Aleksandr Kerzhakov has urged the Russian national team to win the upcoming match against Greece at Stadion Narodowy
Russia managed to claim a 1-1 draw in the second group stage game against Poland at Stadion Narodowy on Tuesday after winning the opening game of Euro 2012 4-1 against Czech Republic at Stadion Miejski.
CSKA Moscow’s http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Poland-c2983 respectively.
However, their latest draw against the White Eagles has not affected their group standing, as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Czech-Republic-c2882, on the other hand, managed to claim the 2nd spot in the group after defeating
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Greece-c2908 2-1 on same day.
Zenit St. Petersburg and the Russian national team striker, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Aleksandr-Kerzhakov-c4569, has conceded that his side started to play defensive football late in the second-half after conceding an equalizer.
"We would have won the match had we counterattacked well. With the score 1-1, we do not want to take risk. It was a difficult match, of course, as compared to the match we had against Czech Republic but we lacked the final pass.”
“The field was terrible. I have never seen such a field in Europe before.” The Russian Cup winner was quoted as saying.
Kerzhakov was denied a penalty in the first-half when he was fouled by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sebastian-Boenisch-c32708 in the box. The former Dynamo Moscow forward has lamented the refereeing decisions in the match, insisting that they would have won the match
if they were awarded the penalty.
Commenting on the poor field at Warsaw, the 29-yer-old has lamented the situation, insisting that European Football Union needs to take precautionary measures to improve the fields.
After blaming the refereeing decisions and the poor pitches in the European competition, Kerzhakov has urged his side to win the final group stage match against the Greeks on Saturday, knowing that a draw could help them reach
the quarter-finals at Euros.
There is little arguing that Russia can progress to the next round after claiming a draw in the upcoming match. However, to retain the top-stop Advocaat’s men need to continue their unbeaten European run.
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