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The Russian national team is playing a series of friendly matches under the leadership of Valery Karpin. Alexander Golovin is the team's key player and captain in this match.
Russian national team midfielder Alexander Golovin suffered an ankle injury in a friendly match with Iran in Kazan. His words are quoted by Sport Express.
The injury occurred five minutes before the substitution after a foul on the counterattack. The Monaco midfielder was replaced in the 84th minute by Lechi Sadulayev. “The ankle jammed before replacement. Five minutes before that, there was a foul when he ran into a counterattack. While it hurts. I can’t say anything,” Golovin said.
The footballer entered the game wearing the captain's armband and scored two goals in the first half, scoring a double. The match at the Ak Bars Arena ended in victory for the Russian team with a score of 2:0.
In October, Valery Karpin's team will play two more friendly matches - with Namibia on October 3 in Yekaterinburg and with Nigeria on October 6 in Nizhny Novgorod. Golovin's participation in these games is in question.
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Alexander Golovin will miss the friendly matches with Namibia and Nigeria due to an ankle injury
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