Musobaqaning ochilish marosimida juda ko`plab nufuzli shaxslar qatnashishi rejalashtirilgan. Xususan, davlatimiz rahbari Shavkat Mirziyoev ham unda qatnashadi. Mezbonlar “Lujniki”da Saudiya Arabistoni terma jamoasini qabul qiladi. Bungacha jamoalar o`zaro 1 marta kuch sinashgan(Sovet Ittifoqi bo`lgan paytdagi uchrashuv 0-0 hisobida yakunlangan). 1993 yil o`rtoqlik maqomida o`tkazilgan o`yinda saudiyaliklar 4:2 hisobida zafar quchishgan.
Bugun murabbiylar ushbu uchrashuvga quyidagi futbolchilarni tushirishi ko`zda tutilgan.
Rossiya:
1 – Igor Akinfeev; darvozabon
18 – Yuriy Jirkov; himoyachi
2 – Mario Fernandes: himoyachi
4 – Sergey Ignashevich; himoyachi
13 – Fyodor Kudryashev; himoyachi
17 – Aleksandr Golovin: yarim himoyachi
11 – Roman Zobnin; yarim himoyachi
7 – Daler Kuzyaev; yarim himoyachi
19 – Aleksandr Samedov: yarim himoyachi
9 – Alan Dzagoev; yarim himoyachi
10 – Fyodor Smolov; hujumchi
Bosh Murabbiy: Stanislav Cherchesov.
Saudiya Arabistoni:
1 – Abdulloh Al-Muaiuf; darvozabon
6 – Muhammad Al-Barik; himoyachi
13 – Yasir Ash-Shaxrani; himoyachi
3 – Usama Xavsavi: himoyachi
5 – Umar Havsavi; himoyachi
7 – Salman Al-Faradj; yarim himoyachi
8 – Yahya Ash-Shexri: yarim himoyachi
18 – Salem Al-dossari; yarim himoyachi
17 – Taisir Al-Djassim; yarim himoyachi
14 – Abdulloh Otif: yarim himoyachi
19 – Fahad Al-Molad; hujumchi
Bosh Murabbiy: Xuan Antonio Pissi
Hakamlar: Nestor Fabian Pitano, Xuan Pablo Belatti, Ernan Maydana, Sandro Richchi
