Now this was impressive.
The Russian team played tactically brilliant this evening and extremely disciplined. Arshavin's return (already in the game against SWE) improved and stabilized their gameplay considerably.
They totally eliminated all the strengths of the Dutch team and dominated the game completely.
A deserved win and a tactical masterpiece by Hiddink and his players.
The Russian football (the youth work especially) is powered by enormous investments from gas & oil barons and will play a major role in Europe in the future (Zenit St. Peterburg's Uefa Cup win this year was only the first sign).
Now let's see what Spain can achieve in the last 1/4 final. I'm sure the Spanish team won't underestimate Italy, but they should be alarmed additionally now by the POR & NED results.
