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Russia coach Dick Advocaat said on Sunday that his squad was moving in right direction ahead of Euro 2012.

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SOUNDBITE: (English) Dick Advocaat, Russia coach:

"Well, the results are always important, but I agree with coach of Holland saying that the most important thing is that you can see the team is making an improvement, and that was important for us to see and we did it. But I would give the same answer if we had lost the game against Italy."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Dick Advocaat, Russia coach:

(talking about the readiness of the team and its physical conditions)

"I said already from the beginning, we are very capable people, we've been doing this job for really long time. It is my fifth tournament, I think it is Bert van Lingen's eighth tournament, so we know exactly what the team needs. Plus the fact that we took some information about it as well, and we have a feeling that we are doing it the right way."