By Obaloluwa Joshua, LAGOS
Russia head coach Valery Karpin has named a 21-man squad for his side’s upcoming friendly against the Super Eagles of Nigeria, Prompt News reports.
Paris Saint-Germain’s goalkeeper Matvey Safonov is the biggest name in the squad.
Russia will host Nigeria at the Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow on Friday, 6 June.
It will be the first friendly between both countries at the full international level.
Meanwhile, fans willing to watch the highly anticipated game can purchase tickets with prices starting from 600 rubles.
Russia’s 41-man extended squad
Goalkeepers: Matvey Safonov (PSG), Andrey Lunev (Dynamo Moscow), Alexander Maksimenko (Spartak Moscow), Evgeny Latyshonok (Zenit St. Petersburg), Stanislav Agkatsev (Krasnodar)
Defenders: Yuri Gorshkov (Zenit), Ilya Vakhaniya, Viktor Melokhin, Maxim Osipenko (all Rostov), Igor Diveev, Danil Krugovoy, Dzhamalutdin Abdulkadyrov (all CSKA), Aleksandr Silyanov, Evgeny Morozov (Lokomotiv), Valentin Paltsev (Dynamo Makhachkala), Ilya Rozhkov (Rubin Kazan), Arsen Adamov, Turpal-Ali Ibishev (Akhmat Grozny)
Midfielders: Kirill Shchetinin (Rostov), Dmitry Barinov, Alexey Batrakov, Sergey Pinyaev (Lokomotiv), Danil Prutsev, Nail Umyarov (Spartak), Nikita Krivtsov, Alexander Chernikov (Krasnodar), Danil Glebov, Daniil Fomin, Yaroslav Gladyshev (Dynamo), Ivan Oblyakov, Matvey Kislyak (CSKA), Maxim Glushenkov, Andrey Mostovoy (Zenit), Lechi Sadulaev (Akhmat), Alexey Miranchuk (Atlanta United), Anton Miranchuk (Sion), Zelimkhan Bakaev (Khimki)
Forwards: Dmitry Vorobyov (Lokomotiv), Tamerlan Musaev (CSKA), Ivan Sergeev (Krylya Sovetov), Nikolay Komlichenko (Rostov)
