Preview Spain Vs Russia
Spain: Casillas; Ramos, Puyol, Marchena, Capdevila; Senna; Iniesta, Xavi, Silva; Villa, Torres
Russia: Igor Akinfeev – Aleksandr Anyukov, Sergei Ignashevich, Roman Shirokov, Yuri Zhirkov – Sergei Semak, Igor Semshov, Konstantin Zyryanov, Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, Arshavin – Roman Pavlyuchenko.
Prediction:
The Russian surprised the world reaching the semi-finals after a heroic performance against Holland winning the game 3-1. The master of tactician Hiddink showed the world how to expect the unexpected. Spain reached the semi-finals with some sloppy and some good performances and after the group stages the Spanish were considered to be one of the favorites to win the EURO. This game is the rematch for the first game in their group and Spain won it in a fascinating style 4-1, but this was the wake up call for Russia. I don’t expect that Spain is going to repeat the same performance in their previous match against Russia. With Hiddink surprising the world with Russia, I expect a narrow win for Spain with 2-1 as a result.
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