Football
Glushenkov will miss the October matches of the Russian national team for medical reasons
Lokomotiv Moscow midfielder Maxim Glushenkov will not take part in the Russian national team’s matches against the teams of Cameroon and Kenya for medical reasons, said the senior team doctor Vladimir Khaitin.
On Saturday, Lokomotiv sports director Dmitry Ulyanov also told Match TV that midfielder Artem Karpukas will not play in the October matches due to injury.
— Maxim Glushenkov arrived at the national team location with muscle discomfort. After an additional examination, together with the medical staff of Lokomotiv, the coaching and medical staff of the national team, it was decided to release Maxim Glushenkov to the club in order to fully recover and prevent the possibility of injury.
As for Artem Karpukas, in agreement with FC Lokomotiv, for medical reasons, it was decided not to call him to the current training camp, the press service of the Russian national team quotes Khaitin as saying.
Watch the live broadcast of the Russia-Cameroon match on Thursday from 18:00 Moscow time on the Match TV channel, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source: Sportbox
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