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Wednesday March 18, 2009

Hiddink recalls Arshavin, Pavlyuchenko

MOSCOW: Russia coach Guus Hiddink has recalled Arsenal forward Andrei Arshavin and Tottenham Hotspur striker Roman Pavlyuchenko for upcoming 2010 World Cup qualifiers.

Arshavin and Pavlyuchenko were absent from Russia’s training camp in Turkey last month because Hiddink wanted them to have more time to get acquainted with Premier League football.

The Dutchman, who last month became Chelsea’s interim manager in addition to his Russia job, included both on Monday in a 22-man squad for the Group Four matches against Azerbaijan in Moscow on March 28 and Liechtenstein four days later.

The two players appear to have settled at their respective London clubs. — Reuters

Russia Squad

Goalkeepers: Igor Akinfeyev (CSKA Moscow), Vladimir Gabulov (Dynamo Moscow), Vyacheslav Malafeyev (Zenit St Petersburg)

Defenders: Sergei Ignashevich (CSKA), Alexei Berezutsky (CSKA), Vasily Berezutsky (CSKA), Alexander Anyukov (Zenit), Denis Kolodin (Dynamo), Renat Yanbayev (Lokomotiv Moscow).

Midfielders: Diniyar Bilyaletdinov (Lokomotiv), Yuri Zhirkov (CSKA), Alan Dzagoyev (CSKA), Dmitry Torbinsky (Lokomotiv), Igor Semshov (Zenit), Igor Denisov (Zenit), Konstantin Zyryanov (Zenit), Sergei Semak (Rubin Kazan), Ivan Saenko (Spartak Moscow).

Forwards: Andrei Arshavin (Arsenal), Roman Pavlyuchenko (Tottenham), Pavel Pogrebnyak (Zenit), Dmitry Sychev (Lokomotiv).

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