squad announced and Pavel is ready!

Guus Hiddink named a power-packed squad for the World Cup qualifiers, echoing the Euro 2008 roster but having the luxury of a healthy Pavel Pogrebnyak ready. Pavel missed the Euro’s with a late, unfortunate injury but will be looking to prove why he is one of the most dangerous strikers in Football.

Prior the match in Moscow on the 10th, I’ll be reviewing the Wales squad and tactical approach to earning an important three points. Gus Hiddink’s roster is noted below:

Goalkeepers: Igor Akinfeyev (CSKA Moscow), Vyacheslav Malafeyev (Zenit St Petersburg), Sergei Ryzhykov (Rubin Kazan)

Defenders: Sergei Ignashevich (CSKA Moscow), Alexei Berezutsky (CSKA Moscow), Vasily Berezutsky (CSKA Moscow), Alexander Anyukov (Zenit St Petersburg), Denis Kolodin (Dynamo Moscow), Renat Yanbayev (Lokomotiv Moscow)

Midfielders: Diniyar Bilyaletdinov (Lokomotiv Moscow), Yuri Zhirkov (CSKA Moscow), Igor Semshov (Dynamo Moscow), Dmitry Torbinsky (Lokomotiv Moscow), Konstantin Zyryanov (Zenit St Petersburg), Sergei Semak (Rubin Kazan), Vladimir Bystrov (Spartak Moscow)

Forwards: Andrei Arshavin (Zenit St Petersburg), Pavel Pogrebnyak (Zenit St Petersburg), Roman Pavlyuchenko (Tottenham Hotspur), Ivan Saenko (Spartak Moscow)