The picture above shows Yuri during the match against Holland at the 2008 European Championships.
Quarter-Final
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RUSSIA 3:1 HOLLAND (0:0) aet Pavlyuchenko (56), Torbinski (112), Arshavin (116). (22.06.08, Basel)
Igor Akinfeev, Aleksandr Anyukov, Sergei Ignashevich, Denis Kolodin, Yuri Zhirkov, Sergei Semak (c), Konstantin Zyryanov,
Igor Semshov (Diniyar Bilyaletdinov 69), Ivan Saenko (Dmitri Torbinski 81), Andrei Arshavin, Roman Pavlyuchenko (Dmitri Sychev 115)
Semi-Final
RUSSIA 0:3 SPAIN (0:0) (26.06.08, Vienna)
Igor Akinfeev, Aleksandr Anyukov, Vasili Berezutsky, Sergei Ignashevich, Yuri Zhirkov, Sergei Semak (c), Konstantin Zyryanov,
Igor Semshov (Diniyar Bilyaletdinov 56), Ivan Saenko (Dmitri Sychev 57), Andrei Arshavin, Roman Pavlyuchenko.
The picture above shows Yuri during the group match against Spain at the 2008 Euro Championships.
Photograph George Herringshaw. ©
Group D
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RUSSIA 1:4 SPAIN (0:2) Pavlyuchenko (86)
(10.06.08, Innsbruck)
Igor Akinfeev, Aleksandr Anyukov, Roman Shirokov, Denis Kolodin, Yuri Zhirkov, Sergei Semak (c),
Dmitri Sychev (Vladimir Bystrov 46, Roman Adamov 70), Konstantin Zyryanov, Igor Semshov (Dmitri Torbinski 57),
Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, Roman Pavlyuchenko
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RUSSIA 1:0 GREECE (1:0) Zyryanov (33)
(14.06.08, Salzburg)
Igor Akinfeev, Aleksandr Anyukov, Sergei Ignashevich, Denis Kolodin, Yuri Zhirkov (Vasili Berezutsky 87), Sergei Semak (c),
Dmitri Torbinski, Konstantin Zyryanov, Igor Semshov, Diniyar Bilyaletdinov (Ivan Saenko 70), Roman Pavlyuchenko
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RUSSIA 2:0 SWEDEN (1:0) Pavlyuchenko (24), Arshavin (50)
(18.06.08, Innsbruck)
Igor Akinfeev, Aleksandr Anyukov, Sergei Ignashevich, Denis Kolodin, Yuri Zhirkov, Sergei Semak (c), Konstantin Zyryanov,
Igor Semshov, Diniyar Bilyaletdinov (Ivan Saenko 66), Andrei Arshavin, Roman Pavlyuchenko (Vladimir Bystrov 90)