Russia squad named for friendly

Russia has announced the following 18-man squad for a friendly against Spain on May 27:

Goalkeepers: Sergei Ovchinnikov (Dynamo Moscow), Igor Akinfeyev (CSKA Moscow)
Defenders: Sergei Ignashevich (CSKA Moscow), Vasily Berezutsky (CSKA Moscow), Alexei Berezutsky ( CSKA Moscow), Alexander Anyukov (Zenit St Petersburg), Denis Kolodin (Dynamo Moscow)
Midfielders: Alexei Smertin (Dynamo Moscow), Sergei Semak (FK Moscow), Yevgeny Aldonin (CSKA Moscow), Diniyar Bilyaletdinov (Lokomotiv Moscow), Dmitry Loskov (Lokomotiv Moscow), Yegor Titov (Spartak Moscow), Konstantin Zyryanov (Torpedo Moscow)
Forwards: Alexander Kerzhakov (Zenit St Petersburg), Andrei Arshavin (Zenit St Petersburg), Dmitry Kirichenko (FK Moscow), Dmitry Sychev (Lokomotiv Moscow).

Let’s recap. That’s three Dmitry’s, three Sergei’s, two Alexander’s and two Alexei’s. I’d like to applaud Russia’s coach, Alexander Borodyuk, for selecting a roster of only the most generic Russian names.