Golden generation or missed opportunity: should Russia’s 2008 side have achieved more? Blessed with the likes of Arshavin, Pogrebnyak and Akinfeev at their best, and led by Guus Hiddink, how far should Russia’s 2008 side have gone?
The fall of Aleksandr Filimonov, the man once considered Russia’s best goalkeeper in a generation Taking to the field against Ukraine in 1999, Aleksandr Filimonov was considered the nation’s best goalkeeper. In an instant, it would all change