Ionov will miss the matches of the Russian national team against Slovakia and Slovenia

The Krasnodar player was injured at his club.

Krasnodar midfielder Alexei Ionov will miss the October matches of the Russian national team in the 2022 World Cup qualifier due to injury. This is the official website of the RFU. According to " Sport-Express ", the 32-year-old player will not be able to join the national team due to the injury received at the club. Due to injury, Ionov missed the game of the 10th round of the RPL Tinkoff against CSKA (0: 0). The Russian national team will play two matches of the 2022 World Cup qualifying tournament: against Slovakia (October 8) and Slovenia (October 11). Our team is second in Group H of the 2022 World Cup qualifier with 13 points in 6 matches, behind the leading Croatia in terms of goal difference. Earlier, "Kubanskie Novosti" reported that nine footballers of FC Krasnodar were summoned to the matches of the national teams. In addition to Ionov, head coach Valery Karpin summoned goalkeeper Matvey Safonov to the national team, as well as FC Krasnodar Academy graduate Daniil Fomin, who now plays for Dynamo Moscow.