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CHRIS DUNLAVY EXPLAINS WHY LITTLE IS EXPECTED OF THE WORLD CUP HOSTS…

HOSTING THE PARTY
IT’S no wonder Russian fans prefer scrapping to spectating. Watching their team is enough to make anyone tetchy. Thought England were serial underachievers? Compared to the World Cup hosts, we look like Brazil.
Since losing to Holland in the final of Euro ‘88, the Russians have been about as much use in groups as an agoraphobic.
In those 30 years, they have contested just two knockout matches, both during that Andrey Arshavin-inspired run to the semi-finals of Euro 2008.
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