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  1. World Cup qual. - Rooney leads England to victory

    World Cup qual. - Rooney leads England to victory

    Wayne Rooney scored a brace as England made it four wins out of four in World Cup qualifying Group 6 with a 3-1 victory in Belarus. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Belarus
    • England
    • 90+4' FULL-TIME! England made it four wins out of four in World Cup qualifying Group 6 with a 3-1 victory in Belarus.
    • 90+2' Beckham's cross is nodded behind for a corner.
    • 90' Vyacheslav Hleb replaces Ihar Stasevich.
    • 89' Upson's header is caught by Zhevnov.
    • 88' Mascot David Beckham comes on for Rooney who leaves to a standing ovation from the away fans.
    • 86' Gerrard misses an empty net for six yards. He bursts through after slack home defending, rounds the keeper only to then poke the ball against the post with the outside of his boot with the goal empty.
    • 84' England are keeping possession and just playing out time.
    • 82' The ball breaks to Gerrard 25 yards out and his effort is tipped around the post by Zhevnov.
    • 80' Bridge does well to prevent Radianov getting on the end of a through ball.
    • 78' Croatia have just completed a 4-0 win over Andorra in the night's other match in this group.
    • 76' Vitaly Kutuzov is replaced by Oleg Strakhanovich.
    • 74' GOAL ENGLAND!! A second for Rooney and it's a beautiful goal. The Manchester United forward latches on to a Gerrard pass before wrong footing his marker and lifting a shot into the net.
    • 72' Wright-Phillips tees up Rooney but his shot from 18 yards is blocked.
    • 70' Heskey is replaced by Peter Crouch.
    • 68' It's not been Walcott's night and he is replaced by the Manchester City winger.
    • 67' Anton Putsilo is replaced by Vitaly Rodionov.
    • 66' Zhevnov again off his line to collect a ball down the right channel ahead of Walcott.
    • 64' England are preparing to bring on Shaun Wright Phillips.
    • 62' Bridge is penalised for a scissors tackle on Stasevich.
    • 60' Wes Brown comes across to cover and reach a cross from the right ahead of Aleksandr Kulchy. Home appeals for a penalty but correctly nothing doing.
    • 58' The game has become quite scrappy.
    • 56' It's six goals in five games now for Rooney.
    • 54' Upson tries to head Gerrard's free-kick into Heskey's path but just too much on it.
    • 52' Space for Rooney in the penalty area but he fails to make any purchase with his attempted lay-off.
    • 50' GOAL ENGLAND!! Heskey is afforded far too much space down the left and his cross is superbly poked home by Rooney from close range.
    • 48' A great run from Rooney who beats two men but his attempted curler in the bottom corner is held by Zhevnov, low to his left.
    • 47' Walcott tries to get the by-line but the ball bounces off his shin and runs out of play.
    • 46' The second-half is underway!
    • 45+1' Half-time and work to be done during the break by Fabio Capello.
    • 45' One minute added time to be played.
    • 43' Bridge's deep cross is met by Walcott at the far post but he only manages to chest the ball out of play.
    • 41' Walcott bursts through but his shot from the right channel is straight at the keeper.
    • 40' A great tackle by Egor Filipenko to deny Walcott.
    • 38' Zhevnov is off his line to reach Heskey's pass down the right channel ahead of Walcott.
    • 36' Lampard's low driven free-kick is comfortably saved by Zhevnov.
    • 34' Lampard's delivery is met by Heskey six yards out but the Wigan striker can only direct his header into the side netting when he should have done better.
    • 33' Wayne Bridge forces a corner.
    • 31' Walcott's cross from the right is headed clear.
    • 29' Rooney almost reaches a through ball but the home keeper is sharply off his line.
    • 27' GOAL BELARUS!! The hosts equalise and you can't say it was against the run of play. Neat play from Ihar Stasevich on the right and he chips a ball into the penalty area where Sitko is left unmarked to head home.
    • 25' Great work from Heskey on the left flank and his cross to the back post is headed narrowly wide by Rooney.
    • 23' A neat 1-2 on the edge of the penalty area but James is off his line smartly to prevent Vitaly Kutuzov reaching the return ball.
    • 21' Anton Putsilo is booked for a horrible two footed lunge on Lampard. He would have been sent off for that tackle in the Premier League.
    • 19' James is called into action once more, this time having to get down sharply to make a save from Pavel Sitko.
    • 17' James has his fingers stung once more with a rasping shot.
    • 15' Upson lets a cross from the left go through his legs but Wayne Bridge is on hand to clear the danger.
    • 14' Gerrard tries his luck from distance once more but this time he's narrowly off target.
    • 13' James is again tested by a long-range shot but he holds on.
    • 11' GOAL ENGLAND!! Rooney probes on the edge of the penalty area before the ball falls to Steven Gerrard who bursts through from midfield and curls a delightful right-foot shot into the corner past Yury Zhevnov.
    • 9' Lampard's free-kick is flicked on by Heskey but runs harmlessly behind for a goal kick.
    • 7' Walcott delivers a teasing cross from the right and Rooney is only inches away from prodding home with his outstretched boot.
    • 5' Walcott is fouled on the right. Frank Lampard swings the free-kick into the penalty area but Wayne Rooney fails to find Emile Heskey with his header.
    • 4' An ambitious long-range free-kick from Dmitry Molosh but David James holds on.
    • 3' Matthew Upson fouls Pavel Sitko 40 yards from goal.
    • 2' Some space for Theo Walcott down the left but no final product.
    • 1' We are underway in Minsk!!
    • - Hello and welcome to Eurosport-Yahoo!'s LIVE coverage of tonight's World Cup qualifying action. We have text commentary on England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland plus scoring from all the others.

  • Team Stats

    Belarus Stats England
    54% Possession 45%
    7 Shots 13
    5 Shots on target 7
    3 Saves 1
    0 Corners 3
    19 Fouls 14
    0 Offsides 6
    1 Yellow cards 0
    0 Red cards 0
    13 Tackles 18
    439 Accurate passes 350
    53 Bad passes 57

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Belarus
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      12 Yuri Zhevnov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 3 0
      4 Sergei Omelyanchuk 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 56 0 0
      18 Dmitriy Verkhovtsov 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 40 8 1
      7 Vitali Bulyga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 6 1
      2 Alexander Kulchy 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 65 6 1
      10 Pavel Sitko 1 3 2 1 2 0 0 40 12 0
      14 Anton Putsilo 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 42 5 0
      16 Igor Stasevich 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 41 2 2
      13 Vitali Kutuzov 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 28 3 1
      3 Yegor Filipenko 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 41 3 1
      5 Dmitri Molosh 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 36 4 5
      15 Aleksandr Pavlov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      22 Sergei Veremko 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      6 Vladimir Korytko 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Oleg Strakhanovic 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 1
      9 Vjatscheslav Hleb 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
      17 Sergei Sosnovsky 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Vitali Rodionov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0
    • England
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 David James 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 1 0
      5 Rio Ferdinand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 0 0
      3 Wayne Bridge 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 38 20 2
      2 Wes Brown 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 35 1 2
      6 Matthew Upson 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 43 2 0
      4 Steven Gerrard 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 27 5 2
      8 Frank Lampard 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 53 7 5
      11 Gareth Barry 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 28 11 5
      9 Emile Heskey 0 0 0 3 6 2 1 13 4 1
      10 Wayne Rooney 2 7 3 3 1 3 1 25 1 1
      7 Theo Walcott 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 3 0 0
      17 Jermain Defoe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      13 Glen Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Peter Crouch 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 2 0
      15 David Beckham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 0
      12 Scott Carson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      14 Joleon Lescott 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      16 Shaun Wright-Phillips 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 10 1 0

  • Summary

    • 86' Gerrard misses an empty net for six yards. He bursts through after slack home defending, rounds the keeper only to then poke the ball against the post with the outside of his boot with the goal empty.
    • 82' The ball breaks to Gerrard 25 yards out and his effort is tipped around the post by Zhevnov.
    • 74' GOAL ENGLAND!! A second for Rooney and it's a beautiful goal. The Manchester United forward latches on to a Gerrard pass before wrong footing his marker and lifting a shot into the net.
    • 72' Wright-Phillips tees up Rooney but his shot from 18 yards is blocked.
    • 50' GOAL ENGLAND!! Heskey is afforded far too much space down the left and his cross is superbly poked home by Rooney from close range.
    • 48' A great run from Rooney who beats two men but his attempted curler in the bottom corner is held by Zhevnov, low to his left.
    • 41' Walcott bursts through but his shot from the right channel is straight at the keeper.
    • 34' Lampard's delivery is met by Heskey six yards out but the Wigan striker can only direct his header into the side netting when he should have done better.
    • 27' GOAL BELARUS!! The hosts equalise and you can't say it was against the run of play. Neat play from Ihar Stasevich on the right and he chips a ball into the penalty area where Sitko is left unmarked to head home.
    • 25' Great work from Heskey on the left flank and his cross to the back post is headed narrowly wide by Rooney.
    • 19' James is called into action once more, this time having to get down sharply to make a save from Pavel Sitko.
    • 11' GOAL ENGLAND!! Rooney probes on the edge of the penalty area before the ball falls to Steven Gerrard who bursts through from midfield and curls a delightful right-foot shot into the corner past Yury Zhevnov.
    • 7' Walcott delivers a teasing cross from the right and Rooney is only inches away from prodding home with his outstretched boot.
    • - Hello and welcome to Eurosport-Yahoo!'s LIVE coverage of tonight's World Cup qualifying action. We have text commentary on England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland plus scoring from all the others.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Terje Hauge

  • Belarus

    Manager: Bernd Stange

    Starting line-up

    • Y. Zhevnov
    • D. Verkhovtsov
    • E. Filipenko
    • S. Omelyanchyuk
    • D. Molosh
    • A. Kulchy
    • A. Putilo Yellow Card Substitution Out (67′)
    • P. Sitko Goal
    • I. Stasevich Substitution Out (90′)
    • V. Bulyga
    • V. Kutuzov Substitution Out (76′)

    Subs

    • V. Hleb Substitution In90′
    • O. Strakhanovich Substitution In76′
    • V. Rodionov Substitution In67′
    • V. Kortyko
    • S. Sosnovski
    • S. Veremko
    • A. Pavlov

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

  • England

    Manager: Fabio Capello

    Captain: Rio Ferdinand

    Starting line-up

    • D. James
    • W. Brown
    • R. Ferdinand
    • M. Upson
    • W. Bridge
    • T. Walcott Substitution Out (68′)
    • F. Lampard
    • G. Barry
    • S. Gerrard Goal
    • E. Heskey Substitution Out (70′)
    • W. Rooney Goals×2 Substitution Out (88′)

    Subs

    • D. Beckham Substitution In88′
    • S. Wright-Phillips Substitution In68′
    • P. Crouch Substitution In70′
    • J. Lescott
    • J. Defoe
    • G. Johnson
    • S. Carson

    Injured

    • J. Terry
    • A. Cole
    • J. Cole

    Suspended

    None

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