The Name Is Arshavin. Andrei Arshavin.

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albert

No City 444571

Abramovich offers 20 mil pound for Arshavin. 2042831

2008-06-23T09:51:22-04:00

albert

No City 444571

Abramovich offered 20 mil pound for Arshavin 2042763

2008-06-23T09:20:03-04:00

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pantherfan0728

Pittsburgh 358387

Also, Russia will beat Spain and lose to Germany in the final. Shweini upstages Arshavin just a tad and makes a big money move to Milan. 2042396

2008-06-23T09:18:50-04:00

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pantherfan0728

Pittsburgh 358387

knick4life, Pavlyuchenko is 26. He just looks like a child. Arshavin has been at Zenit, perhaps the biggest club in Russia, for eight years. It is time for him to move on and because he is perhaps 80% toward his ceiling as a player, he will offer immediate benefits to whoever gets his signature. You need to ask yourself who can afford him and who needs a deep-lying playmaker? We won't know who can afford Arshavin until Zenit put a price tag on him. I imagine he will be valued at around 35 million euros, but that number could peak at 50 million if Russia win the tournament and he earns MOP honors. Man U have Wayne Rooney, Nani, Ronaldo etc. They don't need another playmaker. Chelsea are probably going to lose Lampard and maybe Drogs, so Chelsea is a solid choice, not to mention Arshavin hails from the same country as Chelsea owner Roman Abromavich. It's a logical pick. He is a whole lot more mouthwatering right now that Ronaldinho. The fact of the matter is that other than Ronaldo, Arshavin might be the most hyped and coveted player in the world right now based solely on two matches. His destiny is in his own hands, but I see him in Blue. 2042369

2008-06-23T08:26:26-04:00

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Millen

Church Hill 440041

I think holland got beaten by their own gameplay, but performed by the Russians... no excuses, Russia was much better! 2042051

2008-06-22T18:26:35-04:00

Schnerres

Penokee 443463

Spain will beat russia. They won t beat them like their first group meeting, but they simply will beat them. Hiddink may find another tactic to keep it close, maybe they even score first and hang on to win, but i think the spaniards will beat them. How can you call arshavin the best player of this euro? He played exactly 2 matches while others played four. Sure his two matches were pretty good, but this isn??t enough right now. If he keeps this up and russia wins this thing, then he can be called best player, but until then it has to be one of altintop, ballack, maybe villa or podolski. 2039921

2008-06-22T18:06:05-04:00

daderman

Lewis Center 444367

What a skifllful performance from Arshavin..He is playing great football in the midfield.The Russian team goes as far as Arshavin is at his best.They now get to face the boys from the Catalans..Its going to be a big game.I favor the Spaniards with the attacking prowess of Torress, Villa and my boy Fabregas holding the midfield..Go Spain!!!!! 2039865

2008-06-22T14:26:38-04:00

rockwood

No City 111202

The Dutch scored in the first round due to furious counterattacks. What Russia did was simple - eliminate all counterattack opportunities and make the Dutch work hard for their goals. It paid off. 2039250

2008-06-22T12:02:44-04:00

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Burgundy

Baltimore 142635

I have nothing but awe and respect for the Russians at this point. They are fearless on the field. Kolodin's strikes were unreal and besides Arshavin and Pavlyuchenko - I hope that Russian left back is ready to play outside of Russia because if coaches saw what I saw yesterday - he is due for a transfer. That guy was everywhere - doing the little things and the big things. Even in a losing effort i thought Bouhlarouz looked very good as well, especially considering the tragedy he has had to withstand. 2038617

2008-06-22T11:34:10-04:00

DriveC

Madison 210470

What I like the most about Arshavin is that for all his skill and tricks he has a nice direct style of play. 2038566

Three thoughts after Russia’s 3-1 win over the Netherlands in extra-time sends the Russians into the Euro 2008 semifinals: • We’re seeing a new world soccer superstar emerging from one of the most unlikely of sources. He’s only played in two games, but Andrei Arshavin has suddenly replaced Spain’s David Villa as the headline act of Euro 2008. Russia’s stunning (and deserving) upset of the once-rampant Dutch was won on the feet of Arshavin, the 27-year-old playmaker who punished the Dutch defense all game long with his speed, creativity and tireless effort. Twelve years ago in a European championship quarterfinal I got to see the emerging genius of France’s Zinédine Zidane for the first time. Now, in another Euro quarterfinal against Holland, I got the same kind of adrenalin rush watching Arshavin shred the Dutch defense. Arshavin has a long ways to go if he wants to be the next Zidane, but there’s something special about seeing the rise of a great new talent on the world stage. • Russia can win Euro 2008. As successful as miracle-working coach Guus Hiddink has been in major tournaments, he has never won one of them, but I think this Russian team has the talent and the go-for-broke chutzpah to win it all here. Cynics might call the Russians naïve, but in many ways it’s an advantage at this point. I couldn’t believe the TV broadcasters were saying at the start of extra-time that Russia should just play for penalty kicks. Nobody told Arshavin, apparently. On the decisive goal, he took a great ball at midfield from Yuri Zhirkov (another Russian revelation) and burned André Ooijer 1v1 down the left side before lofting a delicate lob to Dmitri Torbinski, who beat the ball-watching Gio van Bronckhorst and Rafael van der Vaart to the spot to tap it in. Remarkable stuff. • If anyone was acting naïve toward the end, it was the Dutch. First there was the ball-watching by Van Bronckhorst and Van der Vaart on the second Russian goal. But there was a total Dutch collapse on the third goal. First Ibrahim Afellay botches a harmless goal-kick pass from Edwin van der Sar, muffing it out of bounds like a grade-schooler under zero pressure. Then the Dutch defense relaxes for some reason as Aleksandr Anyukov rushes in and uncorks a quick long throw-in to Arshavin. It doesn’t matter that Arshavin is in an offside position (you can’t be offside on a throw-in), which the Dutch defense doesn’t seem to realize until it’s too late. Arshavin’s through. Arshavin scores. Game over. Through-balls: I’m not sure that losing Denis Kolodin for the semifinals (to yellow cards) will be such a bad thing, considering he’s good for at least one defensive howler a game ... An early scribble in my notebook: Who kidnapped the Dutch players? I know how much pressure there is to win (and win with style) in Holland, and Marco van Basten’s team played like a side that was afraid to lose. What happened to that majestic midfield which created so many chances in the run of play during the group stage? The only Dutch threats against Russia came on set-pieces. Do you think Arshavin is the player of the tournament so far? Can Russia win Euro 2008? And what on earth happened to the Netherlands? Please post your comments below and come back tomorrow for the latest edition of the Euro 2008 Blog ... http://img.fannation.com/upload/user_profile/image/194/315/thumb/wahl_grant.jpg 11 MD

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