Alan Dzagoev, Denis Cheryshev headline Russia's 23-man squad for home World Cup

With the 2018 World Cup quickly approaching, journey back to the finest moments of Martin Ainstein's tour of host cities. As the host nation, all eyes will be on Russia. The home side at the World Cup has never lost an opening match, so can Cherchesov's men keep the tradition going? MOSCOW -- Creative midfielder Alan Dzagoev and Villarreal winger Denis Cheryshev have been confirmed in Russia's final 23-man squad for their home World Cup. All but two of the squad play for Russian clubs, with the exceptions being Cheryshev and reserve goalkeeper Vladimir Gabulov, who plays for Brugge in Belgium. The naturalized German defenders Roman Neustaedter and Konstantin Rausch failed to make the cut from a provisional 28-man list, but Brazil-born right-back Mario Fernandes is included. Without...

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