holland vs russia [R]

[Mr Pouya]

UNITED BUY HIM PLEASE !!!!!!!!!!!!

please do, i dont even care if ronaldo goes..we get sneijer and if we buy this guy we would rape every team

[shayan20]

Holland was just outclassed by the pace of the Russian and their motivation to win the match.

Russia should have won by at least 3-4 goals if they just converted their chances.

Here is another case where the teams that start a competition brilliantly, fail and those that start poor, finish nicely. GOO Russia

[Sam van Dam]

cause ronaldo is leaving!!

no cause ronaldo is a ***** and arshavin is a G

[soheil86]

the diffrence with russia and turkey is, russia can play football but turkey is a fluke

its not fluke,its the determination to not give up until the last second and self belief..in wc when we were down 3-1 to mexico did any of our player think that they could tie or win?no,no even at 2-1
arshavin and pavlyuchenko come to roma

russia-italia final

[Suprah]

Guus Hiddink has literally transformed Russia into a fast attacking side with the fitness of marathon runners running at high speed. Amazing. Their football is like the old school Dutch 'Total Football' from the 1970s, but being played with the fast-forward button pressed. Andrei Arshavin is the main talisman that makes Russia tick. Plus they have a solid defence and midfield too

[zereshk-ali]

^^I'm sorry but it's a myth that this is down to Hiddink. It's just because it's a good story for the English media...Hiddink does it again, transforming a nothing team. The players achieved it. Did you not watch Zenit St Petersburg do the same thing winning the UEFA Cup playing the same style of football? How was that down to Hiddink?

[zereshk-ali]

Russia have been a joy to watch in this entire tournament by the way - even in losing to Spain they played some delightful football. It's a shame it can't be a Spain-Russia final.

[Lorestani]

^^I'm sorry but it's a myth that this is down to Hiddink. It's just because it's a good story for the English media...Hiddink does it again, transforming a nothing team. The players achieved it. Did you not watch Zenit St Petersburg do the same thing winning the UEFA Cup playing the same style of football? How was that down to Hiddink?

Good observation. I totally agree. Russian club football has gotten really really strong over the last few years.

[Shahin K]

^^I'm sorry but it's a myth that this is down to Hiddink. It's just because it's a good story for the English media...Hiddink does it again, transforming a nothing team. The players achieved it. Did you not watch Zenit St Petersburg do the same thing winning the UEFA Cup playing the same style of football? How was that down to Hiddink?

you can't call what he did for Korea, Australia and now Russia an accident, I mean Australia hadn't even qualified for an WC and they almost reached the quarters, don't let me start about korea

[Suprah]

^^I'm sorry but it's a myth that this is down to Hiddink. It's just because it's a good story for the English media...Hiddink does it again, transforming a nothing team. The players achieved it. Did you not watch Zenit St Petersburg do the same thing winning the UEFA Cup playing the same style of football? How was that down to Hiddink?

caught but you cant win something without the coach in charge of team affairs and tactics Hiddink made something out of nothing teams like South Korea and Australia at the last two World Cups didnt he ? He's done it before and he's doing it again.

[milad]

Guus Hiddink has literally transformed Russia into a fast attacking side with the fitness of marathon runners running at high speed. Amazing. Their football is like the old school Dutch 'Total Football' from the 1970s, but being played with the fast-forward button pressed. Andrei Arshavin is the main talisman that makes Russia tick. Plus they have a solid defence and midfield too

if i was david copperfield i would be . hiddink could very well give him a run for his money.

[Shahin K]

trust me If Hiddink would coach Iran we would maybe reach the quarters of the WC.

[persianbruin]

I feel bad for that cute dutch chic in the stands whose boobs were bouncing up and down. She should come here so I could GIVE her some comfort

[zereshk-ali]

you can't call what he did for Korea, Australia and now Russia an accident, I mean Australia hadn't even qualified for an WC and they almost reached the quarters, don't let me start about korea

No, you're right I can't call it an accident. Nor did I. I merely stated that this was not down to him transforming the team. He's not a miracle worker. He is a good coach, but this Russian team he has taken on is an incredibly young and talanted team. If you think Hiddink can be credited with finding or developing Arshavin, Pavlyuchenko, Zhirkov or Zyryanov? Did you watch the Zenit St Petersburg side destroy Bayern 4-0 in the semis playing the same one touch attacking football?

Hiddink is not stupid, he's not going to take on a team if it has no hope. Let's not forget that Korea were also a talented young team (that were incredibly lucky with some atrocious refereeing decisions to get that far) and Australia were not exactly no-hopers.

[zereshk-ali]

caught but you cant win something without the coach in charge of team affairs and tactics Hiddink made something out of nothing teams like South Korea and Australia at the last two World Cups didnt he ? He's done it before and he's doing it again.

don't get me wrong. he's a good coach, but also a clever one. he's not going to take on a team if he doesn't think they're good enough. Russia has an incredibly talented bunch of young players at Hiddink's disposal.