End Of Match: Russia have qualified. Sweden are out. I'm looking forward to Netherlands - Russia. Bring me Hiddink at Romania... seriously.

90': Another chance for Arshavin and Russia. They deserve the win 100%.

88': Bystrov the speedy man is coming in to replace Pavlyachanko.

88': Arshavin has another chance, should have passed it to Pavlyachenko.

82': Saenko and Pavlyanchenko are ripping apart the Swedish defense. Another chance for Pavlyachenko, but the shot is no good.

81': Pavlyachenko heads it in, the Sweedish keeper saves it. Another good chance.

80': POST hit by Russia.. what a chance!

75': Foul Kolodin on Ljungberg. Yellow card shown to the Russian.

72': Ibrahimovic header, not too dangerous from the Swede. Russia are on the attack again.

71': Akinfeev leveled by Larsson. He's okay though.

68': Saenko gets a corner out of the Swedes.

66': Arshavin fouled in the box in my opinion, nothing given.

66': Saenko goes in for Russia.

65': Yellow card for Arshavin. A bit unfair.

62': Header Mellberg, over the goal.

61': Elmander loses posession in the box. Corner Sweden.

57': Larsson tries an overhead acrobatic scissors kick. Didn't quite work out.

57': Yellow card Symak for not too rough of a foul.

57': Another attack Russia, fantastic performance!

51': What a goal again, team work from the young russians.

50': GOALLLLL ARSHAVIN!

49': Elmander gets a yellow card for shooting after being offside.

46': Game back on, hard to tell what will happen. Russia still are keen to attack.

Half Time: Half Time - Russia and Spain qualify at these scores.

45' (+1):

Sweden waste the corner right before half time.

45' (+1): Chance for Nilsson, but he doesn't put it away.

43': Shot by Ljungberg, good save by Akinfeev. Corner to follow.

41': Ooooh, another shot Pavlyachenko, poor shot.

41': And the follow-up.

40': Akinfeev deals with the corner.

39': Foul Russia. Sweden has a chance to attack slightly. Sweden get their first corner.

37': Arshavin picks it up but keeper makes the save .

37': CORNER again.

36': Another shot from long range by Russia, saved by the Swedish keeper!

36': Jesus what a chance. Pavlyachenko hits the post!

35': Corner Russia... another shot wasted.. this time by Anyukov.

34': Not much happening the past 5 minutes, Russia attacks, Sweden tries to counter attack, but no real danger to any goal.

27': Another shot Russia! I can't type his name fast enough so I won't, but great job once again by him.

26': Larsson's header hits the post, very very close. It actually hits right in the upper 90!

26': Another close one from Russia, unlucky to miss it!

24': Pass..Pass..Pass.. OWNED.

24': GOALLLLL PAVLYANCHENKOOOOOOO. RUSSIA 1-0 SWDEN!

20': Arshavin almost scores from a tough angle, it was meant to be a cross. corner again. Zhirkov gets on the end of it from the corner with a left foot shot, inches away from a goal!

19': Another terrible shot from a defending player from far out.. why?

18': Arshavin plays a perfect through ball, Zyryanov messes up the cross, but the Russians get a corner.

16': Ljungberg cross goes straight in akinfeev's hands.  Arshavin on the counter attack shoots on goal, but it goes a meter wide.

15': After 15 minutes, Sweden has had NO attacking presence yet, besides a boot in the face by Ibrahimovic.

15': Another venture in the attack by Russia, unlucky in the end.

13': Arshavin header goes wide of the goal.

12': Ljungberg roughs up Akinfeev... might be because he thinks he's cute.. but who am i to judge?

10': Kolodin shoots from far away.. I think he's still hung over from the vodka last night. Why would any defender want to shoot from that far out?

10': Ibrahimovic gets at the end of the cross, but Akinfeev has no trouble picking it up.

8': Foul Russia, not close enough for a dangerous strike at goal.

6': Arshavin makes an instant impact. Russia are playing around in the box of the Swedes.

6': Pavlyachenko tries to heel pass it instead of taking it in stride. Bad choice.

4': Corner Russia.

Before Kick Off: I hope Arshavin starts! I'll let you know when I see the lineups.

Even though Spain is playing today, the Spain - Greece game is not at all the match of the day in my opinion. I love watching smaller teams fight it out and create a show. The stage is set for the Russia - Sweden match coming in 30 minutes, a fight for qualification and pride. 

What I'm excited about today is the possibility of seeing Arshavin in action for the first time in Euro 2008. The press says that "Andrei Arshavin is available for the first time in these finals after serving a two-match ban yet there are no guarantees the FC Zenit St. Petersburg playmaker will start as Hiddink ponders possible changes to a team he believes did a "decent job" in defeating Greece 1-0 on Saturday. "There's a lack of rhythm to Arshavin's game because he hasn't played recently. He's not match-fit so I don't know if he'll start," said the coach. Yuri Zhirkov and Diniyar Bilyaletdinov are also likely to be available, despite bruised knees picked up against the deposed holders and Dmitri Torbinski is recovering from fatigue."

While Russia has players coming back from injury, Sweden is in a different dilemma. "We're not sure about Ibrahimović. We have an individual training plan for him," said Lagerbäck, already without Christian Wilhelmsson due to a hamstring problem while Niclas Alexandersson is struggling with a calf strain.

Lagerbäck also said that "Russia have a strong team offensively and we have to be very focused on that." "All their players are good; they're very strong on the left side in particular. We always prepare in a similar way. There's nothing dramatic, it's just about being ready for all the eventualities that may arise. What we need to improve on is keeping the ball in the final third. It's very difficult to say who are the favourites as it's such a decisive game. It starts at 50-50 I think."

I'll be supporting Russia in this game, although it is a bit hard for me to do so, but they've shown some good moments, a good mentality and Hiddink is a manager I respect a lot. I will also live-blog this game in the Russia vs. Sweden Match Centre on OleOle. See you there!