Zenit St. Petersburg’s Sergei Semak has admitted that the Russian national team are the favourites to reach the quarter-finals of the tournament
The Russian national team was pegged to a 1-1 draw in the second round group stage of Euro 2012 against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Poland-c2983 at Stadion Narodowy on Tuesday. d**k Advocaat’s men, meanwhile, failed to break the jinx of recording back-to-back
win in the European competitions since 1966.
The last time the USSR national team, the historical predecessor of the national team of Russia, had won two successive matches at the World Championships was back in 1966, when the tournament started with a consistently prevailed
teams of North Korea, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Hungary-c2920 respectively.
Zenit St. Petersburg and the former Russian national team midfielder, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sergei-Semak-c32976, has conceded that Russia are the favourites to reach the later stages of the European tournament despite their latest draw against the White Eagles
at Warszawa.
Semak has conceded that he was shocked after he was excluded from the 23-man squad ahead of the continental tournament. However, he has expressed his faith in Advocaat, insisting that the Dutch tactician has selected a superb squad
for the tournament.
The former Rubin Kazan man went on to admit that Advocaat has more experienced players at his disposal than Guus Hiddink had at Euro 2008.
FC Rostov’s http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Dmitri-Sychev-c11421 and Zenit’s Semak helped Russia in reaching semi-finals in Europe previously.
"I think we have very good chances to progress from group stages. We are still favourites to get there. I think that this team is stronger than the one we had four years ago at Euro 2008. Players have become more experienced, more
confident ever since they last played in Europe.” Former CSKA Moscow player was quoted as saying.
Semak went on to urge http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Greece-c2908 at Stadion Narodowy on Saturday.
In order to guarantee their participation in the quarter-finals, the Russian national team need to claim at least one point in the third and last group stage match against the Blue-White.
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