INNSBRUCK Austria - The Associated Press


Russia coach Guus Hiddink is looking forward to a quarterfinal match against his native Netherlands after securing advancement at the European Championship. "It's a special game because I know the players I know the coach and more people within the squad I worked with" Hiddink said of Saturday's clash. "But we play the style that they like to play. It has to be an interesting clash." The youthful Russians outpaced the experienced Swedes to qualify for the knockout stage for the first time since the breakup of the Soviet Union. "This a tremendous victory" said Hiddink who has maintained his record of reaching the knockout stage in every international tournament he has coached at. He will now take on his home country which he led to the semifinals of the 1998 World Cup. "Holland is the best team in the tournament and ... it will be very interesting to play against such a strong team" playmaker Andrei Arshavin said.