Russian Captain out of World Cup

Russia captain Roman Shirokov has been ruled out
of the World Cup after failing to recover from a
knee problem.

The Zenit St Petersburg midfielder, 32, picked up the
injury in April and will have surgery in Finland next
week.

Russia manager Fabio Capello said: "Shirokov is a very
important member of Russia's squad but I hope that
the rest of the players will be able to perform at their
best level in Brazil."

Rubin Kazan midfielder Pavel Mogilevets will replace
Shirokov in the squad.
Shirokov missed friendlies against Slovakia and Norway
but was able to train with the rest of the squad on
Thursday before suffering a relapse.

Capello, who took England to the last 16 in 2010, said
his team would play one more warm-up match, against
Sao Paulo state champions Ituano on 11 June.


Russia will open their World Cup campaign against
South Korea on 18 June. They will also face Belgium
and Algeria in Group H.
Revised Russia squad

Goalkeepers: Igor Akinfeev (CSKA Moscow), Yury
Lodygin (Zenit St Petersburg), Sergey Ryzhikov (Rubin
Kazan).

Defenders: Vasili Berezutskiy (CSKA Moscow), Vladimir
Granat (Dynamo Moscow), Andrey Eshchenko (Anzhi
Makhachkala), Sergey Ignashevich (CSKA Moscow),
Alexey Kozlov (Dynamo Moscow), Dmitry Kombarov
(Spartak Moscow), Andrey Semenov (Terek Grozny),
Georgi Schennikov (CSKA Moscow).

Midfielders: Denis Glushakov (Spartak Moscow), Igor
Denisov (Dynamo Moscow), Alan Dzagoev (CSKA
Moscow), Yury Zhirkov (Dynamo Moscow), Alexey Ionov
(Dynamo Moscow), Pavel Mogilevets (Rubin Kazan),
Alexander Samedov (Lokomotiv Moscow), Victor
Faizulin (Zenit St Petersburg), Oleg Shatov (Zenit St
Petersburg).

Forwards : Maxim Kanunnikov (Amkar Perm), Alexander
Kerzhakov (Zenit St Petersburg), Alexander Kokorin
(Dynamo Moscow).

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