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Tue 15 March 2022 | 11:48

Dzyuba has rejected a call up by Russia after Ukraine invasion

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has severely affected the country's sport.

Russia

coach Valeriy Karpin has confirmed that star

Artem Dzyuba

has asked him not to invite him for the upcoming matches due to his country's invasion of

Ukraine

.

FIFA recently announced that the Russian national team will be eliminated from all competitions and will not be able to participate in the World Cup qualifiers. The Russian Federation has also filed a lawsuit in CAS to overturn FIFA's ruling, and the Russian national team will begin training to prepare. Now Karpin has confirmed that Dzyuba does not intend to attend national matches. The Russian coach claimed that because the 33-year-old striker has a family in Ukraine, he preferred not to attend the training camp.

Karpin told reporters:

“We met with Artem at the end of the Zenit pre-season training camp, but, of course, there were no promises for a mandatory call.

"This applies not only to Dzyuba, but to all players. On Sunday, we talked with Artem by phone, he assured us that, as he said at the meeting, he really wants to play for the national team, but now, due to the difficult situation in Ukraine, where he has many relatives, he apologised and asked us, due to family reasons, not to call him up to this training camp.

"We agreed that we will stay in touch with him and will follow his performances for Zenit.

"In addition to Dzyuba, Karavaev also asked not to be called up for the upcoming gathering. 

"Vyacheslav does not yet feel sufficiently prepared and asked to be given time to get in shape. 

"As in the case of Dzyuba, the coaching staff of the national team went to meet Karavaev."

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