Evgeny Lovchev reveals his say on Russian national team’s chances of progressing to the later stages of the 2014 World Cup and has commented on Aleksandr Anyukov
Renowned football expert, Eugene Lovchev, has commented on Russian national team’s chances of progressing to the later stages of the biggest football tournament, ahead of their opening group stage match against Northern Ireland
at Stadion Lokomotiv (Moscow).
Lovchev urged http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Aleksandr-Kerzhakov-c4569 to start scoring goals for his national side, after the 29-year-old failed to help the Euro 2008 semi-finalists in progressing from the group stages this term.
The former Sevilla striker struggled to find the back of the net despite starting all three group stage matches against Czech Republic, Greece and Polish national team. Kerzhakov was replaced by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roman-Pavlyuchenko-c31639 in all three
matches.
However, Kerzhakov deservedly got his national team call-up after impressing newly appointed http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fabio-c13152 Capello, following a compelling start to the Russian Premier League season. The prolific striker managed to score six goals in four
league outings this term.
“Kerzhakov showed that he is always confident in his abilities after scoring two goals against Mordovia Saransk. He showed that he can play for a long time after making good runs in the penalty box. I am expecting him to score
for his national side but the fans must give him more time.” The Soviet Cup winner was quoted as saying.
News in Russia suggest that Alexei Berezutski and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Konstantin-Zyryanov-c21312 have sustained injuries while training with the national team, ahead of the thrilling fixture against the Purple and White.
Lovchev admitted that http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Russia-c2991’s defence. However, the former Dynamo Moscow man urged Anyukov to rediscover
his old form that made him a cult hero at Petrovsky stadium.
“Anyukov is not in good order at the moment. He started to support the attack from the back. He needs to learn from his mistakes after showing his true form.” The former Krylia Sovetov Samara defender concluded.
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