Russia's Dutch coach Dick Advocaat on Saturday named Lokomotiv Moscow midfielder Denis Glushakov over Zenit St Petersburg's Konstantin Zyryanov in the Euro 2012 Group A leaders' line-up for their match with Greece here. Advocaat's team look all but certain to walk into the quarter-finals, after a 4-1 demolition of the Czech Republic in their tournament opener and a 1-1 draw with co-hosts Poland. Greece, meanwhile, must win their clash in order to stay in the tournament. Their Portuguese coach Fernando Santos called up Aris goalkeeper Michalis Sifakis in place of PAOK's Kostas Chalkias, who was injured in their 2-1 defeat by the Czechs. Werder Bremen defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos was back in the line-up after having served a one-match suspension. He was sent off in the Greeks' opening match against Poland, which ended 1-1. Teams: Greece (5-2-2-1) Michalis Sifakis; Giannis Mariatis, Giorgos Tzavellas, Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Vassilis Torossidis, Sokratis Papastathopoulos; Giorgios Karagounis (capt), Kostas Katsouranis; Giorgos Samaras, Dimitris Salpingidis; Fanis Gekas Coach: Fernando Santos (POR) Russia (4-4-2): Vyacheslav Malafeev; Aleksandr Anyukov, Sergei Ignashevich, Yuri Zhirkov, Aleksei Berezutski; Roman Shirokov, Igor Denisov, Alan Dzagoev, Denis Glushakov; Andrey Arshavin (capt), Aleksandr Kerzhakov Coach: Dick Advocaat (NED) Referee: Jonas Eriksson (SWE)
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