Probably the two most attractive teams in the tournament come head-to-head for a place in the Euro 2008 final on Sunday. They met in the first game of Group D, and Spain handed out an attacking master class with David Villa bagging a hat-trick in a 4-1 win. Since then Russia have steadily improved, beating Greece and then totally outplaying Sweden and Holland. Central to their performances has been Andrei Arshavin who has been sensational in the past two games and will be the player Spain have to stop. Luis Aragaones' side qualified comfortably from their group, winning all three games. Their quarter-final with Italy was a cagey affair, but they deserved the win on the back of an attack-minded performance. David Villa and Fernando Torres will be hoping to open up the Russian defence again although never rule out Guus Hiddink who consistently pulls off miracles at international tournaments.



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