Tuesday friendly against the Russian U21 side

The squad travelled out to Spain on Saturday for the start of the second training camp in Marbella. The team are in action on Tuesday 6th February with a game against the Russian U21 team. The young Russians have been preparing in Marbella from the 1st February until the 9th with their 24 man squad. They will shortly have EL qualification matches against Macedonia and Gibraltar. 

U21 manager Yevgeni Bushmanov has taken the following squad to Spain:

Keepers: Igor Leshchuk (Dinamo Moszkva), Aleksandr Melikhov (Tom Tomszk), Igor Obukhov (Arsenal Tula)

Defenders: Alexandr Dovbnya (Pafos FC), Nikita Kalugin (Dinamo Moszkva), Aleksandr Likhachev (Spartak 2), Shamsiddin Shanbiev (Spartak 2), Ilya Samoshnikov (FC Ararat), Vitali Stezhko (FK Krasnodar 2), Dzhamaldin Khodzhaniyazov (Dinamo Szentpétervár), Nyikita Csernov (FK Ural), Pavel Shakuro (Tyumen)

Midfielders: Igor Bezdenezhnykh (FK Ufa), Ivan Oblyakov (FK Ufa), Aleksandr Zuev (FK Rostov), Ilya Zhigulev (FK Krasnodar), Ilya Kamyshev (Zenit 2), Igor Konovalov (Kuban Krasnodar), Aleksandr Makarov (CSZKA Moszkva), Andriy Mostovy (Desna), Vladislav Panteleev (Spartak 2) Roman Tugarev (Kazanka)

Forwards: Georgi Melkadze (FK Tosno), Aleksandr Sobolev (KS Samara)

The U21 team is valued at around the 12 million euro mark. The most valuable player is FK Rostov player Aleksandr Zuev, who is rated at around 1,8m€. The young Russian side defeated Chinese team Tiencsin TEDA FC 5-0 on the 3rd February. Vidi are due to play the same team on the 12th February.