| 12th October 2010, 20.30 CET | |||
 MACEDONIA 0:1 RUSSIA  |
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| HT 0:1 | |||
| Goals: 8′ Aleksandr Kerzhakov | |||
| Stadium: National Arena Philip II of Macedon in Skopje |
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| Attendance: 16.000 | |||
| MKD | RUS | ||
| 1. | Edin Nuredinoski (GK) | 1. | Igor Vladimirovich Akinfeev (GK) |
| 2. | Vanche Shikov  36′ |
2. | Aleksandr Gennadyevich Anyukov 57′ |
| 4. | Nikolche Noveski 22′ |
3. | Vasili Vladimirovich Berezutski |
| 5. | Igor Mitreski | 4. | Sergei Nikolaievich Ignashevich 72′ |
| 7. | Ivan Trichkovski | 5. | Yuri Valentinovich Zhirkov |
| 8. | Veliche Shumulikoski (C) | 6. | Roman Nikolayevich Shirokov |
| 10. | Mario Gjurovski  79′ |
7. | Igor Vladimirovich Denisov |
| 11. | Ilcho Naumoski | 8. | Konstantin Georgiyevich Zyryanov 50′ |
| 13. | Filip Despotovski 78′ |
9. | Aleksandr Anatolyevich Kerzhakov 79′ |
| 18. | Aleksandar Lazevski | 10. | Andrei Sergeyevich Arshavin (C) 81′ |
| 19. | Agim Ibraimi 49′ |
11. | Alan Yelizbarovich Dzagoev 61′ |
| Substitutes: | |||
| 6. | Slavcho Georgievski  78′ |
12. | Vladimir Borisovich Gabulov (GK) |
| 9. | Stevica Ristikj 49′ |
14. | Aleksei Vladimirovich Berezutski 61′ |
| 12. | Martin Bogatinov (GK) | 15. | Igor Petrovich Semshov |
| 14. | Vlade Lazarevski | 16. | Pavel Viktorovich Pogrebnyak 79′ |
| 15. | Boban Grncharov | 17. | Vladimir Vitalyevich Bystrov 81′ |
| 16. | Armend Alimi 79′ |
18. | Diniyar Rinatovich Bilyaletdinov |
| 17. | Aleksandar Todorovski | 19. | Aleksandr Yevgenyevich Bukharov |
| Coaches: | |||
| Mirsad Jonuz |
Dirk “Dick” Nicolaas Advocaat  |
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| Officials: | |||
Referee: Stefan Johannesson  |
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| Assistants: Stefan Wittberg, Joakim Flink |
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| Fourth official: Michael Lerjeus |
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