BISHKEK, Sep 23, Alexander Sergeev. Head coach of the Russian national football team Valery Karpin told reporters that Spartak midfielder Roman Zobnin himself asked not to be called up to the national team. On Saturday, the Russian team will play a friendly match with the Kyrgyz team in Bishkek. «Everyone who did not make the final list is our decision. Zobnin really called me and asked him not to call him, he wanted to heal. We didn’t call him. We decided not to call Ruslan Litvinov due to an injury. He missed a couple of weeks before that. Except Zobnin, no one else asked not to go to the national team, «said Karpin.
