As the FUR website informs, on Wednesday, 31 August the Russian National team played a first friendly match under the guidance of the new coach Stanislav Cherchesov. The game against Turkey ended in a draw – 0:0.

The next match of the team will be played against Ghana at Lokomotiv stadium.

Turkey – Russia 0:0

Turkey: Babacan, Özbayraklı,  Köybaşı (Kaldırım, 46), Aziz (Çalık, 68), Tosun,  Çalhanoğlu (Ünal, 62), Topal (c), Tufan (Mallı, 62), Şen (Ayhan, 46), Mor (Yokuşlu, 85), Söyüncü.

Russia: Akinfeev, Novoseltsev, V. Berezutskiy (c), Kudryashov (Neustadter, 67), Miranchuk (Erokhin, 55), Zhirkov, Shatov, Tarasov (Gazinskiy, 61), Samedov, Ozdoev (Zobnin, 79), Smolov (Kanunnikov, 79).

Caution: Zhirkov, 45+1.

Referees: Skomina, Praprotnik , Vukan (all – Slovenia).

31 August. Turkey. Antalya. Antalya Arena