The under 17's have trained for the first time in Finland

After arriving in Finland, the under 17 Russian national team have completed their first training session in preparation for three friendly games.

The team arrived in Helsinki around midday, and got to the final destination Vierumaki after a bus ride. Following lunch, Evgeny Filinov's 28 players (three goalkeepers, 10 defensemen and 15 forwards) trained in these following lines:

Reds: Nikita Solopalov, Nikita Okhotyuk - Grigory Denisenko, Alexander Khovanov, Nikita Rtischev;

Blues: Bogdan Zhilyakov, Ilyas Sitdikov - Vladislav Kotkov, Alexander Zhabreev, Mikhail Shestopalov;

Whites: Anton Malyshev, Gleb Babintsev - Yegor Sokolov, Maxim Denezhkin, Pavel Rotenberg;

Greens: Daniil Misyul, Roman Kalinichenko - Grigory Nesvetaev, Maxim Shabanov, Daniil Gizatullin;

Yellows: Pavel Kupchikhin, Maxim Semeneko - Gleb Murtazin, Alexei Drobin, Kirill Kazakov;

Goalkeepers: Grigory Dubrovsky, Amir Miftakhov, Daniil Isaev.

Evgeny Filinov, Russia under 17 head coach:

- Our goal is to win in all three matches. The coaches' task is to take a look at all 28 players here, as most of them will go to the Challenge Cup. They have all been preparing for the new season with their clubs, and July was a tough month of hard work. They are tired, but they keep on going with huge desire.

The team's first match will take place at 18:00 local time tomorrow.

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