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England

  • Ferdinand 52’
  • Kuchma 64’ (o.g.)
  • Rooney 76’, 86’
  • Defoe 90’

Kazakhstan

  • Kukeyev 68’
  1. World Cup qual. - England see off Kazakhstan

    World Cup qual. - England see off Kazakhstan

    England beat Kazakhstan 5-1 in a World Cup qualifier at Wembley but Fabio Capello's side produced a poor display. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • England
    • Kazakhstan
    • 90+3' Full-time! It all ends up OK, but Fabio Capello cannot be happy with that performance.
    • 90+2' Beckham delivers a superb cross for HESKEY!!! Saved by Mokin!!
    • 90' GOAL!!! It's five!! The floodgates are well and truly open!! He races through one on one, and sidefoots the ball low into the right corner from the edge of the box.
    • 88' It's nearly four as Beckham tees up Heskey, who goes close, then Gerrard shoots straight at Mokin.
    • 87' Off goes Wayne Rooney - Jermain Defoe gets a brief run-out.
    • 86' GOAL!! It's Rooney again, and now the scoreline really flatters England. Kazakhstan fail to deal with a Beckham free-kick, and Rooney slides the ball in from close range.
    • 84' Gerrard clips the ball into the box for the unmarked Heskey, but the unmarked Wigan man sends his downward header straight at Mokin.
    • 82' Beckham is getting a tremedous ovation every time he touches the ball. Tonight he wins his 106th cap, equalling Bobby Charlton.
    • 79' David Beckham comes on for a brief cameo, replacing Theo Walcott - one of the few players to have done himself justice tonight.
    • 76' GOAL!!! Wayne Rooney makes it safe for England with an umarked glancing header from a Wes Brown cross. It wasn't bad defending; it wasn't defending at all.
    • 76' Change for Kazakhstan - Gleb Maltsev comes on for Sergey Ostapenko.
    • 75' More panic for England as a cross comes in from the left towards Nusserbayev... James makes the catch.
    • 73' Heskey!! He glances a header just wide of the far post!
    • 71' Lampard's low, long-range shot takes a wicked deflection and kicks up in the air, but Alexandr Mokin reacts well to make the save.
    • 70' Ashley Cole is now getting booed by the home fans. He's never been the most popular man in the world - much less now he has gifted Kazakhstan a goal.
    • 68' GOAL!!! KAZAKHSTAN SCORE!!! Amazing!! Ashley Cole lobs a stupid, complacent pass right into the path of Zhambyl Kukeyev, who steadies himself and fires a low shot past James into the left corner!
    • 66' England now have some breathing space and they will now look to give the scoreline an even more flattering look.
    • 64' GOAL!!! It's two for England and it is an own-goal from Alexandr Kuchma, who glances Lampard's free-kick into the top-left corner of his own net with unfortunate aplomb!
    • 61' More panic at the back for England, as Wes Brown lunges in on Nusserbayev, who thankfully keeps his feet. Had he gone down it would have been a great penalty shout.
    • 59' Lampard plays a corner straight to Gerrard at the edge of the box. If he were playing for Liverpool, he would smack it into the top corner. This is England, and he cuts back, and back again, before losing possession.
    • 57' England are still playing badly. Frustrating stuff. A win may very well be a win, but this hardly bodes well for the future.
    • 54' James called into action again! The ball is curled into the box for Ostapenko, who doesn't get a touch and the ball bounces through to James.
    • 53' Oooh!! Nusserbayev nearly hits back with a 20-yard drive that James nearly lets slip through his fingers into the net! Corner.
    • 52' GOAL!!! England are in front, and it is the captain who breaks the deadlock! Lampard swings in a routine corner, the goalkeeper misses his punch and Rio Ferdinand finds the net with a simple header.
    • 51' Wright-Phillips fires a low shot that is touched behind for a corner. He is playing on the left side of midfield, incidentally.
    • 49' England concede a free-kick 30 yards from goal. Baltiyev fires into the wall, before Sergey Skorykh fires a low shot that James fields with ease.
    • 47' Ibrayev is in acres of space down the right - where is Ashley Cole? - he crosses for Ostapenko, who miscues his header, and Nusserbayev fires the rebound over! England all at sea!
    • 46' The second half gets under way. It will be interesting to see how England line up now Wright-Phillips has come on. Hopefully it will result in Wayne Rooney taking up a more central attacking role.
    • 46' A half-time change from Fabio Capello: Shaun Wright-Phillips on for Gareth Barry.
    • 45+2' A few groans as the half-time whistle goes. England have been extremely flat, and that is probably more frustrating than the scoreline itself.
    • 45+1' Rooney tries his luck from 30 yards and drags it well wide.
    • 45' Excuse the brief hiatus in the comments - nothing is happening. Now Walcott turns on the gas and wins a throw deep in the Kazakh half.
    • 42' Kazakhstan look comfortable and are starting to play the ball around with some authority. England just don't seem fired up at all.
    • 40' Ashley Cole chases a through ball down the left but he can't catch the ball and England's frustration continues. This has been pretty limp stuff, it has to be said.
    • 38' Wayne Rooney has spent most of the game wide on the left and has not really got involved.
    • 37' Heskey holds off two challenges and plays it through to Lampard, who is (wrongly) flagged offside.
    • 36' England come away on the break but the move breaks down thanks to a duff pass from the boy wonder Theo Walcott.
    • 35' Kuchma has a long shot from the free-kick, which deflects into the path of Ibrayev. He drives the ball into the middle but Ferdinand clears.
    • 34' Nusserbayev is brought down 40 yards from the England goal, and he will have to go off for treatment.
    • 32' Sabyrkhan Ibrayev inadvertently whacks his hand into Ashley Cole's groin, but at least it is an England free-kick. Mokin punches clear and Fabio Capello looks unimpressed.
    • 30' Half an hour gone, and no joy for England. England work the ball forward and Heskey is penalised for a fictional foul.
    • 28' Lampard!! The strikes a long-range effort just over! It bounces back and ripples the net, causing several thousand fans to think it is a goal.
    • 27' Right on cue, the crowd start to get restless. A misplaced pass brings murmurs of discontent - such is life when England are involved.
    • 25' This time Gerrard takes the corner and Upson heads... just wide! He's had a few efforts, the West Ham man.
    • 24' Kazakhstan have got a quarter of the way through this game without conceding and will be happy with the way this has gone so far.
    • 23' Frank Lampard delivers a corner from the England righ and finds Upson, but his header hits a defender.
    • 22' James chests down a Brown backpass and then mis-hits a volley clear. He gets away with it, though.
    • 21' Played into the feet of Heskey at the edge of the box and he tees up LAMPARD!! Deflected behind for a corner.
    • 19' Walcott slaloms his way to the right by-line but just runs out of room and ends up stretching to send a cross to goalkeeper Alexandr Mokin.
    • 18' Barry and Gerrard are interchanging in that defensive midfield role. Gerrard started his career as a more defensive player and can certainly do it.
    • 16' Walcott cuts inside from the right, shimmies away from two defenders and bends a left-foot shot just over from the edge of the box. Lovely football.
    • 14' It is slightly untidy from England, although they are obviously dominating. The Kazakhs, as you would expect, are working very hard and attempting to hassle the home side at every opportunity.
    • 12' Clowning at the back from England! Nusserbayev causes Upson to panic and under-hit a pass back to james, who just clears.
    • 11' Rooney fires in a low cross from the right to the edge of the box. Lampard kills it with superb control but sees his shot blocked.
    • 10' Tanat Nusserbayev dribbles past Upson and Ashley Cole, and fires a low shot across goal from the edge of the box. It goes wide, but that was good stuff from the young forward.
    • 9' Walcott is fouled again just by the right touchline and this is another chance for Gerrard to deliver. Gerrard curls his free-kick onto the head of Upson, whose effort flies just over!
    • 7' Kazakh captain Ruslan Baltiyev trips Walcott and is lucky to escape a booking. Interesting position for England... Gerrard delivers towards Heskey but it is headed clear.
    • 6' England pass the ball around at the back to ironic 'Ole's. Patient build-up.
    • 4' The ball sits up for Rooney, who smacks a volley high over the bar. Wembley in good spirits, although it remains to be seen whether they'll be so perky if this is still goalless at the half-hour mark.
    • 3' Theo Walcott burns down the right flank and crosses low towards HESKEY!! His route to goal is blocked by Kislitsyn and the Kazakhs survive.
    • 3' Kazakhstan are obscure enough, but coach Bernd Storck has really outdone himself - they have three debutants and only four players about whom Fabio Capello knows anything.
    • 2' Well, it's a minute gone and England haven't had a kick yet. Now they get on the ball...
    • 1' It's game on!! Kazakhstan kick off, playing from right to left as we see it. They are all in blue, England are in all-white.
    • - England line up much as expected. Who knows whether Kazakhstan do? The Kazakh anthem is well respected, although it differs somewhat from the Borat version.
    • - Welcome to LIVE coverage of England versus Kazakhstan from Wembley!

  • Team Stats

    England Stats Kazakhstan
    66% Possession 34%
    28 Shots 7
    10 Shots on target 3
    0 Saves 4
    9 Corners 1
    17 Fouls 12
    4 Offsides 0
    0 Yellow cards 0
    0 Red cards 0
    25 Tackles 21
    453 Accurate passes 205
    75 Bad passes 37

  • 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
    • England
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 David James 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
      5 Rio Ferdinand 1 1 1 1 3 0 0 46 2 4
      3 Ashley Cole 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 51 16 3
      2 Wes Brown 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 45 1 2
      6 Matthew Upson 0 3 0 3 0 0 1 53 5 4
      11 Gareth Barry 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 30 9 1
      8 Frank Lampard 0 4 1 1 2 1 1 69 16 2
      4 Steven Gerrard 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 65 11 5
      7 Theo Walcott 0 2 0 2 3 0 0 13 0 1
      9 Emile Heskey 0 5 3 3 1 3 1 21 1 2
      10 Wayne Rooney 2 4 2 0 1 0 0 38 10 1
      14 Wayne Bridge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Peter Crouch 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      13 Glen Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Jermain Defoe 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
      12 Scott Carson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      16 Shaun Wright-Phillips 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 6 3 0
      15 David Beckham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0
    • Kazakhstan
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Alexandr Mokin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      4 Alexandr Kuchma 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 20 3 0
      3 Aleksandr Kirov 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 12 8 5
      5 Aleksandr Kislitsyn 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 14 2 4
      21 Zhambyl Kukeyev 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 18 4 2
      10 Ruslan Baltiev 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 31 6 4
      8 Sergey Skorykh 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 40 4 0
      7 Tanat Nuserbaev 0 2 1 5 3 0 0 19 2 1
      16 Sabirkhan Ibrayev 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 6 0 1
      14 Yuri Logvinenko 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 26 3 3
      9 Sergey Ostapenko 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 4 1
      17 Gleb Maltsev 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0
      15 Ilya Vorotnikov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      13 Talgat Sabalakov 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
      2 Kairat Nurdauletov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Maxim Azovskiy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      23 Bekzat Beisenov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Andrey Morev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90+2' Beckham delivers a superb cross for HESKEY!!! Saved by Mokin!!
    • 90' GOAL!!! It's five!! The floodgates are well and truly open!! He races through one on one, and sidefoots the ball low into the right corner from the edge of the box.
    • 86' GOAL!! It's Rooney again, and now the scoreline really flatters England. Kazakhstan fail to deal with a Beckham free-kick, and Rooney slides the ball in from close range.
    • 84' Gerrard clips the ball into the box for the unmarked Heskey, but the unmarked Wigan man sends his downward header straight at Mokin.
    • 76' GOAL!!! Wayne Rooney makes it safe for England with an umarked glancing header from a Wes Brown cross. It wasn't bad defending; it wasn't defending at all.
    • 73' Heskey!! He glances a header just wide of the far post!
    • 68' GOAL!!! KAZAKHSTAN SCORE!!! Amazing!! Ashley Cole lobs a stupid, complacent pass right into the path of Zhambyl Kukeyev, who steadies himself and fires a low shot past James into the left corner!
    • 64' GOAL!!! It's two for England and it is an own-goal from Alexandr Kuchma, who glances Lampard's free-kick into the top-left corner of his own net with unfortunate aplomb!
    • 53' Oooh!! Nusserbayev nearly hits back with a 20-yard drive that James nearly lets slip through his fingers into the net! Corner.
    • 52' GOAL!!! England are in front, and it is the captain who breaks the deadlock! Lampard swings in a routine corner, the goalkeeper misses his punch and Rio Ferdinand finds the net with a simple header.
    • 28' Lampard!! The strikes a long-range effort just over! It bounces back and ripples the net, causing several thousand fans to think it is a goal.
    • 16' Walcott cuts inside from the right, shimmies away from two defenders and bends a left-foot shot just over from the edge of the box. Lovely football.
    • 12' Clowning at the back from England! Nusserbayev causes Upson to panic and under-hit a pass back to james, who just clears.
    • 10' Tanat Nusserbayev dribbles past Upson and Ashley Cole, and fires a low shot across goal from the edge of the box. It goes wide, but that was good stuff from the young forward.
    • 3' Theo Walcott burns down the right flank and crosses low towards HESKEY!! His route to goal is blocked by Kislitsyn and the Kazakhs survive.
    • - Welcome to LIVE coverage of England versus Kazakhstan from Wembley!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Paul Allaerts

  • England

    Manager: Fabio Capello

    Captain: Rio Ferdinand

    Starting line-up

    • D. James
    • W. Brown
    • R. Ferdinand Goal
    • M. Upson
    • A. Cole
    • G. Barry Substitution Out (46′)
    • F. Lampard
    • S. Gerrard
    • T. Walcott Substitution Out (79′)
    • E. Heskey
    • W. Rooney Goals×2

    Subs

    • D. Beckham Substitution In79′
    • S. Wright-Phillips Substitution In46′
    • W. Bridge
    • P. Crouch
    • J. Defoe Goal
    • G. Johnson
    • S. Carson

    Injured

    • J. Terry
    • J. Cole

    Suspended

    None

  • Kazakhstan

    Manager: Bermd Storck

    Captain: Ruslan Baltiyev

    Starting line-up

    • A. Mokin
    • G. Kukeyev Goal
    • A. Kislitsyn
    • A. Kirov
    • A. Kuchma Own Goal
    • S. Skorkych
    • S. Ibrayev
    • R. Baltiyev
    • T. Nuderbayev
    • Y. Logvinenko
    • S. Ostapenko Substitution Out (76′)

    Subs

    • K. Nurdauletov
    • T. Sabalakov
    • G. Maltsev Substitution In76′
    • B. Beisenov
    • M. Azovsky
    • A. Morev
    • I. Voretnikov

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None