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England National Football Team Match No. 858

Russia 2 England 1 [0-1]

Wednesday, 17 October 2007

Match Summary and Report

Match Summary and Report Team Records Russia Pre-Match England Pre-Match

Match Summary
Status: European Championship 2008 Preliminary Group E qualification match.
Venue: Olimpiyskiy Kompleks Luzhniki Stadion, Moskva, capacity 84,745; [security limits capacity to 74,000 for this game only]
Attendance: 84,700
Goals: England - Wayne Rooney, 29th minute;
Russia - Roman Pavlyuchenko, 67th minute penalty;
Russia - Roman Pavlyuchenko, 71st minute;
Cautions: Russia - Vasili Berezutski, 13th minute, foul;
England - Rio Ferdinand, 57th minute, foul;
England - Wayne Rooney, 67th minute, foul;
Russia - Roman Pavlyuchenko, 74th minute, time-wasting;
Expulsions: None.
Officials:
(black)		 Referee - Luis Medina Cantalejo, 43 (01-Mar-1964), Spain, FIFA-listed 2002;
Assistant referees - Victoriano Giraldez Carrasco, 43 (18-Sep-1964) & Jesus Calvo Guadamuro, 39 (06-Sep-1968), Spain;
Fourth official - Antonio Rubinos Perez, 38 (11-Jun-1969) Spain;
Conditions: Kickoff at 7.00 p.m. local time, 4.00 p.m. BST;
Miscellany: Played on artificial pitch made of plastic;
Statistics:

Type

Russia

England
Goal Attempts 11 8
Attempts on Target 4 3
Hit Bar/Post 0 0
Corner Kicks Won 9 8
Offside Calls Against 1 0
Fouls Conceded 16 18
Possession 66.8% 33.2%

Russia Team
Ranking:

26th in FIFA ranking of 19th September 2007; 25th in Elo world ranking before this match and 20th after this match.
Colours: Red shirts, white shorts, blue stockings; made by Nike.
Coach: Guus Hiddink, appointed 10 April 2006, took post on 1 July 2006;
Captain: Andrei Arshavin

Russia Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
30-Gabulov, Vladimir 19-Oct-1983 23 G FC Kuban Krasnodar - - 2007-active
2-Berezutskiy, Vasili V. 20-Jun-1982 25 D PFC Central Sports Club of Army Moskva - - 2003-active
27-Berezutskiy, Aleksei V., sub off 46th min. 20-Jun-1982 25 D PFC Central Sports Club of Army Moskva - - 2003-active
22-Anyukov, Aleksandr 28-Sep-1982 25 M FC Zenit St Petersburg - - 2004-active
5-Ignashevich, Sergei N. 14-Jul-1979 28 D PFC Central Sports Club of Army Moskva - - 2002-active
15-Bilyaletdinov, Diniyar    27-Feb-1985 22 M FC Lokomotiv Moskva - - 2005-active
20-Semshov, Igor P. 06-Apr-1978 29 M FC Dynamo Moskva - - 2002-active
17-Zyryanov, Konstantin  05-Oct-1977 30 M FC Zenit St Petersburg - - 2006-active
18-Zhirkov, Yuri  20-Aug-1983 24 F PFC Central Sports Club of Army Moskva - - 2005-active
10-Arshavin, Andrei S., sub off 89th min. 29-May-1981 26 M FC Zenit St Petersburg - - 2002-active
11-Kerzhakov, Aleksandr,  sub off 46th min. 27-Nov-1982 24 F Sevilla FC, Spain - - 2002-active

Russia Substitutes
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
7-Torbinsky, Dmitri, sub on 46th min. for A. Berezutski 28-Apr-1984 23 M FC Spartak Moskva - - 2007-active
19-Pavlyuchenko, Roman A., sub on 46th min. for Kerzhakov 15-Dec-1981 25 F FC Spartak Moskva - - 2003-active
25-Kolodin, Denis, sub on 89th min. for Arshavin 11-Jan-1982 25 D FC Spartak Moskva - - -active
Formation:

3-1-4-2

Gabulov -
V Berezutskiy, Ignashevich, A Berezutskiy (Torbinsky) -
Semshov -
Anyukov, Zyryanov, Bilyaletdinov, Zhirkov -
Kerzhakov (Pavlyuchenko), Arshavin (Kolodin).
Substitutes
Not Used:		 13-Pavel Pogrebnyak, 14-Roman Shirokov, 16-Vyacheslav Malafeev, 26-Dmitri Sychev.

England Team
Ranking:

9th in FIFA ranking of 19th September 2007; 7th in Elo world ranking before this match and xth after this match.
Colours: White shirts with red and navy trim, navy blue shorts with white trim, white stockings - The 2007 home uniform.
Coach: Steve McClaren, 45, appointed 4 May 2006, took post 1 August 2006, 
16th match, W 8 - D 4 - L 4 - F 29 - A 9.
Captain: Steven Gerrard, 4th captaincy.

England Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
1-Robinson, Paul W. 15-Oct-1979 27 G Tottenham Hotspur FC 41 0 2003-active
2-Richards, Micah L. 24-Jun-1988 19 D Manchester City FC 9 1 2006-active
3-Lescott, Joleon P., sub off 80th min. 16-Aug-1982 25 D Everton FC 2 0 2007-active
4-Gerrard, Steven G. 30-May-1980 27 M Liverpool FC 61 12 2000-active
5-Ferdinand, Rio G. 07-Nov-1978 28 D Manchester United FC 64 2 1997-active
6-Campbell, Sulzeer J. 18-Sep-1974 33 D

Portsmouth FC

 71 1 1996-active
7-Barry, Gareth 23-Feb-1981 26 D Aston Villa FC 14 0 2000-active
8-Wright-Phillips, Shaun C., sub off 80th min. 25-Oct-1981 25 M Chelsea FC 17 3 2004-active
9-Rooney, Wayne M. 24-Oct-1985 21 F

Manchester United FC

 40 14 2003-active
10-Owen, Michael J. 14-Dec-1979 27 F Newcastle United FC 87 40 1998-active
11-Cole, Joseph J., sub off 80th min. 08-Nov-1981 25 M Chelsea FC 45 7 2000-active

England Substitutes
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
15-Lampard, Frank J., sub on 80th min. for Lescott 20-Jun-1978 29 M

Chelsea FC

 58 13 1999-active
17-Downing, Stewart, sub on 80th min. for Wright-Phillips 22-Jul-1984 23 M Middlesbrough FC 16 0 2005-active
18-Crouch, Peter J., sub on 80th min. for Cole 30-Jan-1981 26 F

Liverpool FC

 22 12 2005-active
Formation:

4-4-2

Robinson -
Richards, Ferdinand, Campbell, Lescott (Lampard) -
Wright-Phillips (Downing), Barry, Gerrard, J Cole (Crouch) -
Rooney, Owen.
Substitutes
Not Used:		 12-Nicky Shorey, 13-David James, 14-Luke Young, 16-Phil Neville.

Match Report

 

England's hopes of reaching Euro 2008 hang by a thread after Russia came from behind to win in Moscow.  Steve McClaren's side looked on course to qualify courtesy of Wayne Rooney's spectacular 29th-minute volley.  Steven Gerrard missed a glorious chance before Roman Pavluchenko scored from the spot after 69 minutes following Rooney's foul on Konstanin Zurianov.  He struck again from close range four minutes later - now Russia will qualify if they beat Israel and Andorra.

It capped a dramatic turnaround on the Luznikhi Stadium's artificial pitch after England had looked in no trouble until Russia coach Guus Hiddink introduced Pavluchenko in the second half.  Now England's fate is no longer in their own hands, and McClaren will be looking to Israel to get a result against Russia on 17 November to at least keep their hopes alive until the clash with Croatia at Wembley four days later.

England as expected, were without captain John Terry after he suffered a recurrence of his knee injury in training and Sol Campbell came in as replacement.

McClaren will have been perturbed to see the synthetic surface being heavily watered before kick-off, a move clearly designed to make conditions more favourable for Hiddink's side.  Russia had plenty of possession in the early exchanges but England's revamped defence, with Everton's Joleon Lescott in for injured Ashley Cole, protected keeper Paul Robinson.

England suffered an anxious moment after 11 minutes when Aleksandr Kerzhakov tumbled under a challenge from Joe Cole but Spanish referee Luis Medina Cantalejo rightly ignored their penalty claims.  Robinson was called into action when he turned a low drive from Zurianov on to an upright in the 25th minute - and four minutes later England were ahead.

Michael Owen met Micah Richards' punt forward with a prodigious leap, and Rooney was lurking to chest down and lash a brilliant volley high past Russia keeper Vladimir Gabulov.  England survived in comfort until half-time, and should have doubled their advantage four minutes after the interval.  Gareth Barry's free-kick found captain Gerrard totally unmarked at the far post, but he steered a tame finish wide with the goal at his mercy.  And Richards just failed to apply the finishing touch to a Rooney flick as England tried to seal the three points.

Russia took advantage of England's generosity in front of goal to turn the game on its head in the space of four minutes.  Rooney was the villain after 69 minutes, hauling down Zurianov to concede a penalty, even though the initial offence took place outside the area.  Substitute Pavluchenko slammed home the penalty and struck again after 73 minutes, pouncing to score from close range after Robinson parried Alexei Berezutsky's shot. 

The dramatic turn in fortunes forced McClaren into a triple substitution, sending on Peter Crouch, Frank Lampard and Stewart Downing for Lescott, Cole and Shaun Wright-Phillips.  But it was Russia who almost added a third when a rebound off Rio Ferdinand bounced inches wide with Robinson beaten.  England threw everything forward in the closing stages, but Russia held out.

Source Notes

Sources

BBC Sport
TheFA.com
UEFA.com

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