theShevanesian
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Due to some concerns regarding EURO 2012.
In print publications (like Dyukov's blog and many others), there's a tendency to criticize D. Advocaat.
I completely disagree. Out of all the participants in this "fiesta" (the team, players, staff, RFU, fans), Dick turned out to be the MOST predictable. He did exactly what he was SIMPLY OBLIGED to do (money, the game, the atmosphere – everything coincided with the most obvious predictions). The national team players – Kerzhakov, Pavlyuchenko – could have played like that. Or they could have played better. Or worse. There was a range of possibilities. Fursa also showed variability; he could have behaved differently. But it turned out the way it did. But only Dick was locked into a predetermined course, with his LEARNED and predictable approach, and HE DID EVERYTHING exactly as he was OBLIGED to do according to the PLAN (for example, according to higher powers).
Well, if the plan only included the opponents. The national team players were completely unprepared physically; they had enough energy for the games against Italy and the Czech Republic, but then they faded. Against the Greeks, they just shot from a distance and couldn't even accelerate to penetrate the penalty area. And the poor physical condition is a direct fault of the coaching staff.
