Gadzhi Gadzhiev has lamented Russian national team’s elimination at Euro 2012 after suffering a 1-0 defeat against Greece on Saturday
Former Anzhi Makhachkala boss, Gadzhi Gadzhiev, has hit out at Zenit St. Petersburg’s http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Andrei-Arshavin-c5771 in the wake of the Russian national team’s shocking elimination at Euro 2012.
There’s little arguing to the statement that d**k Advocaat’s men were the favourites to reach the quarter-finals of the European tournament. However, they failed to live up to the expectations after their failure to win the last
group stage match.
Though Russia started their European campaign on a high with a 4-1 thrashing of Czech Republic in the opening group stage game at Stadion Miejski, they failed to find consistency after drawing against Poland on Tuesday.
However, the Euro 2004 semi-finalists would still have progressed from the group stages, had they managed to claim measly a point in the last group stage game against the Greeks at Stadion Narodowy.
Gadzhiev has lamented the situation and blamed Kerzhakov and Arshavin for the elimination, insisting that the star duo were not up to the mark in the continental tournament.
“I cannot say that our team played worse than the Greeks.”
“Kerzhakov could have played better. If players like Arshavin and Kerzhakov would have played like they did at Euro 2008 has the national team played better up front. Zenit's striker has missed some chances in the box.”
"Arshavin, one of the most gifted players in the line of attack, does not perform the required amount of work.” Volga Nizhny Novgorod manager was quoted as saying.
Kerzhakov, who inspired Russia’s 3-0 win in the third friendly match ahead of the European competition against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Italy-c2926, disappointed the fans largely. The 29-year-old striker failed to score a single goal despite starting all of
the three group stage matches.
Arshavin, who earned himself a huge respect after putting in fabulous performances at Euro 2008, could not help his national side in the ongoing tournament.
Though he managed to provide three assists from three appearances for his country, he was a little helpful in Russia’s last group stage match defeat against the Blue-white.
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