He guided the national side through a tricky qualifying group including England and Croatia and took the team to a historic semi-final place in the 2008 European Championship.

在2008年欧洲杯他带领国家队从有英格兰和克罗地亚的小组出线并且带领球队历史性的闯到半决赛。

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Hiddink took over as coach in 2006 and guided Russia through a difficult qualifying group involving England and Croatia to a historic semi-final place at the 2008 European Championship.

希丁克于2006年开始执教俄罗斯队。2008年欧洲足球锦标赛中，面对分在同一个预选赛组的英格兰队及克罗地亚队这样的强队，他带领俄罗斯队突破重围，历史上首次闯入半决赛。

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Indeed, no one can expect OG to qualify from the group, which is also the last championship semi-final defeat.

确实，没人想到OG能够从小组出线，还杀到了半决赛输给最后的冠军。

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Meanwhile, favourites Australia earlier beat Olympic silver-medallists Spain 2-1 to put themselves in line for the second semi-final spot in the group.

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The Swedes will play Canada, who are the only team in Olympic history to reach the semi-finals with a perfect nine wins from their nine group matches, in Thursday's semi-final.

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Ferrer has won an ATP Tour-leading 73 matches this year, one more than Djokovic -- who will seek to clinch his semi spot in his third and final closing Group A match against sixth-ranked Czech Tomas Berdych on Friday.

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