Russia ahead by Hiddink's Magic

Russians drowned Sweeden for 2-0 in a crucial match enter into the list of top eight squad in UEFA Euro Cup 2008. Previously suspended Andrei Arshavin played well according to the gambling of Guus Hiddink and open a spectacular goal in the 50th minute in his account and catch the man of the match cap by all round perfomance . The very first goal of Russian was a collective effort in the 24 th minute Arshavin passed ball to Zyryanov on the right then Aleksander Anyukov rolled a pass to Pavlyucheno and he calmly finished his second goal of the tournment.

The battle with youth Russia was not at all good for Sweeden. Sweedish squard exactly failed to defend Arshavin and Pavlyucheno and could not finished the rare chances they get in the first half.

Here is what Guus Hiddink, Russia coach, said after the match.

"I am especially proud of my team for their achievements and for the progress we have made in a few days. I told them to fight or go home – they had to make that choice and they chose to fight and play with their hearts and I am proud of them. If you saw the performance tonight and how they tried to get the first goal as soon as possible, it was incredible. The only criticism I can make is that we didn't score enough – we should have punished them with a second goal at the end of the first half and in the second half we had a chance to make it 3-0. Andrei Arshavin is a player who makes quick decisions and who can create danger. He can turn left or right and knows immediately where the opponent is. He lacked match fitness but the reason I brought him here was that he could make a difference and we were aiming for him to make that difference in this, our last [Group D] game. The Swedes like it when you play with two strikers with their backs to defenders, but they don't like it when you attack their defensive midfield area and we tried to exploit that. [The Netherlands quarter-final] will be a special one because I know the players and their coach [Marco van Basten]. They have the big advantage of five days' rest."