Glushenkov's hat-trick helped the Russian national team defeat Zambia in a friendly match

The Russian national football team defeated the Zambian team in a friendly match. The match took place at the VTB Arena stadium in Moscow and ended with a score of 5:0.

Striker Maxim Glushenkov scored a hat-trick in the 8th, 54th and 58th minutes. In addition, defender Ilya Vakhania (44th minute) and midfielder Alexey Batrakov (73rd minute) scored for the Russian national team.

Sport-Express clarified that the Russian national team has two matches scheduled for the summer of 2025: on June 6, a meeting at the home stadium will be held with Nigeria, and on June 10, a game away with Belarus will take place.

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Vladimir Khaitin, the chief doctor of the Russian national team, announced on March 23 that Ivan Sergeev, the forward of the Krylia Sovetov football club, and Ivan Oblyakov, the CSKA midfielder, would miss the friendly match with Zambia. He clarified that this decision was made "due to the high risk of exacerbation of the chronic overload condition."