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Mostovoi stunned

AFP, Moscow
Russia's star midfielder Alexander Mostovoi says he is in shock after being dropped by the team for criticizing his boss following a potentially fatal loss to Spain.
Mostovoi was sent packing by team boss Georgy Yartsev on Monday evening after the veteran who plays for Celta Viga told the Spanish press that his team lost on Sunday because they were run off their legs in training before the game.
His dismissal - which the Russian press has compared to that of Ireland's Roy Keane at the 2002 World Cup - has sent new jitters through a country facing hosts Portugal on Wednesday.
It has done little to assure the local media that Russia is ready to do away with decades of disappointing results - and led some to question
training tactics reminiscent of the rigors of the Soviet era.
Mostovoi, 35, was seen as one of the team's lone stars. He said he never expected his outburst to be treated so severely by Russia's new coach Yartsev.
"Surprise - that's not the word! And I was not the only one who was surprised. And for what?" he told the Gazeta daily.
"All I said was that if we lost (against Spain), that means we made some mistakes. Many guys were tired. Their heads were thinking, but their legs were not working."
The Russians dropped Sunday's match 1-0 after a largely uninspired performance. The state-run Rossia television station called Wednesday's match against Portugal "a fight to the death."
Mostovoi's loss has been seen here in tragic terms - and underlined
the tensions put on a nation that has more football players than most countries but has not won the European championship since its inauguration in 1960.
Team officials have been vicious in their criticism of Mostovoi. They have issued a formal press statement saying his performance was weak.
"He sees himself as a star," an irate Yartsev barked at reporters in Portugal. "But I certainly don't see him as one.
"For me, Mostovoi no longer exists," said Yartsev, who once headed the Spartak Moscow team where Mostovoi formerly played.
His departure leaves Russia scrambling in midfield after the earlier disqualification of Spartak's Yegor Titov after he failed a drug test in a November qualifier against Wales.