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6/20/08

Guardian: Forward Russia and the Hiddink revolution as European football finds another superpower - by Dominic

Forward Russia and the Hiddink revolution as European football finds another superpower | Football | The Guardian

Hiddink is blessed with supremely talented players. Andrei Arshavin
could illuminate this tournament while the full-backs Aleksandr Anyukov
and Yuri Zhirkov, and the striker Roman Pavlyuchenko boast outstanding
ability. There are midfielders in Igor Semshov, Konstantin Zyryanov and
Diniyar Bilyaletdinov who ally slick passing with feverish industry. At
a little over 26, the squad's average age is the youngest at the
finals. This has the mark of a golden generation that, unlike
England's, might actually claim silverware.

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