed a metatarsal fracture. His place in the 23-man party has now been filled by Krasnodar midfielder Dmitri Torbinski.
Russia will begin their training camp in Switzerland on 24 May and will then take on Czech Republic (1 June) and Serbia (5 June) in pre-tournament friendlies.
Russia squad for UEFA EURO 2016
Goalkeepers: Igor Akinfeev (CSKA Moskva), Yuri Lodygin (Zenit), Guilherme (Lokomotiv Moskva).
Defenders: Aleksei Berezutski (CSKA Moskva), Vasili Berezutski (CSKA Moskva), Sergei Ignashevich (CSKA Moskva), Dmitri Kombarov (Spartak Moskva), Roman Neustädter (Schalke), Georgi Schennikov (CSKA Moskva), Roman Shishkin (Lokomotiv Moskva), Igor Smolnikov (Zenit).
Midfielders: Igor Denisov (Zenit), Dmitri Torbinski (Krasnodar), Aleksandr Golovin (CSKA Moskva), Denis Glushakov (Spartak Moskva), Oleg Ivanov (Terek Grozny), Pavel Mamaev (Krasnodar), Aleksandr Samedov (Lokomotiv Moskva), Oleg Shatov (Zenit), Roman Shirokov (CSKA Moskva).
Strikers: Artem Dzyuba (Zenit), Aleksandr Kokorin (Zenit), Fedor Smolov (Krasnodar).
Russia's Group B fixtures
11/06: England v Russia (Marseille)
15/06: Russia v Slovakia (Lille)
20/06: Russia v Wales (Toulouse)