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Russia's national team coach Dick Advocaat announced the final lineup for the European Championship starting on June 8th.
The national team now includes Moscow CSKA defender Kirill Nababkin, who has not played in the team before, and 35-year-old veteran Roman Sharonov will replace the experienced Vasily Berezutsky.
Before the competition, which will begin with a match against the Czech Republic in Wroclaw, the Russians will play friendly matches against Uruguay (May 25th in Moscow), Lithuania (May 29th in Niîme), and Italy (June 1st in Zurich).
Russia's national team lineup:
Goalkeepers: Igor Akinfeev (Moscow CSKA), Vyacheslav Malafeev (St. Petersburg's "Zenit"), Anton Shunin (Moscow "Dynamo");
Defenders: Aleksandr Anyukov ("Zenit"), Aleksei Berezutsky (CSKA), Sergei Ignashevich (CSKA), Vladimir Granat (Moscow "Dynamo"), Yuri Zhirkov (Makhachkala "Anji"), Dmitri Kombarov (Moscow "Spartak"), Roman Sharonov (Kazan "Rubin"), Kirill Nababkin (CSKA);
Midfielders: Igor Denisov ("Zenit"), Konstantin Zyryanov ("Zenit"), Roman Shirokov ("Zenit"), Denis Glushakov (Moscow "Lokomotiv"), Igor Semshov (Moscow "Dynamo"), Marat Izmailov (Lisbon "Sporting"), Alan Dzagoev (CSKA);
Forwards: Andrey Arshavin ("Zenit"), Aleksandr Kerzhakov ("Zenit"), Aleksandr Kokorin (Moscow "Dynamo"), Roman Pavlyuchenko (Moscow "Lokomotiv"), Pavel Pogrebnyak (London "Fulham").
