England

3 - 0

Russia

Michael Owen 7, 31
Rio Ferdinand 84

 

 

UEFA European Championship Qualifier
8pm, Wednesday 12 September 2007
Wembley Stadium
Live on BBC1

 

 

90'+3

Full time whistle sounds, with England winning 3-0 and moving to second in the Group E table.

90'+2

England substitution with Stewart Downing coming on to replace Owen.

90'

Three minutes of added time announced by the fourth official.

88'

England substitution with Phil Neville coming on to replace Joe Cole.

84'

GOAL! Rio Ferdinand makes it 3-0 with a low shot from inside the box after being picked out by Owen and beating a defender.

80'

Malafeev makes a good save to deny Wright-Phillips' low shot from the edge of the box.

80'

England substitution with Peter Crouch replacing Emile Heskey, whilst Russia introduce Kerzakov on for Anyakov.

78'

Joe Cole booked for two consecutive, and debatable fouls.

62'

Russian substitution with Roman Pavlyuchenko replacing Sychev.

50'

Russia have a penalty appeal turned down after Bystrov falls under Ashley Cole's challenge in the box.

48'

Sychev is inches away from connecting with Yury Zherkov's centre from the left.

46'

Dmitry Sychev sees a low shot fly just wide of the far post after cutting inside from the right flank.

46'

Second half kicks-off with no further changes.

45'

Half time whistle is blown, with the Three Lions enjoying a two goal lead at the break.

45'

One minute of time added on by the officials.

39'

Russian substitution, with Igor Semshov being replaced by Vladimir Bystrov.

35'

Shaun Wright-Phillips sees his angled volley saved after being picked out by Owen's pass over the top.

31'

GOAL! Owen nets his second goal of the game with a dipping half volley from Heskey's knock down in the area.

29'

Joe Cole's left footed shot from 25 yards is well saved by Malafeev, after a slight deflection off a Russian defender.

23'

Paul Robinson makes a smart save low to his right to turn Diniyar Bilyaletdinov's shot behind for a corner, which was subsequently headed clear by John Terry.

19'

Russia have a goal disallowed for a handball by Konstantin Zyryanov just prior to his close range finish.

10'

Emile Heskey is denied by Russian goalkeeper Viacheslav Malafeev after breaking into the box and Owen then mis-kicked the follow-up chance wide.

7'

GOAL! Michael Owen finishes from close range after controlling a cross from Gareth Barry.

3'

Gareth Barry manages to cut out a dangerous cross from the right from Andrey Arshavin.

England have kicked the game off and are attacking the east end of the ground wearing their home kit of white, blue and white.

England Head Coach Steve McClaren has named an unchanged side for Wednesday evening's crucial Euro 2008 qualifier with Russia.

McClaren has kept faith in the same XI that ran out comfortable 3-0 winners against Israel on Saturday.

Paul Robinson will continue in goal while in front of him, the familiar central pairing of captain John Terry and Rio Ferdinand. They will be joined by Ashley Cole and Micah Richards - the latter scored his first ever England goal just five days earlier.

In midfield, Chelsea winger Shaun Wright-Phillips, a goalscoring man of the match against Israel, keeps his place on the right while club-mate Joe Cole, who supplied the cross for the opening goal, will feature on the opposite flank.

The talismanic Steven Gerrard and Gareth Barry, who set up two goals against Israel, continue in central midfield.

Up front Michael Owen and Emile Heskey, both impressive in their last outing, will hopefully provide the firepower to send England a step closer to next summer's showpiece event.

Peter Crouch, who missed the win over Israel due to suspension, is on the substitutes' bench.

England
1 Paul Robinson, 2 Micah Richards, 3 Ashley Cole, 4 Steven Gerrard, 5 Rio Ferdinand, 6 John Terry (c), 7 Gareth Barry, 8 Shaun Wright-Phillips, 9 Emile Heskey (Peter Crouch, 80), 10 Michael Owen (16 Stewart Downing, 90+2), 11 Joe Cole (14 Phil Neville, 88)

Subs: 12 Wes Brown, 13 David James, 15 Alan Smith, 17 Andrew Johnson, 18 Jermain Defoe.

Head Coach Steve McClaren

Russia
16 Viacheslav Malafeev, 2 Vasily Berezutskiy, 5 Sergey Ignashevich, 10 Andrey Arshavin, 15 Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, 17 Konstantin Zyryanov, 18 Yury Zhishkov, 20 Igor Semshov (23 Vladimir Bystrov, 40), 22 Alexander Anyukov (11 Alexander Kerzakov, 80), 26 Dmitry Sychev (19 Roman Pavlyuchenko, 63), 27 Alexey Berezutskiy.

Subs: 12 Anton Shunin, 7 Dmitriy Torbinskiy, 13 Pavel Pogrebnyak, 25 Denis Koldin.

Head Coach Guus Hiddink

Kit Colours

England
White shirts, Blue shorts, White socks
GK Aubergine shirt, Aubergine shorts, White socks

Russia Red shirts, White shorts, Blue socks
GK Green shirt, Green shorts, Green socks 

Match Officials
Referee
Martin Hansson (SWE)
Assistant Referees Stefan Wittberg and Henrik Andren (SWE)
Fourth Official Martin Ingvarsson (SWE)

Attendance 86,106