Match No. 858 - Wednesday, 17th October 2007, 4:00pm
"Zurianov stole past Rooney on his blind side and was clipped - but the initial contact was outside the area. No matter, the referee gave the spot-kick and Pavlyuchenko converted." Roman Pavlyuchenko, 69'68:28 (pen)
"Vasili Berezutsky's fierce shot was palmed away by Robinson, but neither he nor the defenders surrounding him could get to the ball before Pavlyuchenko, who poked Russia into the lead." Roman Pavlyuchenko, 73'72:08
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- Vladimir GabulovVladimir Borisovich Gabulov.
Born 19th Oct 1983, Mozdok.
- 27
- Aleksei BerezutskiAleksei Vladimirovich Berezutski.
Born 20th Jun 1982, Moscow.
- 5
- Sergei IgnashevichSergei Nikolayevich Ignashevich.
Born 14th Jul 1979, Moscow.
- 2
- Vasili BerezutskiVasiliy Vladimirovich Berezutski.
Born 20th Jun 1982, Moscow.
14'
HT
- 22
- Aleksandr AnyukovAleksandr Gennadyevich Anyukov.
Born 28th Sep 1982, Kuibyshev.
- 17
- Konstantin ZyryanovKonstantin Georgiyevich Zyryanov.
Born 5th Oct 1977, Perm.
- 20
- Igor SemshovIgor Petrovich Semshov.
Born 6th Apr 1978, Moscow.
- 15
- Diniyar BilyaletdinovDiniyar Rinatovich Bilyaletdinov.
Born 27th Feb 1985, Moscow.
- 18
- Yuri ZhirkovYuri Valentinovich Zhirkov.
Born 20th Aug 1983, Tambov.
- 10
- Andrey ArshavinAndrey Sergeyevich Arshavin.
Born 29th May 1981, Leningrad.
(c)
90'
- 11
- Aleksandr KerzhakovAleksandr Anatolyevich Kerzhakov.
Born 27th Nov 1982, Kingisepp.
58'
- 7
- Dmitri TorbinskiDmitri Yevgenyevich Torbinski.
Born 28th Apr 1984, Norilsk.
HT
- 19
- Roman PavlyuchenkoRoman Anatolyevich Pavlyuchenko.
Born 15th Dec 1981, Mostovskoy.
75'
58'
- 25
- Denis KolodinDenis Alexeyevich Kolodin.
Born 11th Jan 1982, Kamyshin.
90'
Assist: Michael Owen. "Micah Richards lumped an aimless ball upfield and Michael Owen - unexpectedly finding himself in the Emile Heskey role - flicked it on to Rooney, who hammered an unstoppable, dipping volley past Vladimir Gabulov." Wayne Rooney14th of 53 goals. Right-footed from 17 yards., 29' 28:46
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- 1
- Paul RobinsonSpurs, 41st of 41 caps
28 years, 0 months, 2 days
Goalkeeper
- 2
- Micah RichardsMan City, 9th of 13 caps
19 years, 3 months, 23 days
Right Back
- 3
- Joleon LescottEverton, 2nd of 26 caps
25 years, 2 months, 1 day
Left Back
79'
- 4
- Steven GerrardLiverpool, 61st of 114 caps
27 years, 4 months, 18 days
Midfield (c)4th captaincy
- 5
- Rio FerdinandMan Utd, 64th of 81 caps
28 years, 11 month, 10 days
Centre Back
57'
- 6
- Sol CampbellPortsmouth, 71st of 73 caps
33 years, 0 months, 29 days
Centre Back
- 7
- Gareth BarryAston Villa, 14th of 53 caps
26 years, 7 months, 22 days
Midfield
- 9
- Wayne RooneyMan Utd, 40th of 120 caps
21 years, 11 month, 24 days
Centre Forward
67:45 "Zurianov stole past Rooney on his blind side and was clipped - but the initial contact was outside the area. No matter, the referee gave the spot-kick and Pavlyuchenko converted."
- 10
- Michael OwenNewcastle Utd, 87th of 89 caps
27 years, 10 months, 3 days
Centre Forward
- 11
- Joe ColeChelsea, 45th of 56 caps
25 years, 11 month, 9 days
Left Midfield
80'
- 15
- Frank LampardChelsea, 58th of 106 caps
29 years, 3 months, 26 days
Midfield
79'
- 17
- Stewart DowningMiddlesbrough, 16th of 35 caps
23 years, 2 months, 26 days
Left Back
80'
- 18
- Peter CrouchLiverpool, 22nd of 42 caps
26 years, 8 months, 18 days
Centre Forward
80'
Notes
- Player MilestonePaul Robinson's Last Cap
Referee
Spain Luis Medina Cantalejo
ELO Ratings
Down 1 place, losing -24 ranking points to 1934 points England - 8th - 1
Russia - 19th
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
- 12