The Russians were never favourites against one of the best teams in Euro 2008. Spain has been bringing up world-class talent for ages, but it has never managed to dominate Europe in recent times. Their last, and only, success in the European Championship came back in 1964 when they defeated the USSR by 2-1. In [...]

These were the line-ups fielded by the Russia and Spain coaches. The winner of the match would meet Germany in the final, which will be played on Sunday 29th June in Vienna. Russia have just eliminated Holland, while the Spanish defeated World Champions Italy. Having met before in the group-stage, Spain beat Russia by 4-1, [...]

Russia boss Guus Hiddink, known as the Magician in Russia, will have no injury worries ahead of the match against Spain. However, he will be without suspended duo Kolodin and Torbinski. Spain and Russia/USSR have met nine times in their history, with the Spaniards winning 5 times while Russia won just once. Spain are on [...]