Russia vs Czech Republic Euro 2012 Preview

Group A favourites Russia start up their Euro 2012 campaign contrary to the Czech Republic once the tournament gets arrived on Friday. Russia vs Czech Republic Live Stream Online for free.

Dick Advocaat's mankind has been tipped to top the audience and completed their preparations for Poland and Ukraine having an impressive 3-0 victory over Italy.

Having reached the semi-finals 4 years ago, hopes are high which a similar squad can achieve the same lofty heights.

And Advocaat believes his group need to be looked at as dark horses for fulfillment on the tournament.

Goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev, right-back Aleksandr Anyukov and striker Roman Pavlyuchenko are common fit to handle the Czechs after coming through training.

Arsenal's Andrey Arshavin been specifically in impressive form, and Advocaat admits he feels the 31-year-old took advantage of his loan turn to Zenit St Petersburg in January.

He said: "He is a vital player for people, but he is still equipped with to enhance his game. He didn't play [much] at Arsenal, therefore i was delighted he returned to Zenit and started getting his form back.

"Arshavin is really a player of moments - the guy can score beyond nothing, so you don't possess diet program that type of player on the globe."

Advocaat, who'll join PSV Eindhoven as soon as the finals, knows there'll be sides more fancied to lift the trophy, but he feels Greece's 2004 success shows precisely how open a tournament the Euros might be.

He said: "Realistically, Spain, holland and Germany hold the better sides and much better individuals. But, again, inside a tournament similar to this [anything] sometimes happens, as Greece showed in 2004. And then we really are a nice outsider." Another Games is Poland Greece Live Stream.

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