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Know your Euro 2020 Groups: Group B – Could this be Belgium’s year?

By Neelabhra Roy

Belgium's Kevin De Bruyne and head coach Roberto Martinez (Photo by VIRGINIE LEFOUR/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images)
Belgium's Kevin De Bruyne and head coach Roberto Martinez (Photo by VIRGINIE LEFOUR/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images) /
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Artem Dzyuba of Russia
Artem Dzyuba of Russia (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images) /

GROUP B – RUSSIA

The hosts of the 2018 FIFA World Cup finished second in their qualifying group to reach their 12th European Championship if we include the editions they played as the Soviet Union and the CIS.

While playing as the Soviets, their best performance was winning the inaugural edition of the Euros in 1960, beating Yugoslavia in the final. As Russia, their best show was reaching the semi-finals in 2008.

RUSSIA TEAM INFO

  • Manager – Stanislav Cherchesov
  • Captain – Artem Dzyuba
  • Key Players – Artem Dzyuba, Aleksandr Golovin, Mario Fernandes
  • FIFA Ranking – 38
  • Prediction – Last 16
  • First match of the tournament – vs Belgium on June 12

Russia’s squad for the tournament

Anton Shunin (Dynamo Moscow), Yury Dyupin (Rubin Kazan), Matvei Safonov (Krasnodar)

Mario Fernandes (CSKA Moscow), Igor Diveyev (CSKA Moscow), Vyacheslav Karavayev (Zenit), Andrei Semyonov (Akhmat Grozny), Fyodor Kudryashov (Antalyaspor), Georgi Dzhikiya (Spartak Moscow)

Denis Cheryshev (Valencia), Magomed Ozdoyev (Zenit), Dmitri Barinov (Lokomotiv Moscow), Roman Zobnin (Spartak Moscow), Aleksandr Golovin (AS Monaco), Yuri Zhirkov (Zenit), Rifat Zhemaletdinov (Lokomotiv Moscow), Daniil Fomin (Dynamo Moscow), Daler Kuzyayev (Zenit), Andrei Mostovoy (Zenit), Maksim Mukhin (Lokomotiv Moscow),

Aleksandr Sobolev (Spartak Moscow), Anton Zabolotny (Sochi), Aleksei Miranchuk (Atalanta), Aleksei Ionov (Krasnodar), Artem Dzyuba (Zenit), Denis Makarov (Rubin Kazan)

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