Evgeny Bushmanov has urged Zenit St. Petersburg striker to help the Russian national team win the upcoming European tournament
The fact that d**k Advocaat, Russian national team manager, has included Zenit St. Petersburg’s http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Aleksandr-Kerzhakov-c4569 in the final 23-man squad ahead of Euro 2012 delights Evgeny Bushmanov, who believes that the 29-year-old striker
is in scintillating form at the moment.
Advocaat, who announced the final squad for the continental tournament last week, has chosen Lokomotiv Moscow’s http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pavel-Pogrebnyak-c29501 and Dynamo
Moscow’s http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Aleksandr-Kokorin-c4576 along with Kerzhakov.
Bushmanov is of the belief that Kerzhakov needs to continue his decent goal-scoring form, and gave example of his well taken goal in the friendly match against Uruguay at Lokomotiv stadium on Friday.
The former Dynamo Moscow forward scored the equalizer against the Olympic Sky Blue after Luis Suarez had put the visiting team in front by scoring the opening goal of the match.
Kerzhakov, meanwhile, has been in scintillating form this season, having scored 23 goals from 32 appearances. Bushmanov has backed Advocaat to provide Kerzhakov with more first team chances, conceding that the rest of the strikers
at the manager’s disposal are not in best shape.
“Kerzhakov is in the best form, as compared to the other strikers in the team.”
“Ideally, the lawyer needs to play Kerzhakov in a centre forward position. I think neither Pogrebnyak nor Pavlyuchenko have displayed quality football this season. Kerzhakov would be the best option among the attacking trio in
my opinion.” The former FC Krylia Sovetov Samara defender was quoted as saying.
Pavlyuchenko has failed to impress after making a move to Lokomotiv from Tottenham Hotspur in January. The 30-year-old striker has scored on two occasions from nine appearances.
Arshavin, on the other hand, has been a questionable inclusion to the squad. The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429 man has still made it to the squad despite struggling with his form.
Lisbon’s Izmailov has been recalled to the national team squad after six-year absence while Dynamo’s Kokorin has much to prove on International scale.
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