Russia name Neustadter in squad

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Russia have named 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 Schalke defender, 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.

Russia will be without midfielder Alan Dzagoev 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. 

CSKA Moscow’s 19-year-old attacking midfielder Alexander …

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