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WROCLAW, Poland -- After rating his team as an outsider before the European Championship started, Russia coach Dick Advocaat may have to revise his opinion. NFL Jerseys China. The Russians put on a clinical attacking display Friday, scoring two goals in each half in a 4-1 win over the Czech Republic in Group A. Post-victory, Advocaats only regret was that the score wasnt higher. "If you score four goals against the Czech Republic in an international, you have played a good game," the veteran Dutch coach said. "We should have scored more." Alan Dzagoev, a 21-year-old CSKA Moscow winger who had scored only four goals in 20 internationals before Friday, was the star of Russias attacking show, scoring a goal in each half to put Russia at the top of the group. Poland and Greece drew in the Euro 2012 opener earlier Friday. Picking Dzagoev to play on the right alongside the Zenit St. Petersburg pairing of Andrei Arshavin and Aleksandr Kerzhakov was a gamble for Advocaat that paid off as Dzagoev easily combined with his fellow forwards and showed more composure in front of goal than Kerzhakov. "This was the fist step to the final," Dzagoev said. Dzagoev and Roman Shirokov gave Russia a 2-0 halftime lead before Vaclav Pilar pulled one back in the 52nd minute for the Czechs. Dzagoev replied with his second, in the 80th, and substitute Roman Pavlyuchenko added a fourth two minutes later to complete the victory. "After we scored, we gave away the ball and the punished us in the same way they did in the first half," Czech Republic coach Michal Bilek said after the team slumped to its biggest defeat since losing to Brazil by the same score at the 1970 World Cup. "We are very disappointed. Its terrible to concede four goals, but we still have a team good enough to win the next two matches." Russia is built around a nucleus of players who made a surprise run to the semifinals four years ago. His starting lineup also featured seven Zenit players and the experience they have playing together showed from the start. "Most of this team has played a lot together and been successful together," Advocaat said. If Euro 2012s opening 1-1 draw between Poland and Greece had more drama than quality, the second group match was a feast of fluent, attacking football. Arshavin, playing on the left wing but drifting all over the field, masterfully directed the Russian attacks with pinpoint passes all night. It was something of a redemption for Arshavin, who struggled for Arsenal this season before a loan move to Zenit St. Petersburg. After weathering a tough opening 10 minutes, Russia settled into its fluid passing game and tore apart the Czech defence. Dzagoev was on hand to knock in a loose ball in the 15th minute. Konstantin Zyryanov floated a cross to the far post and Aleksandr Kerzhakovs ensuing header hit the woodwork before bouncing to Dzagoev. Dzagoev should have scored again minutes later but blasted his shot wide after Kerzhakov found him in space on the right. Shirokov made no such mistake in the 24th when he ran onto a diagonal pass from the left by Arshavin and cleverly lifted the ball over Petr Cechs despairing dive for his seventh intentional goal. After Russian chances early in the second half went off target, the Czechs replied as Pilar beat the offside trap to run onto a pass from Petr Jiracek, get around Vyacheslav Malafeev and slide the ball home in the 52nd minute. "I collected a through pass from Petr Jiracek and scored, but Im not happy about the goal because we were comprehensively beaten," Pilar said. And after Kerzhakov missed two more good chances, Czech Republic right back Theodor Gebre Selassie nearly scored a spectacular equalizer in the 72nd with a powerful right foot volley into the side netting. Tomas Rosicky then came close with a low shot that Malafeev saved. But Russia then stepped up a gear as Dzagoev slammed home another shot after a pass from Pavlyuchenko. And then Pavlyuchenko, on for Kerzhakov, held off three Czech defenders and drove a rising shot past Cech. ------ Lineups: Russia: Vyacheslav Malafeev, Alexander Anyukov, Alexei Berezutski, Sergei Ignashevich, Yuri Zhirkov, Roman Shirokov, Igor Denisov, Konstantin Zyryanov, Andrei Arshavin, Alexander Kerzhakov (Roman Pavlyuchenko, 73), Alan Dzagoev (Aleksandr Kokorin, 84). Czech Republic: Petr Cech, Theodor Gebre Selassie, Tomas Sivok, Roman Hubnik, Michal Kadlec, Jan Rezek (Tomas Huebschman, 46), Jaroslav Plasil, Tomas Rosicky, Petr Jiracek (Milan Petrzela, 75), Vaclav Pilar, Milan Baros (David Lafata, 85). 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PITTSBURGH, Pa. -- Two of the Staal brothers are being reunited in Carolina. The Pittsburgh Penguins traded centre Jordan Staal to the Hurricanes on Friday for centre Brandon Sutter, the No. 8 pick in 2012 draft and defenceman Brian Dumoulin. Pittsburgh then selected defenceman Derrick Pouliot of the WHLs Portland Winterhawks with the first-round pick. Staal will be joining his older brother Eric, the captain of the Hurricanes. "Jordan is an elite two-way player who possesses a rare combination of speed, size, scoring ability and defensive responsibility," said Carolina general manager Jim Rutherford in a statement. "For his young age, he has a wealth of NHL experience, including winning the Stanley Cup with Pittsburgh in 2009. "And he is obviously a natural fit for our team in joining our captain, his older brrother Eric. Cheap NFL Jerseys" Jordan Staal has 120 goals and 128 assists in 431 regular-season games with Pittsburgh. He has a career plus-53 rating. The Penguins selected Staal in the first round, second overall, in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft. "Hes still only 24 years old. Hes got upside yet," Rutherford told the Canadian Press. "I think its a great fit." Rutherford also said he didnt talk to Eric about the deal. Sutter has 53 goals and 54 assists in 286 games with the Hurricanes. "We want to thank Brandon Sutter for his time in Carolina," said Rutherford. "He has been a very good player for our team, and we wish both Brandon and Brian the best as their careers continue." Dumoulin has yet to play at the professional level. Hes scored 11 goals and added 72 assists for Boston College. ' ' '