Arshavin gets Zidane's stamp of approval

0 Comments | AFP, June, 2008

VIENNA (AFP) — Russia's playmaker Andrei Arshavin is set to have a great career France football legend Zinedine Zidane told AFP on Sunday.

The 27-year-old Arshavin has shone as Russia have made the Euro 2008 semi-finals, starring in both the 2-0 win over Sweden and then the 3-1 victory over Holland in the quarter-final on Saturday, scoring in both.

"The Russian number 10, it is his first major finals and he hasn't stopped posing questions for the opposition, as if he has been always doing just that," said Zidane.

"He had a great season with Zenit St-Petersburg (he was named Russian player of the year after they won the title for the first time since the fall of Communism and went on to win the UEFA Cup), but the Euro is another matter entirely.

"I...