RF nat`l soccer team leads in Group B of 2012 qualifier.

SKOPJE, October 13 (Itar-Tass) - The Russian national soccer team has
outperformed Macedonia,1-0 (1-0) in a match played at the Philip the
Second national stadium of the Macedonian capital on Tuesday within the
framework of the fourth round of the qualifying tournament for the 2012
European soccer championship.
The only goal was scored in the 8th minute. Alexander Anyukov, back
player of the RF national team and of St Petersburg Zenit, made an
accurate pass from the right wing to Alexander Kerzhakov who slammed the
ball into the bottom corner of the goal cage tended by Edin Nuredinoski.
After the four rounds of the qualifying tournament for the 2012
European soccer championship, Russia has gained nine points and leads in
Group B.
The results of the matches played in the fourth round of qualifier on
Tuesday and the standings of teams are as follows (please, tabulate under
six headings -- points, played, won, drawn, lost, goal average):

Group B
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Armenia versus Andorra, 4-0
Macedonia vs. Russia, 0-1
Slovakia vs. Ireland, 1-1

1. Russia 9 4 3 0 1 6-3
2. Armenia 7 4 2 1 1 9-4
3. Ireland 7 4 2 1 1 7-5
4. Slovakia 7 4 2 1 1 4-4
5. Macedonia 4 3 1 1 2 4-4
6. Andorra 0 4 0 0 4 1-11

Matches of the fifth round are to be played on March 26, 2011: Armenia
vs. Russia, Andorra vs. Slovakia, and Ireland vs. Macedonia.