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Wednesday kicks off with Finland and Russia taking to the field for a qualification match and Coach Hiddink has the following squad in mind for the game. For goalkeepers he has selected Igor Akinfeyev, Vyacheslav and Vladmir Gabulov while the defenders include Alexei Berezutsky, Vasily Berezutsky, Sergei Ignashevich, Renat Yahbayev and Denis Kolodin. For midfield Guss Hiddink decided on Yury Zhirkov, Yevgeny Aldonin and Pavel Marnayev as well as Sergei Semask, Vladimir Bystov, Igor Semshov, Konstatin Zyrianov and Igor Denisov. Making up the Striker Squad is Andrei Arshavin, Alexander Kerzhakov, Roman Pavlyuchenko and Pavel Pogrebnyak. 

Russia will play away to Finland, and the scoreboard has Russia with twelve points on the Group 4 Europe Zone, all in all having 4 wins and 1 loss in their qualification record. The last game that Russia played was against Leichtenstein on April 1^st, which was won by Russia when Konstatin Zyrianov made a 38' foot goal for the win, making the final score 1-0, Russia. The Russians have some stiff competition on the scoreboard however, with Finland just three points from taking over the number two spot on the board from them, and Wales just four away.

Finland had their own encounter against Leichtenstein on Saturday, meeting them at home in Helsinki, and the game was upset by Mario Frick shooting a goal in the 13^th minute to put the 0 for 0 Liechtenstein out front. Mikael Forssell wasn't going to stand for it however, and grabbed his own point just before the interval. After 71 minutes Finland's Jonatan Johansson took the final goal, which brought Finland just a few points away from catching second placed Russia. The final was of course 2-1 Finland, which keeps their hopes alive for South Africa while Leictenstein is still ranked lowest in group four at the bottom with just a single point. 

The game on Wednesday is one of the most exciting qualifiers of the year, as Finland attempts to take down Russia, and earn enough points to take over that number two spot, sending them to the World Cup Finals in South Africa in 2010. You can watch this match live, directly from the field, with your year-long membership. Just click on the links on this page, and get signed up today. You'll have access to our full network of high quality feeds and streams, with full recording capabilities so that you don't miss a single game in this year's World Cup Qualifiers. It's Finland and Russia on Wednesday, June 10^th.