“Regarding Akinfeev, I am completely calm about the question.
But I have no new information on this topic.
We did not have a conversation about his return.
Here Zhirkov has already finished his performances in the national team, and is still in business.
And he played three matches in a row with us, then four more at Zenit.
Nobody remembered his age, "- quotes Cherchesov" Sport-Express ".
Euro 2020, postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, will be held in the summer of 2021.
The Russian national team was in the same group with Belgium, Denmark and Finland.
Igor Akinfeev ended his career in the national team after playing at the 2018 home world championship, where the Russians reached the quarterfinals.
Earlier, Cherchesov gave an explanation for the fall in the Russian national team's game.