Spain - Russia
SPAIN (probable starting 11)
Casillas
Helguera Marchena
Puyol Raul Bravo
X.Alonso Baraja
Vicente Etxeberria
Raul
Morientes
Spain's defense has been discussed in RSS plenty of times, suffice to
say that Salgado's injury could be a blessing, since it means Puyol
can play where he plays best, although Bravo so far has proved he
can't defend. Hard to believe that Spain's best player Veleron can't
even get into this team.
RUSSIA (probable starting 11)
Ovchinnikov
Sharonov (Sennikov) Smertin
Evseev Anyukov
Mostovoi (Kariaka) Alenichev
Aldonin Gusev (Bystrov)
Sychev (Kerzhakov) Bulykin
Very good technical players, but it seems Russia never perform on the
big stage. They've been excellent at home, which is what got them the
qualification, but are very poor away. Keep an eye out on for striker
Bulykin