NOVOGORSK, June 29 (Sputnik) - All the 23 players of the Russian national football team trained together ahead of their round of 16 match against Spain at the FIFA World Cup, a Sputnik correspondent reported Friday.
The training session was held at their FIFA World Cup base camp in Novogorsk, just outside Moscow, on Friday.
Russia midfielder Aleksandr Yerokhin, who missed Tuesday's training session due to a minor foot problem and left Wednesday's session early, was training with the squad.
The Russian national football team are currently preparing for their round of 16 match against Group B winners Spain that will be played at Moscow's 78,000-seater Luzhniki Stadium on Sunday.
Russia will be playing in the knockout stage of the World Cup for the first time, after failing to qualify from the group in their three previous attempts.
The 2018 FIFA World Cup kicked off on June 14 and will continue until July 15, with the matches being played in 11 cities across Russia.
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