Andrei Arshavin (9.5) Loses the mark for his booking but otherwise faultless. As close as the perfect game as one can play. Resourceful, efficient, lethal - he made up for missing the previous two games. Exceptional talent.
Maybe the rating he got from the goal.com writer is too high but noone can say that he didn't deserve at least a 9.00.
I can't believe how much difference one guy can make. The Russians create many chances anyway but today they could have easily won 6:0 or 7:0 and i've never seen a team to create so many chances against Sweden, at least not in last 20 years.
And he was involved, actually he was the creator, in every single chance for Russia.
It's impossible to buy this guy, though. Zenit is giving him unbelievably high wages and it's tough to imagine him leaving his country where he's been payed a fortune for a foreign country where he'll be payed less than in Zenit.
Unless he feels he needs to prove himslef in the best leagues in the world then i don't see him leaving Russia.
I'm not even sure we need him. Arshavin plays the same football i expect from Giovinco and if i'm not wrong, i believe we'll see this football from Seba.
Nevertheless, the Russian is a great playmaker and a joy to watch.