it's another theme that the Russians didn't done much and just clearing the ball as far as possible from their goal but probably not exactly what their coach told them to do I reckon.
Luckily for Russia they host the tournament, otherwise they probably wouldn't have qualified anyway, they surely wouldn't have been a top seed in the group stage draw.
Yeah, that's true Johnny, they could even not been at this championship without being hosts, although teams like Saudi Arabia or Panama didn't deserved to be there as well, we know it's a lot tougher for the European sides to qualify compared to any other area in the world.
By the way I'm not supporting Russians on any sport or game but honestly when we've seen how Denmark and Croatia played I think the Russians could be even optimistic about their chances of reaching the semis.
In the end Portugal won the European title playing similar style with what suppose to be a much better squad (at least on paper), so I'm not defending Russians just think a supposedly much better teams using that tactic as well.
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