The former Russian national team midfielder has shared his thoughts about the possible candidates for the armband and commented on who is best suited for this role
Former Dynamo Moscow midfielder, Alexey Smertin, has backed Zenit St. Petersburg’s http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Andrei-Arshavin-c5771, from the 23-man squad ahead
of the World Cup qualifiers.
Familiar names such as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pavel-Pogrebnyak-c29501 are not included in the final composition ahead of the prestigious football tournament.
Smertin believes that Denisov have all the attributes to help the Euro 2008 semi-finalists in progressing to the later stages of the tournament.
“I noticed that Denisov will take this role positively. He is, in my view, more active than usual. It's a big responsibility; it is a serious commitment to the team. It is important for a captain to help the team in difficult situations
when you need to change the course of the meeting.”
“He needs to show that his side cannot accept defeat easily and demonstrate that he is not satisfied with the advantage of an opponent. However, not everyone can do that.” The Russian Cup winner was quoted as saying.
Capello’s army will lock horns with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Northern-Ireland-c2972 in the opening match of the World Cup qualifiers at Stadion Lokomotiv on Friday, September 7th, 2012 after a disappointing campaign at Euro 2012.
The Russian national team dropped to the thirteenth spot from eleventh spot behind Brazilian national team after failing to reach the later stages in the European tournament in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ukraine-c3032.
Advocaat’s men crashed out of the tournament after suffering a 1-0 defeat in the last group stage game against Euro 2004 winners, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Greece-c2908.
Russia will now play the upcoming opening qualifying game against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Michael-c25261 O’Neill’s men after a pulsating 1-1 draw in an international friendly against Cote de Ivory on August 15th, 2012.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Artem-Dzyuba-c6682 after the 24-year-old striker sustained a knock during a training session. Samedov revealed that Capello is likely to call upon Pavlyuchenko or Pogrebnyak back to the national
team.
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