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SWE 0-2 RUS: HISTORY IS MADE IN RUSSIAN FOOTBALL

June 18th, 2008 | By: Nick | 14 Comments »

History was made today in Russian football. For the first time since 1988, Russia have made to the knockout stages. Goals from Pavlyuchenko and Arshavin ended Russia’s major tournament disapointment.

I felt that the Russians played really well in attack especially with Arshavin who played on both flanks to service the strikers. Zhirkov did a very good job as a defender and as an attacking midfielder by assisting Arshavin. Ignashevich and Kolodin did well to cover Ibrahim and Larsson which slowed the Swedish attack down. And last but not least Akinfeev pulled off some fine saves to keep the Russians alive.

To note, I think Sweden did not look inspired enough which led to their bad marking of Arshavin. I think that their midfield gave the ball up too much and did not handle the counter attacks well. I will however praise Andreas Isaksson for saving very dengerous shots.

I am looking forward to your thoughts and comments.

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Comments

By julien | June 18th, 2008 at 7:22 pm

Great attacking football from Russia today. It was nice watching them play. They should have scored more goals, though. So many chances for them.

Posted from United States

By Fi1os | June 18th, 2008 at 8:21 pm

Great game from the russians…they are really strong and fast hope they’ll win the next match it will be a great match though holland is in great shape too…but russia all the way..Hope in the next matches they will not lose so many chances to score its too pity to see a team play so good and not score

Posted from Greece

By kapil | June 18th, 2008 at 10:30 pm

really a facinating ball display by redish…………

Posted from Australia

By mig33citeureup | June 19th, 2008 at 2:32 am

Gus Hidink is man off manager….

Posted from Australia

By Peter | June 19th, 2008 at 7:07 am

watching such game here in St.Petersburg in teh sports bar and celebration through the “white night” on the streets was not for the middle of the week..
never seen a better game of Russia.
hope that is just the beginning.

Posted from Russian Federation

By Lorenzo | June 19th, 2008 at 10:31 am

really nice play, some fatal mistakes sweden should have taken advantage of though, but luckely they didnt.
Glad Holland can play Russia now, we love attacking teams, it gives really nice matches to watch.

Posted from Netherlands

By goose | June 19th, 2008 at 10:50 am

well done Russia…. love teams who try and score goals, we will see you in a couple of days

Posted from Netherlands

By Misha | June 19th, 2008 at 1:16 pm

I attended a game against Spain, needless to say I was dissapointed with our defense, although I felt our midfield and forwards did well. The game against Greece was a “moment of truth” as Hiddink called it and we passed that test. Yesterday, was world class football, honestly I thought this was a much better victory then the one against England last fall. We dominated against much more experienced and higher ranked team. No matter what happens on Saturday, Russians have every reasont to be proud of their teams performance.

By diana | June 19th, 2008 at 2:56 pm

i’ve been a fan of our team for quite a long time but i’ve never seen it play such thoughtful, organized and attacking! football…really well-done!!! …and Hiddink is a real miracle-maker))))

Posted from Russian Federation

By pavel | June 20th, 2008 at 2:11 am

That was a 3-0 game at least, we missed so many opportunities, we need to learn how to score now

Posted from United States

By Joey | June 20th, 2008 at 7:14 pm

You fuckers can do it!!! Just come out against the Netherlands like you guys did against Sweden, and hopefully you guys can go to the semifinals!!! Good luck!!

Posted from United States

By alex | June 20th, 2008 at 9:06 pm

beautiful football from russia… i wish romania had the same resolve. russia vs holland should be a fascinating match!

Posted from United States

By unbanned russian exile | June 21st, 2008 at 2:52 am

ya! russian fuckers! http://youtube.com/watch?v=zfcvphAQHlw < check this video, in the 6th second the Welsh guy yells “fucking Russians!” hahahahah great

Posted from United States

By Euro2008 | June 25th, 2008 at 5:13 am

Excellent play!! Great…great game and great skills + Great team!

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