Roman Shirokov has expressed his delight after winning the opening game of the Euro 2012 4-1 against the Narodaks and has commented on Poland’s draw against Greece
As expected, the Russian national team managed to record a comprehensive victory over Czech Republic at Stadion Miejski on Friday. Russia have now secured the top-spot in the group A table as, Poland held Greece to a 1-1 draw on
the same day.
Zenit St. Petersburg attacking midfielder, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vyacheslav-Malafeev-c36502,for their latest win.
d**k Advocaat, the national team manager, had to call upon the services of Malafeev after CSKA Moscow’s http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Igor-Akinfeev-c16676 failed to pass a late fitness test ahead of the mouthwatering encounter.
Akinfeev missed the match after sustaining a knee injury while playing in the last friendly match against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Italy-c2926 at Zurich.
Though, Malafeev looked confident in the first-half, he made a mistake after mis timing his run that led to the goal. The 33-year-old goalkeeper had to deal with seven shots on target.
Shirokov, who doubled Russia’s lead after chipping the ball over Petr Cech’s head on the 25th minute, has hailed his side’s latest win, insisting that Russia deserved to win the game after a decent first half.
There is little arguing that Advocaat’s men could have scored more goals had they taken all their chances. Shirokov has rued missed opportunities in the match, insisting that his side will learn from the mistakes.
“I knew that goal will come in the second half. But we showed out determination to win the opening game. We started very carefully, and then scored two goals and it became easier for us to handle the Narodak’s in the second-half.”
“Czechs have a good team but they just had no luck. They have failed to realize their moments. I want to thank Malafeev that he has justified his place in the starting line-up after rescuing us.” The UEFA Cup winner was quoted
as saying.
Commenting on Poland’s draw against Greece, Shirokov has conceded that he is not concerned about the other matches in group A.
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