Russia face centre-back crisis just weeks before the World Cup finals | MUK Sports

A sneak peak of episode 2 of Martin Ainstein's Russian odyssey takes him to World Cup host city Nizhny Novgorod, famous for its Matryoshka dolls. Join Martin Ainstein on his trip to St. Petersburg in an extract from episode 1 of Last Train to Russia, airing on ESPN networks throughout this week ahead of the World Cup. Join Martin Ainstein on a 12-episode series exploring Russia through the 2018 World Cup host cities, starting this week across ESPN networks. "We are starting everything from scratch again," Russia coach Stanislav Cherchesov said of his defence after the World Cup hosts were thrashed 3-0 by Brazil in Moscow on Friday. Little more than 11 weeks before the opening game of the most important tournament in the country's history, Russia don't have a single decent centre-back to rely on. Russia were announced as the World Cup hosts in December 2010, meanining that they had more than seven years to prepare. Apart from wasting outrageous amounts...
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