EURO 2008 semi finals Spain vs Russia
Spain vs Russia will take place on 26 June at Vienna and the game will be played on Ernst Happel stadium.
This match will be the first and last for one with this opponent at EURO 2008 for the team who lost.
Some ones sad that Group C was the best one, with good teams. But all this did not impress Spain and Russia, both team decide to go forward and now they are in the semifinals, after sending home teams like The Netherlands and Italy.
From the 22 players on this semifinals there are two important players, the goalkeepers.
Spain will have Iker Casillas, the goalkeeper from Real Madrid born on 20 May 1981, he comes with a lot experience at high level football from the tough competitions like Primera Division and Champions League. He won the Champions League in 1999/2000 and 2001/2002.
Igor Akinfeev will try to lead Russia in to the final. Born on 8 April 1986 currently play for CSKA Moscow. He is the goalkeeper for CSKA from the age of 17 years. In 2004/2005 season he won the UEFA Cup
Both goalkeepers play only for a team. Iker in Spain for Real, while Igor in Russia for CSKA.
Russia in 2008 play in 8 games, lost just the first one with Romania and the first one in Group D at EURO 2008 with Spain.
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