Goals from Roman Pavlyuchenko and Andrei Arshavin earned Russia a very impressive 2-0 victory over Sweden at the Tivoli Neu Stadium in Innsbruck that secured their place in the quarter-finals of Euro 2008. Russia played superb passing football throughout, and took a deserved lead through Pavlyuchenko midway through the first half, with the influential Arshavin doubling their advantage after five minutes of the second half following a slick counter-attack.

A Innsbruck, i gol di Pavlyuchenko e Arshavin mandano a casa una Svezia frastornata: finisce 2-0 e quella russa è l’ultima nazionale a superare la fase a gironi di Euro 2008. Affronterà l’Olanda. Ibrahimovic resta in campo fino alla fine, ma non incide.

Spain maintained their 100 percent record in Euro 2008 Group D with a 2-1 win over reigning champions Greece in Salzburg. Once again Spain struck in the closing moments to ensure the victory, Mallorca striker Dani Guiza notching his first international goal after Ruben de la Red had equalised Angelos Charisteas’s opener for Greece.

Le Furie Rosse, nonostante le molte riserve, battono gli ex campioni d’Europa per 2-1. Al gol di Charisteas rispondono nella ripresa De la Red e del capocannoniere dell’ultima Liga. Anche un palo per Xabi Alonso.

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