MOSCOW, January 22 Head coach of the Russian national football team Valery Karpin in response when asked about the possibility of calling the striker of the St. Petersburg «Zenith» Artem Dzyuba to the national team, he said that the striker should train and play. shape. Karpin at the end of October did not include the 33-year-old striker in the preliminary list of players called up for the November qualifying games with the national teams of Cyprus and Croatia. In December, the striker said that he was not opposed to taking a step towards Karpin. train and play, and the coach — to train and select players,» Karpin was quoted by Match TV.
