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Russia is about to take on the Czech Republic on Friday in their Group A opening match at Municipal Stadium, Wroclaw – the capital city of western Poland. Russia is considered to be one among the favorites to top Group A and is going to face Czech Republic for the second time in history after a 3-3 draw at Euro 1996 in England.
Russia secures a world rank of 11 and has the oldest forward line at Euro 2012 with an average age of 30. However, this week’s training made them look fit and well. Goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev, right-back Aleksandr Anyukov and striker Roman Pavlyuchenko were all injury scares, but came out of their final training session without getting harmed.
Probable Russian squad for match includes: Igor Akinfeev, Aleksander Anyukov, Sergey Ignashevich, Alexey Berezutsky, Yury Zhirkov, Roman Shirokov, Igor Denisov, Konstantin Zyrianov, Alan Dzagoev, Aleksander Kerzhakov, Aleksander Kerzhakov.
The Czechs, whose ranking by FIFA is 27, are boosted by the return of their second leading scorer of all time after his recovery from injury – Milan Baros. The 30 year old player is set to retire after the competition, but Czech fans are still hopeful to see him in electric form again that made him the top scorer of Euro 2004. The Czechs might not own a star-studded squad, but their performance might enable them to emerge from the group stages. The Czechs have the projected line-up including: Petr Čech, Theo Gebre Selassie, Tomáš Sivok, Michal Kadlec, David Limbersky, Tomáš Hübschman, Jaroslav Plašil; Jan Rezek, Tomáš Rosický, Václav Pilař, Milan Baroš.
The results are not predictable yet; however, Russian team’s captain Andrei Arshavin had stated earlier that the Russian team lack the pace needed to be seen as serious contenders for the European Championship. Let’s watch, which team gets through!
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