In the semi-final match of the 2008 World Championship against the Finns, the Russian national team will play with the same line combinations as they practiced yesterday morning. Danis Zaripov will play with his usual partners from Kazan's "Ak Bars" - Sergei Zinoviev and Alexei Morozov, reports the press service of the Russian Hockey Federation.
The disqualified Ilya Kovalchuk, who took Zaripov's place in the fourth line with Alexei Tereshchenko and Alexander Radulov during the warm-up, will be replaced by Maxim Afinogenov, who did not participate in yesterday's training due to a groin injury.
The Russian national team's lineup for the 1/2 final match against Finland:
Nabokov (Biriukov);
Nikulin - A.Markov, Morozov - Zinoviev - Zaripov;
Korneev - Grebeshkov, Semin - Fedorov - Ovechkin;
D.Markov - Kalinin, Afinogenov - Tereshchenko - Radulov;
Proshkin - Tyutin, Sushinsky - Gorovikov - Mozyakin.

