Russia include Neustadter

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Russia have named Schalke defender Roman Neustadter, who was born in Ukraine and does not yet have Russian citizenship, in their Euro 2016 squad.

The Russian Football Union (RFU) announced the squad on Saturday, with head coach Leonid Slutskiy including the 28-year-old Neustadter, who has been living in Germany since he was a child and has played for Germany’s youth teams.

Neustadter is expected to get a Russian passport in the next few days, which will allow him to play for the national team.

CSKA Moscow’s 19-year-old attacking midfielder Alexander Golovin, who only recently broke into their starting line-up, has also been included in the 23-man Russia squad.

Slutskiy, who is coach of CSKA as well as the national team, has, however omitted two of Russia’s most …

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