| 8th September 2007, 17.00 CET | |||
 RUSSIA 3:0 MACEDONIA  |
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| HT 1:0 | |||
| Goals: 6′ Vasili Berezutski, 83′ Andrei Arshavin, 86′ Aleksandr Kerzhakov | |||
| Stadium: Lokomotiv in Moscow |
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| Attendance: 26.000 | |||
| RUS | MKD | ||
| 2. | Vasili Vladimirovich Berezutski | 1. | Petar Miloshevski (GK) |
| 5. | Sergei Nikolaevich Ignashevich | 3. | Goran Popov |
| 10. | Andrei Sergeyevich Arshavin (C) | 4. | Goce Sedloski (C) |
| 15. | Diniyar Rinatovich Bilyaletdinov | 5. | Igor Mitreski  82′ |
| 17. | Konstantin Georgiyevich Zyryanov | 6. | Aleksandar Mitreski  46′ |
| 19. | Roman Anatolevich Pavlyuchenko 66′ |
8. | Veliche Shumulikoski |
| 20. | Igor Petrovich Semshov | 10. | Darko Tasevski |
| 23. | Vladimir Vitalyevich Bystrov 89′ |
14. | Vlade Lazarevski |
| 26. | Dmitri Yevgenyevich Sychëv 70′ |
15. | Aleksandar Vasoski 88′ |
| 27. | Aleksei Vladimirovich Berezutski | 19. | Goran Pandev 46′ |
| 30. | Vladimir Borisovich Gabulov (GK)  70′ |
20. | Aco Stojkov 46′ |
| Substitutes: | |||
| 7. | Dmitri Evgenyevich Torbinski | 2. | Nikolche Noveski |
| 11. | Aleksandr Anatolyevich Kerzhakov  66′ |
7. | Vlatko Grozdanoski |
| 13. | Pavel Viktorovich Pogrebnyak | 9. | Goran Maznov 46′ |
| 16. | Vyacheslav Aleksandrovich Malafeev (GK) 70′ |
12. | Jordan Georgievski (GK) |
| 18. | Yuri Valentinovich Zhirkov | 13. | Artim Polozhani |
| 22. | Aleksandr Gennadyevich Anyukov 89′ |
17. | Vancho Trajanov 46′ |
| 25. | Denis Alekseyevich Kolodin | 18. | Goce Toleski 88′ |
| Coaches: | |||
Guus Hiddink  |
Srečko Katanec  |
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| Officials: | |||
Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø  |
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| Assistants: Erik Ræstad, Geir Åge Holen |
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| Fourth official: Brage Sandmoen |
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NOTE: Igor Mitreski missed a penalty kick in the 72nd minute as keeper Vyacheslav Malafeev saved it.
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