Russian players Cheryshev and Dzyuba included in the 2018 World Cup best squad
Two Russian national team footballers: Artem Dzyuba and Denis Cheryshev were included in the best XI of players who made the biggest breakthroughs at the World Cup. The ranking was made by ESPN.
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| Russian players Artem Dzyuba and Denis Cheryshev. Photo: Sputnik |
The full squad is as follows: goalkeeper Cho Hyun-woo (South Korea), defenders Harry Maguire (England), Lucas-François Hernandez and Benjamin Pawar (both French) and Morteza Puraligandzhi (Iran); centre-backs Denis Cheryshev (Russia), Rodrigo Betancourt (Uruguay) and Takashi Inui (Japan), forwards Ante Rebić (Croatia), Artem Dzyuba (Russia) and Matthew Leckie (Australia).
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| Defender Harry Maguire (England) |
Cheryshev scored 4 goals and became the best scorer of the Russian team. And Dzyuba was the author of 3 goals. The Russian team left the World Cup held at home after losing to the Croatian team (2: 2, 3: 4 — in the penalty shootout).
