A very young team will play against Tajikistan.

During the break for the matches of the national teams, the Russians have to settle for the friendlies of their national team: on 17 November, in Dushanbe, Valery Karpin’s wards will meet with Tajikistan. Extended list already announcedwhich is nice – the mentor continues to invite new people to take advantage of their opportunities.

Newbies again

Of course, if the Russians had tournament duties, the squad list would be very different from the current one. This time, Karpin began checking regions for suitable personnel. Mingyan Beveev was called from the Urals. The right-back has come a long way from the lower leagues, last year he established himself in the Yenisei and scored a great draw for the Russian Cup. In the summer, Ural took him, where Mingiyan can close both the right and left curbs.

Also in the defensive line of the national team there are 5 other rookies: Ruslan Litvinov, Daniil Denisov (both Spartak), Ilya Agapov (Paris NN), Viktor Melekhin (Rostov) and Alexander Soldatenkov (Wings). Of these, only the last is over 21 years old.

There aren’t that many newcomers in midfield, but in terms of quality they have every chance of catching up with the national team for many years. Sergey Pinyaev’s talent does not need to be described to anyone: the midfielder at the age of 17 plays at the base of the Wings, impresses with the speed of the decision-making process and does not slow down the attack of the Samara team. There is a request for this even by the Russian giants. Danil Prutsev is very tenacious, he helps bring the ball forward – Abascal saved him until the time of the injury to the base players (but now there is no doubt that he should come out more often). Lechi Sadulaev is proud of the entire Chechen Republic: a graduate of Akhmat, who plays for his native club, now defends the Russian tricolor.

And, perhaps, the main discovery of the current Premier League season is Vladimir Sychevoi. He came out of nowhere, he tore Dinamo’s defense to pieces and CSKA, scored a total of 11 league goals and shares leadership in the tournament’s scorer list with Malcolm and Promes. Of course you can say that a year ago Hamid Agalarov was just as brilliant – and where is he now? But while Vladimir flies all over the net, it’s definitely worth calling him. Yes, and in attack the team has enough strong players.

Double brace for Selikhov, Shunin-Pesyakov-Safonov trio

This time the goalkeeper team is without Ivan Lomaev. The “Wings” goalkeeper apparently got depressed when he was forced to leave the national team headquarters in September. Bogdan Ovsyannikov began to win a place at the gates of Samarans from him – in the last four games, he, and not Ivan, went to the base.

Instead of the goalkeeper sitting on the bench, it is better to call someone else – Alexander Selikhov just began to show himself perfectly in the fall. He laid the foundations for a sharp defeat that Spartak inflicted on Khimki. Not for nothing was he recognized as the best player of the match: Alexander showed the level thanks to which the red and white reached the Europa League playoffs from first place a year earlier.

Selikhov already received a call to the national team last spring – then an injury prevented him from staying on the national team, but now the goalkeeper has a second attempt.

Karpin constantly trusts Shunin and Safonov – Matvey is the new Igor Akinfeev for the national team. It will be tough on his successors over the next 15-17 years.

The coaching staff has decided to invite more goalkeepers, so so far there are four in the application. Neither Valery Karpin nor Vitaly Kafanov need to know Sergei Pesyakov: they all work at Rostov, so the coaches are well aware of his qualities.

For the first time, there are no problems with the support zone

How many because of him there was talk of the non-inclusion of Igor Denisov in the final composition before world Cup-2018! But now there is a choice. Artem Karpukas grew up in Lokomotiv, which, despite the terrible game of the club, gives a huge volume and is reliable in the selection. Danil Prutsev has a good first pass and is not lost under pressure. Glebov is in fact a leader both in the locker room and on the pitch, who dictates the direction of the attacks.

This also includes Ruslan Litvinov, the universal central defender. There are no problems with bench press depth for this position, and they are no less effective in attack.

Comparison Sobolev, Chalov and Komlichenko

True, Nikolai can be included in the fight with a stretch – Spartak forwards and CSKA further on.

Sobolev was named the best player in the league in September. It is indispensable when you have to catch the ball on the second floor, but you cannot attribute it 100% to the pillars of Alexander. Under Abascal, his fort is the completion and the last step. He handles the ball fairly quickly, makes effective decisions to enter free space – the same example as the winning goal against Lokomotiv. Due to the speed of thought in the individual episodes, he can turn half a moment into a goal (round 8 against Zenit).

Chalov finally solved the problems of a psychological nature: Vladimir Fedotov helps in such situations better than anyone else. Fedor joined the scorers’ competition, having already scored 10 goals. The young striker lights up in the most necessary moments: his brace allowed him to avoid the defeat of Spartak, when the red and white scored 2 quick goals, he also scored two goals and brought 3 points in the match against Khimki.

Filmed this season, Sychevoi has little chance of remaining on the final list, but the challenge will still give a boost to his progress.