Friday October 10, 2008 Finished
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Wales U21
- Church 13’, 44’
England U21
- Wheater 18’
- Johnson 35’
- Agbonlahor 61’
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Agbonlahor magic gives England win
A delightful back-heel from Gabriel Agbonlahor gave England Under-21's a 3-2 European Championship play-off, first-leg win at Wales. More
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Live Commentary
Time:90'- Wales U21
- England U21
90+4 The ref shows no sign of blowing up, oh there you go he does, England win 3-2 on the night to take a good lead to Villa Park for the second leg of this Euro 2009 qualifier on Tuesday. Thanks for joining us for a quite entertaining game in Cardiff!- 90+3 Wales scream for handball when Cattermole intercepts a Brown cross, but that looked like is chest and it was.
- 90+1 Three minutes of time added on to be played.
- 89' Wales are pumping the ball long now with England pretty much in control.
85' Collison gets the ball at some distance, he has some space and has a crack and it loops over Mancienne and Hart and flies just over! Trying to out-do his West Ham colleague Noble in the long-range shooting stakes.- 82' Superb ball from Milner through the middle and NOBLE WITH A TOUCH AND SHOT ON THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT SAVED IN STYLE BY WILLIAMS!
- 81' Milner is challenged and could go down but he keeps running and smacks in a great shot which Williams parries and cleared by Wales! Still with England though, a good cross by Milner AND CAMPBELL FLIES IN BUT HE CAN'T GET THERE and it trickles to O'Hara on the left but his cross is poor, goal kick.
- 79' Sub Brown has plenty of pace, beating Johnson but he can't get past O'Hara's slide tackle and England clear.
- 78' Almost a great piece of play by England with Johnson and Noble combining with some one-touch passing, but Campbell isn't alive to it and Nyatanga clears.
76' CARDIFF SUB: Brown on for MacDonald.- 75' ENGLAND SUB: Agbonlahor comes off for Frazier Campbell.
- 69' Good play from Wales, who have woken up and with some crisp passing across the England area win a corner. England clear though.
- 67' Good low near-post delivery from Milner but it bounces in front of Williams and into his arms.
- 66' Bad tackle by Eardley on Johnson after the England man skinned him on the left, no card though.
- 64' Ramsey cuts inside from the right and he shapes to shoot with his left but then dinks it with the outside of his right but wide! Easily Wales's most accomplished player.
- 63' MacDonald again on the ball, he tries a low drive and parried but Hart can't hold onto it and Church is in but Hart grabs the ball.
61' Huddlestone with a superb piece of skill to win the ball off Wiggins, trapping it in mid-air and sliding it wide to Milner on the overlap who drills in a low cross AND AN OUTRAGEOUS BACKHELL FROM AGBONLAHOR FOR 3-2! What class from the Villa man. England move ahead.- 59' A decent, near-post delivery by O'Hara but headed clear. Wales make a sub, Adams comes off for Joe Allen.
- 58' Good spell of pressure from England, who are starting to stretch Wales now. Johnson with a great cross that Wiggings puts behind for a corner that O'Hara will take.
- 56' Some colourful songs are being sung about the referee, and they're not in Welsh. I hazard that the current global economic crisis has made the accusation that one works in the financial services industry, banking specifically, a viable insult.
- 54' A roar of appreciation from the Wales fans after Blake turns Agbonlahor with ease.
- 53' Agbonlahor on the right, zips past his man but the cross is poor, high and out.
- 52' Obvious foul on Johnson but Adams cries out himself, lord knows what for. England decide to play keep-ball for a bit.
- 50' Milner takes a clattering by the corner flag but the ball was already out.
- 49' O'Hara surges forward but England can't support him adequetely and Wales clear.
- 48' Cattermole is tackled in the middle of the park and out of frustration fouls his man. Free-kick to Wales.
46' Second half underway!- 45' Half-time, 2-2 between Wales and England, a cracker so far!
- 44' Throw in to Wales on the right, the ball is played past Cattermole who just stands there as Ramsey turns and slides a cute ball in for Church, his first touch takes him inside Taylor WHO SLIPS AND LETS CHURCH IN AND HE RIFLES IT INTO THE BOTTOM RIGHT FOR 2-2! Wales had never scored against England Under-21's before and now they have two! Terrible defending again though, with Taylor again partly at fault.
- 43' A through ball from the right almost sends Church through but Hart rushes out to hoof clear.
- 42' England are pretty much in control now, after that shaky start.
- 39' MacDonald is Wales's main threat but his next run and shot does not trouble Joe Hart.
- 37' Wales decide that they're getting over-run and put some pressure on England, first Collison and then MacDonald try to shoot but they can't get shots away.
- 35' Wales coming forward but they give the ball in midfield and Cattermole plays it inside to Noble who drills a defence-splitting through ball to Johnson coming in on the left, he controls, cuts behind Eardley and drills a low shot into the bottom right! England come from behind to lead 2-1 thanks to the Middlesbrough man!
- 32' Corner to England on the right and there's a header near post from Wheater and it's blocked for Johnson to fly in with a low drive but that's blocked too and Wales hack it clear! Desperate defending by the hosts.
- 31' Seemingly impossible play from Milner to force his way out of a cul-de-sac of three defenders and he works space to shoot but fires straight at Williams!
- 29' The ball drops to Agbonlahor in the box and he tries a shot but it's going well wide and hits a defender anyway. His one fault is being very one-footed, he should have placed that with his left but instead thrashed at it with his right.
- 28' England come forward, Johnson on the left, he looks inside to Agbonlahor WHO TRIES A SHOT FROM DISTANCE AND IT SEARS PAST WILLIAMS, OFF THE BAR AND BOUNCES ON THE LINE! What a shot! Deserved a goal.
- 27' O'Hara stands over the ball and puts it high to the near post but Wales clear under pressure. A bit of head tennis and a few up-and-under clearances are exchanged between the sides.
- 26' Milner goes down after stepping over a long pass that flies out and he wins a free-kick. He had no chance of getting that too.
- 24' Good play by Ramsey to move into space and work the ball to King in the middle and King has a shot but parried by Hart!
- 20' Long ball in for Agbonlahor but it bounces away from him and back to Williams.
- 18' Corner on the right to England then, swung to the far post where Wheater rises unchallenged to head the ball towards goal and oh dear it's gone in! The Wales defenders on the line looked at each other and left the ball and it bounced into the back of the net! It was a weak effort albeit on target, terrible defending and England are undeservedly level.
- 17' Noble on the ball, great touch and ball into Agbonlahor who drills in a low shot that is deflected but blocked by Williams and he drills in the rebound but behind for a corner!
- 13' Through ball looking for Church, great sliding tackle from Macnienne though but it rebounds off Taylor and into Church AND SIMON CHURCH IS CLEAN THROUGH AND HE DRILLS IT LOW PAST HART INTO THE BOTTOM RIGHT FOR WALES'S FIRST INTERNATIONAL GOAL AGAINST ENGLAND AT UNDER-21 LEVEL!
- 12' A poor goal-kick from Hart, Wales come right back at England, McDonald again on the left, he cuts inside, beats one man, and another and he shoots from the edge of the area but this one spoons well over.
- 11' Great touch by McDonald who cuts inside and has a shot but just wide!
- 9' Neat one-touch play by Wales in the middle of the park and Huddlestone is forced into a foul.
- 7' Good play by Wales on the right, Williams and Collison involved but Mancienne defends well and puts it out for a corner, which is disappointing.
- 6' Free-kick to England on the right which O'Hara swings in and attacked by Huddlestone but Wales get it clear and counter themselves.
- 4' Wales threaten on the counter, Church goes down on the edge of the box but nothing given and England clear comfortably.
- 3' Good delivery onto the penalty spot but big David Wheater is climbing all over the Welsh defenders and it's a free-kick.
- 2' Ball over the top sets Agbonlahor through and he almost gets clean in but Nyatanga sticks a long leg out and hooks it away for a corner!
1' Match underway!
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Summary
- 85' Collison gets the ball at some distance, he has some space and has a crack and it loops over Mancienne and Hart and flies just over! Trying to out-do his West Ham colleague Noble in the long-range shooting stakes.
- 82' Superb ball from Milner through the middle and NOBLE WITH A TOUCH AND SHOT ON THE EDGE OF THE BOX BUT SAVED IN STYLE BY WILLIAMS!
- 81' Milner is challenged and could go down but he keeps running and smacks in a great shot which Williams parries and cleared by Wales! Still with England though, a good cross by Milner AND CAMPBELL FLIES IN BUT HE CAN'T GET THERE and it trickles to O'Hara on the left but his cross is poor, goal kick.
- 64' Ramsey cuts inside from the right and he shapes to shoot with his left but then dinks it with the outside of his right but wide! Easily Wales's most accomplished player.
- 63' MacDonald again on the ball, he tries a low drive and parried but Hart can't hold onto it and Church is in but Hart grabs the ball.
- 61' Huddlestone with a superb piece of skill to win the ball off Wiggins, trapping it in mid-air and sliding it wide to Milner on the overlap who drills in a low cross AND AN OUTRAGEOUS BACKHELL FROM AGBONLAHOR FOR 3-2! What class from the Villa man. England move ahead.
- 44' Throw in to Wales on the right, the ball is played past Cattermole who just stands there as Ramsey turns and slides a cute ball in for Church, his first touch takes him inside Taylor WHO SLIPS AND LETS CHURCH IN AND HE RIFLES IT INTO THE BOTTOM RIGHT FOR 2-2! Wales had never scored against England Under-21's before and now they have two! Terrible defending again though, with Taylor again partly at fault.
- 35' Wales coming forward but they give the ball in midfield and Cattermole plays it inside to Noble who drills a defence-splitting through ball to Johnson coming in on the left, he controls, cuts behind Eardley and drills a low shot into the bottom right! England come from behind to lead 2-1 thanks to the Middlesbrough man!
- 32' Corner to England on the right and there's a header near post from Wheater and it's blocked for Johnson to fly in with a low drive but that's blocked too and Wales hack it clear! Desperate defending by the hosts.
- 28' England come forward, Johnson on the left, he looks inside to Agbonlahor WHO TRIES A SHOT FROM DISTANCE AND IT SEARS PAST WILLIAMS, OFF THE BAR AND BOUNCES ON THE LINE! What a shot! Deserved a goal.
- 24' Good play by Ramsey to move into space and work the ball to King in the middle and King has a shot but parried by Hart!
- 18' Corner on the right to England then, swung to the far post where Wheater rises unchallenged to head the ball towards goal and oh dear it's gone in! The Wales defenders on the line looked at each other and left the ball and it bounced into the back of the net! It was a weak effort albeit on target, terrible defending and England are undeservedly level.
- 17' Noble on the ball, great touch and ball into Agbonlahor who drills in a low shot that is deflected but blocked by Williams and he drills in the rebound but behind for a corner!
- 13' Through ball looking for Church, great sliding tackle from Macnienne though but it rebounds off Taylor and into Church AND SIMON CHURCH IS CLEAN THROUGH AND HE DRILLS IT LOW PAST HART INTO THE BOTTOM RIGHT FOR WALES'S FIRST INTERNATIONAL GOAL AGAINST ENGLAND AT UNDER-21 LEVEL!
- 11' Great touch by McDonald who cuts inside and has a shot but just wide!
- 2' Ball over the top sets Agbonlahor through and he almost gets clean in but Nyatanga sticks a long leg out and hooks it away for a corner!
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Live Team Line-Up
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Wales U21
Manager: Brian Flynn
Starting line-up
- O. Williams
- D. Blake
- L. Nyatanga
- N. Eardley
- .. wiggins
- S. MacDonald
- N. Adams
- J. Collison
- A. King
- A. Ramsey
- S. Church
×2
Subs
- R. Taylor
- J. Jacobson
- M. Williams
- J. Allen
59′ - L. James
- J. Brown 76′
- M. Williams
Injured
None
Suspended
None
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England U21
Manager: Stuart Pearce
Starting line-up
- J. Hart
- M. Mancienne
- S. Taylor
- D. Wheater
- J. O'Hara
- J. Milner
- L. Cattermole
- T. Huddlestone
- A. Johnson
- M. Noble
- G. Agbonlahor
Subs
- T. Heaton
- S. Ebanks-Blake
- M. Derbyshire
- R. Stearman
- F. Campbell 75′
- J. Cork
- R. Bertrand
Injured
None
Suspended
None
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