Dzagoev out of Russia squad

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Russia will be without midfielder Alan Dzagoev at Euro 2016 after he suffered a broken metatarsal while playing for CSKA Moscow.

Dzagoev was named in the initial squad but was forced to withdraw from it on Monday after suffering a broken metatarsal in Saturday’s game against Rubin Kazan. Krasnodar’s Dmitri Torbinski was called up to replace him. 

The Russian Football Union (RFU) announced the squad on Saturday, with head coach Leonid Slutskiy including the 28-year-old Schalke defender Roman Neustadter, who who was born in Ukraine and does not yet have Russian citizenship. He 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 …

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