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England vs San Marino: Three Lions won with youths of course Wayne Rooney lead them
There was never any real danger of England succumbing to a bolt from the blue from San Marino but the floodgates remained relatively ajar until late in the second half for Roy Hodgson’s side.
As a nation whose population made up little over a third of this near sell-out crowd at Wembley, a repeat of the Three Lions’ 1993 rout in Bologna was anticipated, given the amateurish status of the visitors and, eventually, it transpired.
It was a comfortable win which bordered on reclining, the ideal preparation for Tuesday’s trip to Poland as Aldo Simoncini was regularly tested, first when Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain’s long-range shot took a deflection before being tipped over the crossbar.
A collision between Theo Walcott and an advancing goalkeeper left the Arsenal winger concussed. Thankfully he recovered before being withdrawn in favour of Aaron Lennon.
His admirable attempt to scale the perimeter of the Wembley pitch was cut short by the excruciating pain suffered from the collision and had to complete the lap on a stretcher.
Tom Cleverley’s hooked cross to the far post found Wayne Rooney for a perfect opportunity to open the scoring but glanced his header wide as England’s momentum gathered pace.
Michael Carrick unleashed a stinging effort which rattled the crossbar before Danny Welbeck’s follow-up was thwarted by Simoncini. A minute later, however, the Manchester United striker would win a penalty for his team mate and captain after being felled by the goalkeeper.
Rooney’s ensuing spot kick was too pacy for the stopper; a captain’s example, as he drew level with three of the country’s finest marksmen in Nat Lofthouse, Tom Finney and Alan Shearer.
Every England move pointed to a rout and Lennon continued the trend as he exploited the right-hand channel before cutting back to Welbeck for a classy finish to finally open his account for the evening.
A Leighton Baines corner saw Gary Cahill glance an effort wide before the Everton defender’s free kick whistled past Simoncini’s left-hand post.
History was recorded by the stand-in skipper as he became England’s fifth-highest scorer with a goal befitting of the accolade as he swept the ball home from a Lennon tip. Two minutes later Welbeck recorded his brace, meeting Cleverley’s cross.
Baines’s ball into the area was helped on by Welbeck for Oxlade-Chamberlain to unleash a looping close-range effort to meet expectations of a once restless home crowd.
Playing Baddiel and Skinner’s ‘Three Lions’, a timeless reminder of England’s most recent high back in 1996, may have seemed punch-drunk from the Wembley PA, restoring their lead at the summit of Group H to a three-point bridge excused it somewhat.
ENGLAND (4-4-2): Hart; Walker, Cahill, Jagielka, Baines; Carrick (Shelvey 67), Cleverley; Walcott (Lennon 10), Oxlade-Chamberlain; Rooney (Carroll 73), Welbeck
Subs not used: Ruddy, Forster, Cole, Lescott, Shawcross, Milner, A Johnson, Defoe
Goals: Rooney (PEN 35, 70), Welbeck (37, 72), Oxlade-Chamberlain (77)
SAN MARINO (4-5-1): A Simoncini; F Vitaioli (Bacciocchi 85), D Simoncini, Della Valle, Brolli; Gasperoni, Cibelli, Coppini (Buscarini 76), Palazzi, Cervellini; Danilo (Selva 79)
Subs not used: Valentini, Bollini, Marani, Mazza, Vannucci, Vitaioli
Referee: G Mazeika (Lithuania)
Attendance: 84,654
England 5 San Marino 0 Match Video
[media id=672 width=610 height=340]Republic Of Ireland vs Germany: German Panzers Crush to Irish boys in Dublin,historical suffer for Ireland
Giovanni Trapattoni defiantly insisted he would remain in charge of the Republic of Ireland after Germany consigned the Irish to their heaviest-ever defeat on home turf with a 6-1 rout in Dublin.
Trapattoni, booed by a section of the Aviva Stadium crowd as he controlled a ball in the technical area during the second-half while the Germans were leading 5-0, was asked whether he would consider his position during a heated post-match press conference.
But with the Italian visibly angry as he banged his fist on the table, Trapattoni vowed to continue in his £1.5 million-a-year job ahead of a crucial qualifier against the Faroes Islands in Torshavn on Tuesday.
“I don’t think we need a change,” Trapattoni said. “Yes, we were inferior to Germany, but we have showed spirit by fighting to win in Kazakhstan in this group and there will be a response from this defeat.
“I stay because I am proud of my job and the result we have achieved. It is not about money, it is about pride.
“Tonight was a difficult situation, but I have won as a manager in four different countries and I am proud of my record.”
Although the remaining length of Trapattoni’s contract, which runs until Brazil 2014, would make it financially challenging for the Football Association of Ireland to dispense with the 73 year-old’s services, anything but a victory against the Faroes would increase the pressure on the Italian to an unprecedented level.
But despite a bright start against the Germans, Ireland were comprehensively dismantled once Joachim Löw’s team took the lead through the impressive Marco Reus on 32 minutes.
Two minutes earlier, the Borussia Dortmund midfielder had been booked for diving in an attempt to win a penalty, but Germany did not need those dark arts to overcome an Ireland team playing without the vastly-experienced quartet of the retired Shay Given and Damien Duff and injured Robbie Keane and Richard Dunne.
Expecting the Irish to end Germany’s remarkable record of never having lost a World Cup qualifier away from home was one thing, but to do so without their stalwarts of the last decade was bordering on the outlandish and so it proved.
Germany displayed the threat on the counter-attack which has typified their game since the 4-1 demolition of England in Bloemfontein at the last World Cup and they ripped Ireland to shreds with their rapier-like attacking.
Reus opened the scoring when Seamus Coleman’s failure to clear under pressure from Marcel Schmelzer in the penalty area saw the ball drop loose 12 yards from goal, allowing the youngster to guide a right foot strike into the roof of the net.
It was a disastrous goal for Ireland to concede as they now had to chase the game against perhaps the best counter-attacking team in international football.
They were ripe to be picked off and Germany did so in brutal fashion five minutes before half-time when Reus scored again to double their lead.
A breakaway move, sparked by Real Madrid playmaker Mesut Ozil, saw the ball swept out to Jérôme Boateng on the right before the fullback picked out the advancing Reus on the left, who took one touch before beating Keiren Westwood with a searing left-foot strike which arrowed into the far corner.
Ireland continued to falter early in the second-half, Ozil scoring from the penalty spot before Miroslav Klose and Toni Kroos took the score to 5-0 just after the hour mark.
Germany began to ease off and it appeared as though they were content to settle for an already-emphatic victory, but as the game wore on, Ireland tired and Kroos made it 6-0 with a right-foot strike from the edge of the penalty area in the closing stages.
Ireland were now one goal short of the biggest defeat in their history, a 7-0 hammering against Brazil in Uberlandia in 1982, but substitute Andy Keogh reduced the deficit ever so slightly with a diving header two minutes into stoppage time.
It may have cut the losing margin, but it was hardly something for the Irish to take as a consolation.
Republic of Ireland: Westwood, Coleman, O’Shea, O’Dea, Ward, McGeady (Keogh 69), McCarthy, Andrews, Fahey (Long 51), Cox (Brady 83), Walters. Goal: Keogh 90
Germany: Neuer, Boateng, Mertesacker, Badstuber, Schmelzer, Muller, Schweinsteiger, Khedira (Kroos 46), Reus (Podolski 66), Ozil, Klose, (Schurrle 72). Goals: Reus 32, 40; Ozil 55 pen, Klose 58, Kroos 61, 83.
Referee: N Rizzoli (Italy)
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[media id=673 width=610 height=340]Russia vs Portugal: You can win any challenge against Red Army in Moscow
Alexander Kerzhakov scored early as Russia edged out Portugal 1-0 to earn their third consecutive win at the start of their World Cup qualifying campaign under Fabio Capello on Friday.
Kerzhakov struck in the sixth minute after breaking clear on goal following some quick one-touch passing featuring his Zenit St Petersburg team mates Viktor Faizulin and Roman Shirokov.
Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo was a constant threat at the other end, having recovered from a shoulder injury sustained on Sunday while playing for his club Real Madrid, but did not get clear chances.
The Russians top Group F with nine points following comfortable wins over Northern Ireland and Israel last month while Portugal stayed in second place with six points.
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[media id=674 width=610 height=340]Serbia vs Belgium: Careful to Belgium they were Europe’s new rising star
Belgium underlined their reputation as an emerging force on the European stage with a comprehensive 3-0 victory over Serbia in Friday night’s World Cup qualifier in Belgrade.
Christian Benteke opened the scoring for Marc Wilmots’ men in the first half before efforts by Kevin De Bruyne and Kevin Mirallas after the break saw the talented Belgians make it two wins and a draw from their opening three Group A outings.
Defeat for Serbia is their first of the campaign and they remain on four points.
The hosts started well enough with Dusan Tadic’s effort forcing a good save from Thibaut Courtois in the seventh minute.
Belgium threatened in the 17th minute when Benteke unleashed an effort from the right side of the area but Zeljko Brkic parried to safety.
Serbia went close a second time in the 32nd minute when Milan Bisevac volleyed over from Zoran Tosic’s corner, but just two minutes later the visitors had the opener, De Bruyne swinging a cross over from the right that Aston Villa striker Benteke nodded home from six yards.
Benteke flashed another header over the bar in the 64th minute from Mousa Dembele’s centre, but the second goal duly arrived four minutes later, Dembele’s assist this time paying dividends as De Bruyne collected the Tottenham midfielder’s cross before firing home.
Courtois saved twice in the space of a minute from Tadic and Marko Scepovic as Serbia pushed to set up a grandstand finish, but the hosts just could not make the breakthrough and Belgium wrapped up the points in the first minute of stoppage time when Dries Mertens crossed for Mirallas to turn the ball home from six yards.
At Red Star stadium in Belgrade.
Scorers: Christian Benteke 34, Kevin de Bruyne 68, Kevin Mirallas 90+1
Halftime: 0-1
Teams:
Serbia: 23-Zeljko Brkic; 6-Branislav Ivanovic, 4-Milan Bisevac, 5-Matija Nastasic, 11-Aleksandar Kolarov; 7-Zoran Tosic (15-Alen Stevanovic 67), 16-Srdjan Mijailovic, 17-Aleksandar Ignjovski, 10-Dusan Tadic (9-Dejan Lekic 81); 19-Filip Djuricic (18-Marko Scepovic 56), 21-Lazar Markovic.
Belgium: 1-Thibaut Courtois; 2-Toby Alderweireld, 3-Thomas Vermaelen, 4-Vincent Kompany, 5-Jan Vertonghen; 7-Kevin De Bruyne (17-Kevin Mirallas 88), 6-Axel Witsel, 8-Mousa Dembele, 10-Eden Hazard (14-Dries Mertens 56); 9-Christian Benteke, 11-Nacer Chadli.
Referee: Pavel Kralovec (Czech Republic) (Compiled by Zoran Milosavljevic)
Serbia 0 Belgium 3 Match Video:
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