Group B
Russia
Coach: Stanislav Cherchesov (Russia)
goalkeeper:
Anton Shunin (Dynamo Moscow)
Yuri Dupin (Kazan Ruby)
Matvi Safonov (Krasnodar)
fullback:
Yuri Zhirkov (Zenit St. Petersburg)
Vyacheslav Karavayev (Zenit, St. Petersburg)
Mario Fernandez (CSKA Moscow)
Igor Diviev (CSKA Moscow)
Georgi Gikia (Spartak Moscow)
Andrei Semyonov (Grozny Terek)
Fedor Kudyashov (Antalya)
midfielder:
Alexander Golovin (Monaco)
Alexei Milanchuk (Atlanta)
Dennis Cherisev (Valencia)
Dalil Kuziyaev (Zenit St. Petersburg)
Magomed Ostoev (Zenit St. Petersburg)
Andrei Mostova (Zenit St. Petersburg)
Dimitri Barinov (Locomotive Moscow)
Rifat Zhemaldilov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
Maxim Mukhin (Locomotive Moscow)
Daniel Vermin (Dynamo Moscow)
Alexei Yonov (Krasnodar)
Roman Zobnin (Spartak Moscow)
Dennis Makarov (Kazan Ruby)
striker:
Aldeem Djuba (Zenit St. Petersburg)
Zabolotteni (CSKA Moscow)
Alexander Sobolev (Spartak Moscow)
Russia, which competed as the host country in the 2018 World Cup and successfully eliminated the championship favourite Spain after being looked down upon, and finally lost to the final runner-up Croatia and stopped in the quarter-finals, and was stamped by the former national team goalkeeper Stanislav Cherchesov, who played for the country in the 1994 World Cup, with a set of 4-2-3-1 formations and its extremely strict and iron fist, playing the country's traditional mobile and disciplined football, Some experienced veterans in the squad have retired or faded out since the World Cup, and many new bloods have risen successfully to maintain the strength of the team. In this year's European Championship qualifiers, Russia and the 2018 World Cup runner-up Belgium, Scotland, which has not appeared in the final round of the international competition for a long time, the weak cyprus, Kazakhstan, and the famous "fish belly team" San Marino were in the same group, and the result was that in addition to the two pairs of Belgium, the remaining 8 games were all won, including a 4-0 home victory over Scotland, and finally won the second place, and the first place Belgium both joined hands.
Since the 2018 World Cup, Igor Akinfeev, a veteran goalkeeper who has been the chief goalkeeper of the national team for more than 10 years, announced his retirement from the national team, and the Russian army has used different goalkeepers to play the main selection, including Moscow Lokomotiv goalkeeper Guillelm Marinatu during the qualifiers, but the Brazilian naturalized goalkeeper was abandoned at the European Union last year, and even lost the army list, and the position of main goalkeeper has been owned by Anton Schonin of Dynamo Moscow.
On the defensive line, since the veteran retired, Andrei Semenov, who played for Grozny Terek, and Georgi Ghikia of Spartak Moscow, were reused by Stanislav Cherchesov to form a national team's regular defender combination, the two were tall, tough in play, and performed in harmony to stabilize the team's defense. On the full-backs, the right is Mario Fernandez, a Brazilian naturalized soldier who, in addition to being defensively sound, also has the skills of Brazilian players, has a strong sense of assists, and can strengthen the team's flanking ability, while the left-back will be played by veteran Yuri Zhirkov, a former Chelsea player who is 37 years old and his speed is no longer comparable to that of the past, but his rich experience and path, as well as his excellent ability to pass the ball and handle set-pieces, still bring great effect to the team.
In the midfield line, Magomede Osdoev, who plays for Zenit St. Petersburg, will form a double back with Roman Zobnin of Spartak Moscow, the two have strong interception power, play hard, and have a wide coverage on the field, which is an important point for the team to turn from defense to attack, and it is also a barrier in front of the defense. Offensively, the three players are all players with few outflows in the squad, namely Alexander Golovin of Monaco, Alexei Milanchuk of Atlanta, and Dennis Cherisev of Valencia.
Alexander Goroving was absent from injury for a long time at the beginning of the season, and it was not until the middle of the season that he officially returned from injury, quickly regained his good form, played 21 games in the league, scored 5 goals and made 9 assists, and helped the team to obtain a ticket to the next season's Champions League, this forward is good at teleportation organization, has excellent reading ability, and has a long-range shooting foot, and is good at handling set-pieces, which is the team's offensive focus; this season's move to Atalanta Alexei Milanchuk although he failed to become the team's inevitable choice, However, he also got a lot of opportunities to play, and then he was very aware of the goal, and scored goals for the team from time to time; Dennis Cheryshev, who impressed many people in the 2018 World Cup, was skilled in his left foot and was good at advancing with the ball and twisting and breaking through, but this season's performance was mediocre, only contributing 3 assists to Valencia, did not score, if the state is not improved in time, it will affect the team's offensive quality.
If there is no accident, captain Artem Djuba will continue to play a single-arrow position in the front line, this St. Petersburg Zenit tall center is tall, with a height of 1 meter 96, the kicking method is impactful, the top kung fu is first-class, and has a stable grasp, in addition to helping the team win the Russian Premier League championship, he also became the Russian Premier League Golden Boot with 20 goals, which is the most threatening person in the Russian military forward line; and on the bench, there is also Moscow Spartak scorer Alexander Sobolev, so that the team has room to change sides. Earlier, the International Sports Tribunal sentenced Russia to be banned from participating in international sports competitions in the next few years due to the drug ban, including the 2022 World Cup, so the team can participate in the qualifiers, but if it advances to the final round, it cannot participate in the name of the country, so this tournament may make a number of Russian players determined to strive for good results before the country faces the ban, regain a little face and even dignity for domestic sports, and vigorously compete with Denmark for the group sub-qualifier.