It’s almost time for the Russia vs Slovakia WC Qualifiers - Europe clash which kicks off very shortly, and the team sheets have just been announced.
We can reveal that the starting eleven for Russia which has been officially confirmed as:
Russia
Matvei Safonov #39
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.92m
Weight: 82kg
Age: 22
Nationality: Russia
Place of birth: Russia
Sergei Terekhov #13
Defender
Height: 1.79m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 31
Nationality: Russia
Place of birth: Russia
Igor Diveyev #78
Defender
Height: 1.93m
Weight: 85kg
Age: 22
Nationality: Russia
Place of birth: Ufa, Russia
Georgi Dzhikiya #14
Defender
Height: 1.88m
Weight: 87kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Russia
Place of birth: Moscow, Russia
Daler Kuzyayev
Midfielder
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Russia
Place of birth: Russia
Dmitri Barinov #6
Midfielder
Height: 1.79m
Weight: 72kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Russia
Place of birth: Russia
Arsen Zakharyan #47
Midfielder
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 68kg
Age: 18
Nationality: Russia
Place of birth: Samara, Russia
Zelimkhan Bakayev #10
Midfielder
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 77kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Russia
Place of birth: Russia
Aleksandr Yerokhin #21
Midfielder
Height: 1.95m
Weight: 79kg
Age: 31
Nationality: Russia
Place of birth: Russia
Aleksey Sutormin #19
Midfielder
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 78kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Russia
Place of birth: St. Petersburg, Russia
Fyodor Smolov #9
Forward
Height: 1.87m
Weight: 80kg
Age: 31
Nationality: Russia
Place of birth: Saratov, Russia
The team sheet line-up for Slovakia has also been confirmed as follows:
Slovakia
Marek Rodák #1
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.94m
Weight: 85kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Slovakia
Place of birth: Košice, Slovakia
Ľubomír Šatka
Defender
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 72kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Slovakia
Place of birth: Ilava, Slovakia
Milan Škriniar
Defender
Height: 1.87m
Weight: 80kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Slovakia
Place of birth: Žiar nad Hronom, Slovakia
Dávid Hancko #33
Defender
Height: 1.88m
Weight: 78kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Slovakia
Place of birth: Prievidza, Slovakia
Peter Pekarík
Defender
Height: 1.76m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 34
Nationality: Slovakia
Place of birth: Žilina, Slovakia
Juraj Kucka
Midfielder
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 84kg
Age: 34
Nationality: Slovakia
Place of birth: Bojnice, Slovakia
Marek Hamšík
Midfielder
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 79kg
Age: 34
Nationality: Slovakia
Place of birth: Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
Lukáš Haraslín
Midfielder
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 71kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Slovakia
Place of birth: Bratislava, Slovakia
Ivan Schranz
Midfielder
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Slovakia
Place of birth: Bratislava, Slovakia
Ondrej Duda
Midfielder
Height: 1.81m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Slovakia
Place of birth: Snina, Slovakia
Róbert Boženík
Forward
Height: 1.88m
Weight: 81kg
Age: 21
Nationality: Slovakia
Place of birth: Terchová, Slovakia
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