Tyukavin will be the captain of the Russian national team in the match against Uzbekistan

Konstantin Tyukavin, a striker of the Dynamo Moscow football club, will lead the Russian national team to a friendly match against Uzbekistan as captain. This was announced on November 12 on the website of the Russian Football Union (RFU).

The meeting will be held in Tashkent on the same day. The starting whistle on the field will sound at 20:00 (18:00 Moscow time).

The coaching staff also published the starting line-up of the national team. Matvey Safonov will take his place in the goal. Danil Krugovoy, Alexander Silyanov, Viktor Melekhin, Ilya Vakhania, Alexey Batrakov, Matvey Kislyak, Ivan Oblyakov, Lechi Sadulaev and Yaroslav Gladyshev will also appear in the starting lineup.

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In October, the RFU noted that football players Arsen Zakharyan and Batrakov were included in the expanded Russian national team for the November friendly matches against Uzbekistan and Venezuela. The first match will take place on November 12 against Uzbekistan in Tashkent, and on November 17 Karpin's team will play Venezuela in Krasnodar.