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Hus Hiddink announced the composition of the team for the match against the Croats
On Monday, the head coach of the Russian national football team HUS Hiddink announced the team on the eve of the match of the 2008 championship of the European Championship against Croatia. The meeting within the group E will be held on September 6 at the Moscow Lokomotiv stadium.
In the Russian team for the match against Croatia, they are called:
| goalkeepers | Igor Akinfeev (CSKA Moscow), Dmitry Borodin ("Torpedo" Moscow), Alexander Makarov ("Wings of the Soviets" Samara) |
| Defenders | Alexey Berezutsky, Sergey Ignashevich (both - CSKA Moscow), Denis Kolodin (Dynamo Moscow), Alexander Anyukov (Zenit St. Petersburg) |
| midfielders | Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, Marat Izmailov (both - Lokomotiv Moscow), Evgeny Aldonin (CSKA), Vladislav Radimov (Zenit St. Petersburg), Alexey Simshov, Igor Semshov (both Dynamo) |
| Forwards | Andrei Arshavin, Alexander Kerzhakov (both - Zenit), Dmitry Sychev (Lokomotiv Moscow), Roman Pavlyuchenko (Spartak Moscow), Pavel Pogrebnyak (Tomsk Tomsk), Ivan Saenko (Nuremberg) |
According to Hiddinka, at present the injured defender Vasily Berezutsky is under the supervision of doctors, and if his condition allows him to enter the field, he will be called to the national team.
At the moment, in group E, where the teams of Russia and Croatia are playing, one match has already been played, in which the Macedonians were visiting Estonia with a score of 1: 0, after which they headed the standings. In addition to the above teams, the teams of England, Israel and Andorra are in group E, and RIA Novosti informs.
On September 2, matches of England - Andorra and Estonia - Israel will take place. On September 6, in addition to the meeting of Russians with Croats, Israel and Andorra, as well as Macedonia and England, will play.
Hiddink: There are no qualified defenders in Russia
On Monday, Gus Hiddink at a press conference laid out the shortage of qualified defense players on the eve of the match of the Russian national team with Croats. There was no army defender Vasily Berezutsky, who, according to Hiddinka, is under the supervision of doctors, and if his restoration will be well, he can help the national team.
“I am in contact with doctors from CSKA. We have a list of reservists in case it cannot play. But there are difficulties in this matter, since there are no experienced qualified defenders in Russia that can adequately replace the players of the national team,” Hiddinka quotes RIA Novosti quoted.
As for the striker Ivan Saenko and the midfielder Alexei Smertin, who first fell into the “Hiddinka list”, the mentor of the Russian national team expressed the hope that they organically fit into the team. “I called Saenko today, but because of a two -hour difference with Germany (the striker was still asleep), I could not talk to him. Nevertheless, I know that he will be very happy to call the national team,” Hiddink said. “So far I have not seen him, but now I will have perfect conditions to watch him.” Alexey Smertin was not invited to a friendly match with the Latvian team, because he was injured at that time.
Answering the question why the captain of the Russian national team was elected Evgeny Aldonin, Hiddink replied: "Aldonin is a smart player, he can play the role of a coach on the field."
The goalkeeper of the capital CSKA Igor Akinfeev could strengthen the Russian youth team, which on September 3 in the qualifying match of the European Championship in 2007 will be saturated with a team of Finland. However, Hiddink was against this option. “By age, Akinfeev can also play the youth team, but he is a key player in the national team, so he should not perform in Youth,” Hiddink believes. “Although, on the other hand, it is very important to give your strength in the gates to other goalkeepers, because the development of the goalkeeper school in Russian football depends.”