INNSBRUCK (Reuters) - Russia playmaker Andrei Arshavin will make his first appearance at Euro 2008 following a two-match suspension after coach Guus Hiddink named him in the side to face Sweden in their Group D decider on Wednesday.
Hiddink had earlier hinted he might not start with Arshavin, saying he lacked match fitness, but has decided to play him slightly behind striker Roman Pavlyuchenko.
Arshavin was the only change to the team that beat Greece 1-0, with Dmitry Torbinsky making way for him.
Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who has been struggling with a knee injury, was named in an unchanged starting lineup from the one that lost 2-1 to Spain in their last match.
Russia would qualify for the quarter-finals with a win, while Sweden would be through with a draw.
Russia: 1-Igor Akinfeyev; 22-Alexander Anyukov, 8-Denis Kolodin, 4-Sergei Ignashevich, 18-Yuri Zhirkov; 11-Sergei Semak, 17-Konstantin Zyryanov, 20-Igor Semshov, 15-Diniyar Bilyaletdinov; 10-Andrei Arshavin, 19-Roman Pavlyuchenko
Sweden: 1-Andreas Isaksson; 5-Fredrik Stoor, 3-Olof Mellberg, 4-Petter Hansson, 2-Mikael Nilsson; 11-Johan Elmander, 8-Anders Svensson, 19-Daniel Andersson, 9-Fredrik Ljungberg; 10-Zlatan Ibrahimovic, 17-Henrik Larsson
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
(Editing by Trevor Huggins)


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