Live - World Cup qualifiers

WEDNESDAY'S WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS
Russia 1-0 Wales 1600 BST
Montenegro v Republic of Ireland 1800 BST
Iceland v Scotland 1930 BST
Northern Ireland v Czech Republic 1945 BST
Croatia v England 2000 BST

1725: Wales fall asleep momentarily, giving Aleksandr Anyukov all the time in the world to weigh up his cross from the right. Chris Gunter's slip lets in Andriy Arshavin but he heads wide.

1722: Time for Wales to shake things up. Manchester City striker Ched Evans replaces 18-year-old Sam Vokes.

1722: "Wales are playing well considering how injury hit we are. If only the penalty had gone in."

1720: Russia make their first change as Ivan Saenko replaces Dmitry Torbinskiy.

1719: Chance for Wales. David Edwards heads wide from an inswinging cross from the right. Russia definitely not looking as dangerous as they were in the first half.

1718: Good start to this half from Wales, and that prompts Russia coach Guus Hiddink to send his subs to warm up.

1715: "1-0 England, Terry header. Then Walcott gets lost in a black hole before Rooney finds Higgs Boson and invites it for tea."
Dan, at work, via text on 81111

1709: Russia striker Roman Pavlyuchenko turns and shoots in a flash, his effort deflected narrowly wide by Craig Morgan's head. A beautifully-judged defensive header, or just plain lucky? You decide...

1708: I have some choice gossip from Zagreb, live and direct from BBC Radio 1's David Garrido. The whispers say Fabio Capello is toying with a 4-3-2-1 formation with Theo Walcott and Joe Cole playing in behind Wayne Rooney. Hmmm.

1706: The rain continues to fall in Moscow as the second half kicks off.

1705: "Re 1659: I'm an England fan, I am scarederer, ashamed, sad, annoyed, despondent, frustrated, negative, desperate and nervous."

1701: Azerbaijan v Liechtenstein, in Wales' group, has just kicked off, as has Kazakhstan v Ukraine, in England's group. So there.

1659: "I am a Scotland fan... I am scared..."1654: "I would rather see the world end than Wales miss another penalty, has Gareth Southgate joined Wales as penalty coach?"1653: "Well that's the end to a pretty good first half. Russia have really dominated at times but this inexperienced Welsh team are actually putting up a fight. Should be a good second half."
eirebilly on 606

1651: "Am I the only person in England who thinks we can actually win tonight? Am I optimistic or just stupid to think we can cause a major upset?"
Lee, Stockport, via text on 81111
Optimism of the highest order I would say.

1649: HALF-TIME Russia 1-0 Wales

1648: A minute of added time remaining in the first half.

1646: What a chance. Joe Ledley is at the far post for the right-wing cross but he screws his effort across goal. Oh, the ref spots a bit of pushing by Sam Vokes so it wouldn't have counted. As you were.

1645: "Gareth Bale has lost his bounce since his penalty miss, he looks a bit sluggish and this is now a test of character for the young lad."
BBC pundit and former Wales captain Kevin Ratcliffe

1643: It's gone off the boil a bit in Moscow. I do love this crowd though. They are relentless.

1641: "Don't worry Caroline, those doomsayers are claiming it will take at least four years for the LHC to attain the energies necessary to create a mini black hole that will swallow up the Earth. Many more England defeats at the hands of Croatia to witness before then."
Adrien via text on 81111

1637: The rain is coming down pretty hard in Moscow, making Russia's slick passing game even harder to deal with. Wales force a corner, though, which is cleared at the first attempt.

1634: Pantomime boos from this super-enthusiastic crowd as Joe Ledley 'accidentally' collides with the Russia keeper as he runs back. The ref keeps his card in his pocket.

1632: "Russia to win 4-3 on penalties."
Anon via text on 81111

1625: GOAL Russia 1-0 Wales
Carl Robinson rushes to close down Konstantin Zyrianov in the box and only succeeds in tripping him. Another penalty and Roman Pavlyuchenko shows Spurs team-mate Gareth Bale how it's done, placing his effort into the top of the net.

1624: PENALTY TO RUSSIA

1621: That is a nightmare for Wales, missing a penalty for the second straight game. They've been on the back foot for all of the opening 19 minutes and that was pretty much their first attack of the game.

1619: MISSED PENALTY
Oh my word. Gareth Bale darts into the box and is clattered by Sergei Semak - easy decision for the ref. Bale steps up to take in but Russia keeper Igor Akinfeev throws himself to his right to push the effort around the post.

1619: PENALTY TO WALES

1616: A huge scare for Wales as the ball comes to Roman Pavlyuchenko on the penalty spot but Wayne Hennessey pulls off a magnificent stop from the Spurs striker's volley.

1614: Andriy Ashavin slips the ball inside for Roman Pavlyuchenko but his shot takes a big deflection off Ashley Williams and spins wide.

1610: Wales right-back Chris Gunter is going to have his work cut out tonight. Most of Russia's attacking has come down that side so far.

1608: A deafening roar from the home fans as Yuri Zhirkov gets the ball in a promising position on the left but his cross is comfortably collected by Wayne Hennessey.

1607: According to BBC Scotland's Chick Young, George Burley will go for a 4-3-3 against Iceland, with Kris Commons, James McFadden and Shaun Maloney in attack.

1605: "After our fantastic run in the Euro qualifying gave us Scots our pride back, I can see dark times ahead. George Burley is not good enough to manage a national team, and his inclusion of players like Kris Commons is a joke!"
Chris from Glasgow, via text on 81111

1603: Off we go then. Wales, in their yellow and green away strip, are up against nine of the 11 players who started Russia's Euro 2008 semi-final against Spain.

1558: "Arshavin is a lovely player and is the man that makes things happen for Russia so I think one of the defensive midfielders will be asked to do a job on him."
BBC pundit and former Wales captain Kevin Ratcliffe

1556: Here come the teams at the Lokomotiv Stadium, Wales led out by skipper Simon Davies.

1552: SCOTLAND TEAM TO FACE ICELAND
Gordon, Broadfoot, Caldwell, McManus, Naysmith, Robson, Fletcher, Brown, Commons, Maloney, McFadden

1547: "It's the best John Toshack could have hoped for, given the injury situation, and the Wales boss has picked a very defensive midfield."
BBC pundit and former Wales captain Kevin Ratcliffe

1546: Blimey, there are some clever people on 606 today. How would they deal with Wales' injury crisis I wonder? John Toshack has made two changes with Sam Vokes - who scored the winner against Azerbaijan - replacing Rob Earnshaw and Carl Robinson coming in for the injured Jason Koumas.

1545: "The people in Switzerland have built a 15km circular tube. They are going to fire some protons (tiny things which are parts of atoms) in both directions so that they hit each other at a speed just under the speed of light (really fast). When the protons collide they will break up into even tinier pieces and the science bods will look to see if they can find something called the "Higgs Boson", which is believed to be really important in the start of the Universe, but no-one has ever proved that it actually exists. And yes, complex as it was, that's as simple as I can get it! Hope it helps. By the way, all 4 home nations to lose is my prediction! Sorry."

1541: "Re 1531: Tiny things make big smashy."
Jon via text on 81111

1540: TEAMS Russia v Wales
Russia: Akinfeev, Aniukov, Kolodin, Ignashevich, Zhirkov, Zyryanov, Torbinsky, Semshov, Semak, Arshavin, Pavlyuchenko. Subs: Malafeev, Vasili Berezutsky, Alexei Berezutsky, Saenko, Yanbaev, Pogrebniak, Bystrov.
Wales: Hennessey, Gunter, Morgan, Ashley Williams, Bale, Davies, Fletcher, Robinson, Edwards, Ledley, Vokes. Subs: Myhill, Steve Evans, Ched Evans, Stock, Ricketts, Cotterill, Earnshaw.

1538: "That's good news... only just realised that there is football on for the day and night. It's just turned boring Wednesday on its head."

1534: "Please please please can I be first on your blog! England to draw, Wales and NI to lose, Scots draw. Put money on it."
Frazer via text on 81111
As long as you stop calling it a blog, yes.

1531: And when I say what's all this about the world ending, I do actually want an answer. If anyone can explain the goings-on in Switzerland in very, very simple terms, preferably using words of one syllable, I'd be super grateful. And while you're at it, why not give me your thoughts about today's games via text on 81111 or on 606. Nice.

1526: WALES TEAM TO FACE RUSSIA
Hennessey, Gunter, Bale, Fletcher, Morgan, Williams, Davies, Robinson, Vokes, Edwards, Ledley. Subs: Myhill, S Evans, C Evans, Stock, Ricketts, Cotterill, Earnshaw

1520: What's all this about the world ending? Not before injury-hit Wales take on the might of Euro 2008 semi-finalists Russia in Moscow, surely?