Germany v Russia, 19 August 1997
| Score | 4-2 to Russia |
| Referee | Pascal Garibian |
| Competition | U21 |
| Venue | Idar-Oberstein |
| Attendance | 5,500 |
View Germany v Russia head to head
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Germany
Goals:
| Uwe Ehlers | 23 |
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| Markus Schroth | 77 |
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Starting lineup:
Goalkeeper
Christian Fiedler
Defender
Frank Baumann
Defender
Thomas Cichon
Defender
Mustafa Dogan
Midfielder
Michael Ballack
Midfielder
Michael Bochtler
Midfielder
Andreas Neuendorf
Forward
Markus Schroth
Substitutions:
| Simon Jentzsch for Christian Fiedler | 46 |
| Frank Wiblishauser for Ronni Ernst | 46 |
| Marco Reich for Uwe Ehlers | 65 |
| Jens Rasiejewski for Michael Ballack | 71 |
| Markus Wedau for Thomas Cichon | 75 |
| Markus Reiter for Kai Michalke | 84 |
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Russia
Goals:
| Alexei Bakharev | 27 |
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| Tschirko | 70 |
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| Andrei Solomatin | penalty | 86 |
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| Serguei Loutovinov | 90 |
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Starting lineup:
Vadim Evseev
Defender
Andrei Solomatin
Defender
Alexei Bakharev
Midfielder
Aleksandr Berketov
Midfielder
Konstantin Golovskoi
Midfielder
Andrei Krivov
Midfielder
Yegor Titov
Midfielder
Substitutions:
| Tschirko for Andrei Demtchenko | 25 |
| Mikhail Ossinov for Konstantin Golovskoi | 65 |
| Gueorgui Botsiev for Yegor Titov | 75 |
| Serguei Loutovinov for Alexei Bakharev | 89 |