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World Cup Qualifying — Live in Petrol Arena is Slovenia Vs Russia on a match, live streaming may be available as the 2 battle for the 2nd leg of UEFA playoffs.
Russia coach Guus Hiddink has called for calm ahead of the second leg of his side’s World Cup play-off against Slovenia.
Russia take a slender one-goal advantage to Maribor, having conceded a late away goal to Matjaz Kek’s side at the Luzhniki Stadium on Saturday.
Diniar Bilyaletdinov’s brace looked to have handed the Russians a commanding 2-0 first-leg advantage, but substitute Nejc Pecnik’s header has given Slovenia hope.
And it has dampened the mood amongst a Russian support notoriously sceptical about their national team’s chances.
But Hiddink feels his side are still in a strong position.
”It would have been good to take a two-goal cushion without reply to Maribor”, the Dutchman told Sport Express.
”An away goal for the visiting side is always a luxury, but there is no use in going from one extreme to the other and dramatising the situation.
”Why should we start panicking, tearing our hair out or getting distressed?
”At the end of the day we won the first match. We didn’t lose or draw. That is the situation we are proceeding from.”
Slovenia boasted one of the meanest defences in Europe during qualifying, conceding only four goals in their 10 group games prior to the defeat in Moscow.
And Hiddink feels the fact his side scored two goals past such a tight defence is a good sign heading into the return leg.
He added: ”The second leg will be very difficult. Nobody is disputing that.
”But we have once more shown that we are capable of scoring against any opponent.
”It doesn’t matter how many goals they conceded in the qualifiers, how threatening the opposition are or how full their stadium is. Last autumn our team managed a goal away in Germany.
”Scoring two goals against one of the most reliable defences in Europe should give us the confidence to be able to do the same in Maribor.
ESPN Soccernet may be available to offer the said match for live streaming online. Check out your local Soccernet sites for more info. Kickoff time for Slovenia vs Russia match is at 20:00 UK time.
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Source: ESPN
