Match No. 856 - Wednesday, 12th September 2007, 8:00pm
Assist: Gareth Barry. "Michael Owen puts the hosts ahead. England were camped in the Russia penalty area after a Micah Richards gallop up the right flank won them a free kick just inside the byline. Gareth Barry swung it in towards the far post from the right, John Terry jumped for it and missed, and the ball fell at the feet of Owen at the edge of the six-yard box. He immediately pounced, looking up before curling it past Malafeev and in off the right-hand post." Michael Owen39th of 40 goals. Right-footed from 8 yards., 7' 6:11 - Assist: Emile Heskey. "Michael Owen scores his 40th goal for England. The ball was crossed from the right, Emile Heskey flicked it his way and Owen fired an unstoppable first-time screamer past Malafeev from about 18 yards." Michael Owen40th of 40 goals. Right-footed from 16 yards., 31' 30:36
- Assist: Michael Owen. "Corner for England. Teryr and Ferdinand come up from the back and Gareth Barry curls the ball into the penalty area with his left foot. Under pressure from John Terry, Malafeev punches the ball back out towards Barry and he passes to Ferdinand. What follows next is as mesmerising as it is unlikely - Rio Ferdinand looks up at the keeper, does A S-T-E-P-O-V-E-R and rifles the ball past Malafeev. OK, so it was was more through Malafeev than past him, but this is Rio Ferdinand, so credit where it's due - that was one sweet lollipop." Rio Ferdinand2nd of 3 goals. Right-footed from 12 yards., 84' 83:50
- 1
- Paul RobinsonSpurs, 39th of 41 caps
27 years, 10 months, 28 days
Goalkeeper
- 2
- Micah RichardsMan City, 7th of 13 caps
19 years, 2 months, 18 days
Right Back
- 3
- Ashley ColeChelsea, 60th of 107 caps
26 years, 8 months, 23 days
Left Back
- 4
- Steven GerrardLiverpool, 59th of 114 caps
27 years, 3 months, 13 days
Midfield
- 5
- Rio FerdinandMan Utd, 62nd of 81 caps
28 years, 10 months, 5 days
Centre Back
- 6
- John TerryChelsea, 42nd of 78 caps
26 years, 9 months, 5 days
Centre Back (c)13th captaincy
- 7
- Gareth BarryAston Villa, 12th of 53 caps
26 years, 6 months, 17 days
Midfield
- 9
- Emile HeskeyWigan, 45th of 62 caps
29 years, 8 months, 1 day
Centre Forward 
80'79:26
- 10
- Michael OwenNewcastle Utd, 85th of 89 caps
27 years, 8 months, 29 days
Centre Forward - 92'91:12
- 11
- Joe ColeChelsea, 43rd of 56 caps
25 years, 10 months, 4 days
Left Midfield 
77:44 Tackle on Anyukov, however Cole gets the ball cleanly but the referee deems it to be dangerous as it's from behind. Very harsh. - 88'87:40
- 18
- Peter CrouchLiverpool, 21st of 42 caps
26 years, 7 months, 13 days
Centre Forward 
80'79:26
- 14
- Phil NevilleEverton, 58th of 59 caps
30 years, 7 months, 22 days
Left Midfield - 88'87:40
- 16
- Stewart DowningMiddlesbrough, 15th of 35 caps
23 years, 1 month, 21 day
Midfield - 92'91:12
- 16
- Vyacheslav MalafeevVyacheslav Aleksandrovich Malafeev.
Born 4th Mar 1979, Leningrad.
- 2
- Vasili BerezutskiVasiliy Vladimirovich Berezutski.
Born 20th Jun 1982, Moscow.
- 5
- Sergei IgnashevichSergei Nikolayevich Ignashevich.
Born 14th Jul 1979, Moscow.
- 27
- Aleksei BerezutskiAleksei Vladimirovich Berezutski.
Born 20th Jun 1982, Moscow.
- 22
- Aleksandr AnyukovAleksandr Gennadyevich Anyukov.
Born 28th Sep 1982, Kuibyshev.
- 80'79:41
- 15
- Diniyar BilyaletdinovDiniyar Rinatovich Bilyaletdinov.
Born 27th Feb 1985, Moscow.
- 18
- Yuri ZhirkovYuri Valentinovich Zhirkov.
Born 20th Aug 1983, Tambov.
- 20
- Igor SemshovIgor Petrovich Semshov.
Born 6th Apr 1978, Moscow.
- 40'39:22
- 17
- Konstantin ZyryanovKonstantin Georgiyevich Zyryanov.
Born 5th Oct 1977, Perm.
- 26
- Dmitri SychevDmitri Yevgenyevich Sychev.
Born 26th Oct 1983, Omsk.
- 63'62:26
- 10
- Andrey ArshavinAndrey Sergeyevich Arshavin.
Born 29th May 1981, Leningrad.
(c)
- 23
- Vladimir BystrovVladimir Sergeyevich Bystrov.
Born 31st Jan 1984, Luga.
- 40'39:22
- 19
- Roman PavlyuchenkoRoman Anatolyevich Pavlyuchenko.
Born 15th Dec 1981, Mostovskoy.
- 63'62:26
- 11
- Aleksandr KerzhakovAleksandr Anatolyevich Kerzhakov.
Born 27th Nov 1982, Kingisepp.
- 80'79:41
Referee
Sweden Martin Hansson
ELO Ratings
No change in rank, gaining 13 ranking points to 1957 points England - 7th
Russia - 24th
Euro 2008 Q
(Group E)
- Croatia
- 29
- +20
- 1
- 2
- 9
- 12
- Russia
- 24
- +11
- 2
- 3
- 7
- 12
- England
- 23
- +17
- 3
- 2
- 7
- 12
- Israel
- 23
- +8
- 3
- 2
- 7
- 12
- Macedonia
- 14
- 0
- 6
- 2
- 4
- 12
- Estonia
- 7
- -16
- 9
- 1
- 2
- 12
- Andorra
- 0
- -40
- 12
- 0
- 0
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