MOSCOW, January 6 Seven handball players of the Russian men's team did not fly with the team to a friendly tournament in Croatia ahead of the European Championship, according to the website of the Russian Handball Federation. Due to minor injuries and ailments, the friendly tournament will be missed by linemen Alexander Ermakov, Radomir Vrachevich and Vyacheslav Kasatkin, right welterweight Dmitry Kiselev and left welterweight Mikhail Vinogradov. The injured right welterweight Sergei Ivanov and the right extreme Ilya Demin will definitely not be able to play at the European Championship. The coaching staff of the national team has called the Chekhov Bears' right welterweight Nikita Kamenev. The Russian national team will hold two meetings on January 7 and 8 against the Croatian team. It is noted that cases of coronavirus infection have been recorded in the national team of Bosnia and Herzegovina, this national team has returned to its homeland. After the tournament in Croatia, the Russian national team will return to Novogorsk, and on January 11 they will go to the European championship.
