{"id":7323,"date":"2012-06-11T13:31:25","date_gmt":"2012-06-11T13:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=7323"},"modified":"2012-06-11T13:31:25","modified_gmt":"2012-06-11T13:31:25","slug":"russia-showing-dangerous-cohesion-andrei-arshavin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=7323","title":{"rendered":"Russia showing dangerous cohesion: Andrei Arshavin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/football\/arshavin.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Russia showing dangerous cohesion: Andrei Arshavin\" style=\"float: left; margin: 6px;\" \/>Warsaw<\/strong>: Andrei Arshavin Monday warned his opponents that the Russian team, which has become older but wiser since the run up to the Euro 2008 semi-finals, is starting to click.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Dick Advocaat retained half of the squad that his compatriot Guus Hiddink took to Austria and Switzerland four years ago, allowing the side to mature, said the Russia captain.<\/p>\n<p>It was evidenced by Russia&#8217;s 4-1 crushing of the Czech Republic in their Group A opener Friday, and the 31-year-old playmaker wants to carry that form into Tuesday&#8217;s game against co-hosts Poland.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are older and more experienced. We are thinking quicker on the pitch, although perhaps we are running a little slower,&#8221; Arshavin said in comments on the Russian Football Union website.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But if you look at the side, our big plus is the fact that we are interacting really well, we know what to expect from each other,&#8221; said Arshavin, who was one of seven Zenit St. Petersburg players to start Friday&#8217;s game.<\/p>\n<p>Arshavin, who has 17 goals in 73 games for the national side, is on loan at the Russian club from Arsenal until July.<\/p>\n<p>Russia surprised everyone at Euro 2008, beating the Netherlands 3-1 in extra time to reach the semi-finals, where they lost 0-3 to eventual winners Spain.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/football\/arshavin.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Russia showing dangerous cohesion: Andrei Arshavin\" style=\"float: left; margin: 6px;\" \/>Warsaw<\/strong>: Andrei Arshavin Monday warned his opponents that the Russian team, which has become older but wiser since the run up to the Euro 2008 semi-finals, is starting to click.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Dick Advocaat retained half of the squad that his compatriot Guus Hiddink took to Austria and Switzerland four years ago, allowing the side to mature, said the Russia captain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[5025,1413],"class_list":["post-7323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-euro-cup","tag-andrei-arshavin","tag-euro-2012"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Russia showing dangerous cohesion: Andrei Arshavin - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; 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