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SARANSK, Russia  | Hard road to World Cup dream for young Russian players

SARANSK, Russia  — A large white banner hangs above a stand covered in peeled paint flakes and discarded sunflower seeds: “The Best Start Here.”

The Start Stadium in Saransk may not look like much, but it’s the jumping-off point for hundreds of young Russians’ dreams of football stardom.

Few will make it, and the world’s largest country has struggled for years to develop enough world-class players. Russia stormed to the European Championship semifinals in 2008 but FIFA now ranks it 66th, the second-lowest at the World Cup.

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