Russian national team goalkeeper Andrei Lunev was out of action for up to two and a half months due to an injury received in training with the German Bayer, the press service of the national team reports.

Lunev suffered an ankle injury that would require surgery to treat. It will be held in the near future in Cologne. The approximate recovery time for a football player is from six to 10 weeks.

Russian referee appointed for Lunev's first match for the German club Football The Russian team continues to fight for access to the final of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar in the play-offs. On March 24, Valery Karpin's team will host the Polish team at Luzhniki in the semifinal playoff match, and after that, if successful, they can compete on March 29 in the decisive match for a ticket with the winners of the match between the teams of Sweden and the Czech Republic.

Lunev has been playing for Bayer since the summer of 2021, when he joined the Leverkusen team on a free transfer after leaving Zenit St. Petersburg. At the moment, the Russian goalkeeper has played only one match for Bayer.

Lunev has seven matches in the Russian national team.

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