On December 13, the preparation of the youth national team of Russia began, which on December 18 and 19 will play two friendly matches with their peers from the Czech Republic.

The trainings are held on the basis of the Krasnogorsk hotel “Aquarium”. The following players were summoned up for the games:

Goalkeepers: Aleksandr Boytsov (“Spartak”, Moscow), Ivan Belchikov (KPRF, Moscow), Arkadiy Sytik (BLiK, Nefteyugansk)

Field players: Aleksandr Vinogradov, Daniil Tokhtarov, Aleksandr Cherniy, Stepan Sofronov (all from Gazprom-Ugra, Yugorsk), Vladislav Chichkan, Sergey Firsov (both – BLiK, Nefteyugansk), Nikita Balukh, Egor Ivanov (both – “Sinara” , Yekaterinburg), Ivan Kostoyanoy, Mikhail Markov (both – Sibiryak, Novosibirsk), Sergey Denisov, Alexander Epstein (both from KPRF, Moscow), Victor Filatov, Aleksandr Sitnikov (both from Spartak, Moscow), Denis Povarov ( “Ukhta”), Ivan Obzhorin (“Orgkhim”, Nizhniy Novgorod region)

Senior coach: Sergey Skorovich

Schedule of matches (Moscow time is indicated)

22:15 Russia vs Czech Republic

21:00 Russia vs Czech Republic

The Russians will play the first match in Kladno in the Kladno Sports Palace at Třída sportovců 817, the second leg will take place in the city of Pilsen in the Lokomotiv game hall, which is located on Úslavská 75.