According to the schedule, tomorrow morning (September 4), the first two players of the Russian team will arrive in Vietnam, including midfielder Daler Kuzyaev and goalkeeper Matvei Safonov. Both are playing in France.
A few hours later, at 1:00 p.m. the same day, the remaining members of the Russian team will land at Noi Bai International Airport (Hanoi) to prepare to participate in the LPBank Cup 2024 international friendly tournament.
Coach Valery Karpin and his team will have about 4-5 hours to settle down and rest before the official training session at My Dinh Stadium at 7:00 p.m.
Immediately after the end of the training session, at 8:15 p.m., Mr. Valery Karpin will have a press conference about the opening match against the Vietnamese team.
According to information from the Russian Football Federation, the composition of the Russian team has changed when Igor Diveev and Alexander Soldatenkov did not concentrate, instead, Valentin Paltsev, Anton Zinkovsky and Arsen Adamov were called up.
Before coming to Vietnam to compete, midfielder Dmitry Barinov shared: "We will compete with teams that we have a chance against. We will win and please the fans."
In addition, this player also said that the whole team will make the most of the official training session before the match to get familiar with the field and local weather.
According to the schedule, the opening match of the tournament between Russia and Vietnam will take place at 8:00 p.m. on September 5.
Russian team list:
Goalkeepers: Matvey Safonov, Andrey Lunyov, Evgeny Latyshonok.
Defenders: Vyacheslav Karavaev, Maxim Osipenko, Danil Krugovoy, Evgeny Morozov, Alexander Silyanov, Ruslan Litvinov, Daniil Khlusevich, Valentin Paltsev, Arsen Adamov.
Midfielders: Danil Glebov, Artem Karpukas, Dmitry Barinov, Alexey Batrakov, Ilya Samoshnikov, Sergey Pinyaev, Daler Kuzyaev, Danil Prutsev, Anton Zinkovsky, Nikita Krivtsov, Ivan Oblyakov, Andrey Mostovoy, Lechi Sadulaev.
Forwards: Konstantin Tyukavin, Dmitry Vorobyov, Tamerlan Musaev.