Russia vs Argentina – Friendly Preview

“For one of our players to get hurt would be catastrophic.” With key back to back qualifying matches against Brazil and...

Germany Feel The Heat As Russia Hit Full Throttle

Russia fired Germany a stark warning last night that first place in the group is no formality, as they regained their merciless attacking essence in...

Preview: Finland v Russia

Having played out an unconvincing 1-0 victory against a poor Liechtenstein side last time out, Guus Hiddink will be looking for...

The Russian Story So Far…

The emergence of the Russian national side at the 2008 European Championships in Austria and Switzerland appears to have been no...

Hiddink looking to the future

On their return to Moscow, a huge crowd was waiting for the Russian team that made the country proud of its...

Spain vs Russia: 3-0

The Russians were never favourites against one of the best teams in Euro 2008. Spain has been bringing up world-class talent...

Russia vs Spain: Line-ups

These were the line-ups fielded by the Russia and Spain coaches. The winner of the match would meet Germany in the...

Russia – Spain pre-match details

stadium: Ernst Happel, Vienna referee:Frank de Bleeckere assistant referee: Peter Hermans and Alex Verstraeten fourth official: Kyros Vassaras Russia: 1 Akinfeev...

Two Girls for Every Goal

This is not the first time that promises are being made to teams’ players to incentivate them to give all their...

Spain vs Russia Preview

Russia boss Guus Hiddink, known as the Magician in Russia, will have no injury worries ahead of the match against Spain....