Zenit attacker will have an extra incentive when he faces many of his Zenit club-mates.
Russia take on South American giants Brazil in an eye-catching friendly on Monday night, with hard-hitting Selecao centre-forward Hulk warning his national team-mates not to underestimate their opponents.
Hulk, who is best placed to judge just how strong a threat Russia will be to the five-time World Cup winners plying his trade as he does with Zenit St Petersburg in the Russian Premier League, believes that new head coach Fabio Capello has made the Eastern Europeans far stronger defensively since taking up his post.
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