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Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Russia remain in top five


Russia looked set to become the first team to book their place in the quarter-finals after Alan Dzagoev's first-half opener.

But a stunning equaliser from Polish captain Jakub Blaszczykowski sees Russia needing a point from Saturday's game with Greece to reach the last eight.

The co-hosts drop one place to 13 as they now need to beat the Czech Republic to progress.
The Czechs took advantage of a makeshift Greek defence to score two quickfire goals in the first six minutes and held on for a 2-1 win in Group A's earlier match against Greece.

A point against Poland would see the 1996 finalists reach the quarters and they climb four places to 11.

The Greeks, full of confidence after clawing back for a 1-1 draw in their opening match against Poland, could not overcome the loss of the two defenders who had anchored a usually stingy defence.  

They drop two spots to 13 but are still alive, if they beat Russia they will progress at the expense of Dick Advocaat's side and the rankings will be turned on their head.

Leave your views in the comments below as we update the rankings each evening during the tournament.

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