Russian Football
The Italian coach of the Russian national team, Fabio Capello, has included 30 players in the preliminary squad for the 2014 World Cup, among whom are individuals he has never called up before. And who are unlikely to go to Brazil. For example, the forward from Reading, Pavel Pogrebnyak. The list currently includes:
Goalkeepers: Igor Akinfeev (CSKA), Yuri Lodygin (Zenit), Sergey Ryzhikov (Rubin). Defenders: Alexander Anyukov (Zenit), Alexey Berezutsky, Vasily Berezutsky, Sergey Ignashevich, Georgy Schennikov (all – CSKA), Vladimir Granat, Alexey Kozlov (both – Dynamo), Andrey Yeshchenko (Anzhi), Dmitry Kombarov (Spartak), Andrey Semenov (Terek). Midfielders: Igor Denisov, Yuri Zhirkov, Alexey Ionov (all – Dynamo), Alan Dzagoev (CSKA), Yuri Gazinskiy, Roman Shirokov (both – Krasnodar), Denis Glushakov (Spartak), Pavel Mogilevets (Rubin), Viktor Faizulin, Oleg Shatov (both – Zenit), Vladimir Bystrov (Anzhi), Alexander Samedov (Lokomotiv). Forwards: Alexander Kerzhakov (Zenit), Artem Dzyuba (Rostov), Alexander Kokorin (Dynamo), Maxim Kanunnikov (Amkar), Pavel Pogrebnyak (Reading, England).
Goalkeepers: Igor Akinfeev (CSKA), Yuri Lodygin (Zenit), Sergey Ryzhikov (Rubin). Defenders: Alexander Anyukov (Zenit), Alexey Berezutsky, Vasily Berezutsky, Sergey Ignashevich, Georgy Schennikov (all – CSKA), Vladimir Granat, Alexey Kozlov (both – Dynamo), Andrey Yeshchenko (Anzhi), Dmitry Kombarov (Spartak), Andrey Semenov (Terek). Midfielders: Igor Denisov, Yuri Zhirkov, Alexey Ionov (all – Dynamo), Alan Dzagoev (CSKA), Yuri Gazinskiy, Roman Shirokov (both – Krasnodar), Denis Glushakov (Spartak), Pavel Mogilevets (Rubin), Viktor Faizulin, Oleg Shatov (both – Zenit), Vladimir Bystrov (Anzhi), Alexander Samedov (Lokomotiv). Forwards: Alexander Kerzhakov (Zenit), Artem Dzyuba (Rostov), Alexander Kokorin (Dynamo), Maxim Kanunnikov (Amkar), Pavel Pogrebnyak (Reading, England).
