Russia players support badly-beaten striker

All 20 squad members, preparing for Friday's international friendly against Greece, came out at Moscow's Lokomotiv stadium wearing shirts which read 'Spartak Gogniyev! We are with you!'

"It was the whole team's idea. We had to show our support for one of our fellow colleagues," Russia captain Andrei Arshavin told reporters.

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