European Championship Qualifying - Wednesday, 12 September 2007
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England v Russia - Ch 24 - 3:00am - (Live) - (Thur Morning)
England Goalkeepers: Paul Robinson (Tottenham), David James (Portsmouth), Scott Carson (Aston Villa).
Defenders: Micah Richards (Man City), Wes Brown (Man Utd), Rio Ferdinand (Man Utd), John Terry (Chelsea), Ashley Cole (Chelsea), Phil Neville (Everton), Nicky Shorey (Reading).
Midfielders: David Bentley (Blackburn), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Frank Lampard (Chelsea), Joe Cole (Chelsea), Shaun Wright-Phillips (Chelsea), Michael Carrick (Man Utd), Gareth Barry (Aston Villa) Stewart Downing (Middlesbrough), Owen Hargreaves (Man Utd).
Forwards: Ashley Young (Aston Villa), Alan Smith (Newcastle), Michael Owen (Newcastle), Peter Crouch (Liverpool), Andrew Johnson (Everton), Jermain Defoe (Tottenham), Heskey (Wigan).
Russia: Viacheslav Malafeev, Alexei Berezutsky, Vasili Berezutsky, Sergei Ignashevich, Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, Vladimir Bystrov, Igor Semshov, Konstatin Zurianov, Andrei Arshavin, Roman Pavluchenko, Dmitri Sychev, Aleksandr Aniukov, Denis Kolodin, Dmitri Torbinsky, Yuri Zhirkov, Alexander Kerzhakov, Pavel Pogrebniak.
European Championship Qualifying : Group E Table
1 Croatia P 8 GD 14 PTS 20
2 Russia P 8 GD 13 PTS 18
3 England P 8 GD 13 PTS 17
4 Israel P 9 GD 7 PTS 17 Wednesday, 12 September 2007
Other European Championship Qualifying MatchesAlbania v Holland
Andorra v Croatia
Bosnia-Herzegovina v Moldova
Bulgaria v Luxembourg
Cyprus v San Marino
Czech Republic v Rep of Ireland
Denmark v Liechtenstein
England v Russia
FYR Macedonia v Estonia
Finland v Poland
France v Scotland
Iceland v Northern Ireland
Kazakhstan v Belgium
Lithuania v Faroe Islands
Norway v Greece
Portugal v Serbia
Slovakia v Wales
Slovenia v Belarus
Spain v Latvia
Turkey v Hungary
Ukraine v Italy
Hiddink had been linked with England before McClaren took overMOSCOW, Sept 9 (Reuters) - With England missing several leading players through injury, Russian media have urged coach Guus Hiddink to play an attacking game when the two sides meet in a Euro 2008 Group E qualifier on Wednesday. Russia showed plenty of attacking flair in Saturday's 3-0 home win over Macedonia that put them second in the group, a point above England and two behind leaders Croatia.
"For the most part I'm very pleased with our attacking play against Macedonia," Hiddink told Reuters. "Since day one, I've been trying to make our team play attacking, aggressive football and so far, I think, we have done that. That's our style now.
"Of course, it's a totally different proposition, playing England at Wembley," the Dutchman said. "But we're not going there just to defend. If we sit back for 90 minutes, sooner or later they'll punish us," he added. "We'll have to attack but we will have to defend as well. I see it as a high tempo game with both sides looking to score."