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Wednesday April 1, 2009 Finished New Wembley

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England

  • Crouch 29’
  • Terry 85’

Ukraine

  • Shevchenko 74’

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  1. England leave it late

    England leave it late

    John Terry netted a late winner to give Fabio Capello's England a 2-1 win over Ukraine at Wembley. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • England
    • Ukraine
    • - Thanks for joining us tonight... it got a bit hairy for a while, but England got there in the end!
    • 90'+3 There goes the final whistle! And England win it thanks to John Terry's late header!
    • 90'+1 Sheva tries his luck with a free-kick from distance! But James is right behind it and England shouldn't lose their lead now...
    • 89' Gerrard fires on target! Chigrinsky is brave enough to get in the way!
    • 88' Kalinichenko comes on to replace Slyusar and Jagielka replaces Ferdinand...
    • 87' Beckham gets a yellow for knocking the ball away...
    • 85' GOAL! TERRY PUTS ENGLAND BACK INTO THE LEAD! Beckham delivers a deep free-kick to Gerrard who nods back across for Terry to hook home! Very similar goal to the first! 2-1 now!
    • 82' Time running out for England to grab a winner...
    • 79' Time for an England change... Wright-Phillips replaces Crouch, who departs to a great ovation.
    • 78' Crouch is inches away from getting to a cross... Rooney retrieves it, but instead of playing the ball back across the face of goal he goes for goal himself! It's wide...
    • 77' Ukraine are full of beans all of a sudden! Sheva plays the ball across to Tymoschuk who lets fly! It's well wide, but the visitors are invigorated!
    • 75' Are England going to be made to pay for not putting this one to bed?
    • 74' GOAL! SHEVCHENKO EQUALISES FOR UKRAINE! You could have scripted it! The former Chelsea man stabs home as a free-kick bounces kindly to him off Johnson's chest in the penalty area! 1-1 now!
    • 73' Glen Johnson gets England's second booking of the evening...
    • 70' Twenty minutes remaining and England are looking comfortable... but at this level anything can happen and 1-0 isn't enough to start relaxing just yet.
    • 67' Another slip by Cole and Ukraine are in! But fortunately for him, Ukraine are unable to take advantage... Capello shouts something to the Chelsea man.
    • 66' Ukraine really aren't offering much in an attacking sense at the moment...
    • 65' Rooney goes flying into a challenge on Aliev... he seems to win the ball but his follow through is nasty... but the referee waves play on!
    • 64' Cole and Barry suffer a breakdown in communications on the near side... Barry is upended by Slyusar and England get away with it.
    • 63' BECKHAM! Ooh! His effort lands on top of the netting! Not a bad effort...
    • 63' Rooney is tripped by Mykhalyk, about 25 yards out... step forward David Beckham!
    • 62' Ukraine make a second change now... Nararenko on to replace Valyaev...
    • 60' Tymoschuk panics in defence as Barry applies a bit of pressure... and England win a throw-in in a decent position.
    • 59' Pyatov takes a blow to the ribs from his own player... and there'll be a break in play as the Ukraine keeper receives some treatment.
    • 58' Here comes Becks! The Milan midfielder comes on to replace Lennon... and an almighty roar goes up as he charges onto the pitch.
    • 56' Johnson does really well to watch a floated ball into the box and nod coolly down to Terry to complete the clearance...
    • 55' Shevchenko replaces Voroninm who looks unhappy at being hauled off.
    • 53' Here comes Sheva... he's ready to enter the fray....
    • 50' Becks is also warming up... he's eyeing up his 110th England cap.
    • 49' Rooney starts the second half as he ended the first... he evades three Ukraine challenges before skimming a shot just wide of the post!
    • 47' Shevchenko is warming up on the sidelines... could he be about to make an entrance...
    • 46' Back underway at Wembley! No changes to tell you about at the break...
    • 45'+2 And there goes the half-time whistle... England go in at the break 1-0 up thanks to Peter Crouch's goal!
    • 45'+1 There's time for one final England attack though... Lampard sends over a corner which Crouch meets with a prodigious leap! But it's not on target and easily cleared to safety.
    • 45' Just one added minute to be played at the end of the first half.
    • 44' Gerrard! Oooh! Rooney drives in a low cross to the edge of the box where the Liverpool man hits it first time! Pyatov gets behind it well though and the score remains 1-0...
    • 43' Lovely tackle from Cole to stop Voronin in his tracks... the former Liverpool man is getting booed every time he touches it...
    • 41' Aliev strikes it! Straight against the wall... it falls to Tymoschuk who also lets fly! Way over the bar...
    • 40' Terry piles into the back of Milevskiy, 45 yards out from goal, and Ukraine have a free-kick...
    • 36' Tymoschuk lets fly at the other end... it swerves and bounces awkwardly in front of James, who is forced into an unorthodox save, the Pompey man shouldering the ball away... fortunately there are no Ukraine players in the vicinity...
    • 35' Brilliant from Rooney! He starts the move with a lovely cross-field pass to Lennon on the right flank... the Spurs man sends it back over into the box where Rooney connects with a vicious volley! Just over, but thrilling stuff from the Manchester United man!
    • 31' That's just what England wanted... question is, will they go for the jugular or sit on their lead?
    • 30' And there's the famous robotic goal celebration from Crouch! How we've missed it...
    • 29' GOAL! GUESS WHO?! CROUCH GIVES ENGLAND THE LEAD! It's Terry who plants a header from the corner back across the face of goal where Crouch swivels and fires in true Crouch style into the back of the net! 1-0 England!
    • 28' Rooney gets on the end of a Lennon cross now... he flicks on, it takes a deflection off a Ukraine head and England have a corner.
    • 27' At the other end, Johnson has a bit of a moment as he heads weakly across the face of his own penalty box... Terry is forced to step in and head clear and the England captain whacks Voronin on the nose in the process... it's entirely accidental, but Voronin gets a bloody nose for his troubles... he goes off for treatment and Ukraine are down to 10 men for the time being.
    • 26' Oooh! Lovely flowing attack from England, with Rooney and Gerrard at its centre... Rooney plays the ball wide to Lennon but his cross doesn't trouble the Ukraine backline... great promise, no execution...
    • 25' Lampard sends over a corner towards Terry now... the Chelsea man winds up a monster header, but it's taken off his forehead by a good defensive header...
    • 23' Ukraine on the attack... over comes a cross towards Milevskiy but James is there to take it cleanly... that'll do his confidence a world of good.
    • 20' Ferdinand meets it, but he rather takes it away from Crouch... the ball just skims off his head anyway...
    • 19' Rooney looks to get away with a handball before winning a corner!
    • 17' Johnson nearly gets himself into all sorts of trouble as he turns inside... Milevskiy is there in a flash and the England full-back is forced to make a last-ditch tackle...
    • 15' Oooh! Gerrard sends a curler bouncing inches wide of the upright, with Pyatov scrabling to get there!
    • 14' Rooney dinks the ball over Mykhalyk and looks like he may be through on goal! But the Ukraine defender clips his ankles and England have a free-kick instead... danger here. Yellow for the Ukraine stopper.
    • 13' Lennon gets the better of Shevchuk for the first time... he gets to the by-line before whipping in a brilliant cross! Rooney's there but so too is Chigrinsky, who heads clear!
    • 12' And now Johnson is fooled by some quick footwork from Valyaev... and he concedes another free-kick...
    • 10' Barry goes into the book for a clumsy trip on Milevskiy...
    • 9' Lampard feeds Lennon out on the right... and he has a chance to run at his man for the first time... but his first touch is heavy and the move breaks down.
    • 8' Oooh! What an effort by Rooney! A brilliantly executed oeverhead kick loops just over Pyatov's crossbar after good work on the left by Cole and Gerrard!
    • 6' It opens up for Shevchuk a little now... he lets fly, but he doesn't catch it cleanly and Terry is able to easily block his effort.
    • 4' Valyev goes down under the challenge of Johnson and Ukraine have a free-kick... but instead of playing it forward, they go back...
    • 3' Slyusar tries to take the ball in his stride as the visitors come forward... but he loses control and England come away with it.
    • 2' England are in their dashing new white kit - the one that seems to have split opinion so much - while Ukraine are in all-blue.
    • 1' Here we go! Underway at Wembley!
    • - Here are the anthems... followed by a minute's silence for the victims of the Abidjan disaster at the weekend...
    • - The big news for Ukraine is that Andriy Shevchenko starts on the bench...
    • - So, Peter Crouch is indeed given the green light by Fabio Capello, but there's no starting place for David Beckham, who is on the bench.
    • - It is a vital Wednesday night of World Cup qualifying, and you can follow it all the way on eurosport.yahoo.co.uk. We will have LIVE minute-by-minute commentary on England v Ukraine, Scotland v Iceland, Wales v Germany, Italy v Rep. Ireland and N. Ireland v Slovenia. Plus we have scores and scorers from every European World Cup qualifier.

  • Team Stats

    England Stats Ukraine
    52% Possession 48%
    14 Shots 8
    4 Shots on target 3
    0 Saves 0
    5 Corners 0
    20 Fouls 18
    2 Offsides 2
    3 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    25 Tackles 20
    378 Accurate passes 334
    59 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 8 0 0
      3 Ashley Cole 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 47 16 4
      2 Glen Johnson 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 41 0 3
      6 John Terry 1 1 1 5 1 0 1 54 10 3
      5 Rio Ferdinand 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 39 3 1
      4 Gareth Barry 0 0 0 5 3 0 0 43 12 6
      7 Aaron Lennon 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0
      11 Steven Gerrard 0 3 1 0 1 1 1 24 4 1
      8 Frank Lampard 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 46 1 5
      10 Wayne Rooney 0 5 0 1 3 1 0 28 6 1
      9 Peter Crouch 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 20 5 0
      15 Shaun Wright-Phillips 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 2 0
      16 Michael Carrick 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      13 Phil Jagielka 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
      18 Gabriel Agbonlahor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      14 Joleon Lescott 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 David Beckham 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 14 0 1
      12 Ben Foster 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Ukraine
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      12 Andriy Pyatov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0
      13 Viacheslav Shevchuk 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 32 5 3
      16 Grygory Yarmash 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 34 0 2
      5 Dmytro Chigrynskiy 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 42 3 2
      4 Anatoliy Tymoschuk 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 45 10 4
      8 Oleksander Aliyev 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 49 7 1
      14 Sergiy Valyayev 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 18 2 0
      17 Taras Mikhalik 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 32 0 3
      9 Valentyn Slyusar 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 25 2 3
      10 Andrey Voronin 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 12 0 0
      15 Artem Milevskiy 0 0 0 4 11 0 0 24 3 1
      18 Serhiy Nazarenko 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 1
      3 Olexandr Kucher 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      7 Andriy Shevchenko 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 8 1 0
      6 Andriy Rusol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Yevhen Seleznyov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      2 Maksim Kalinichenko 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      1 Stanislav Bogush 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90'+1 Sheva tries his luck with a free-kick from distance! But James is right behind it and England shouldn't lose their lead now...
    • 89' Gerrard fires on target! Chigrinsky is brave enough to get in the way!
    • 85' GOAL! TERRY PUTS ENGLAND BACK INTO THE LEAD! Beckham delivers a deep free-kick to Gerrard who nods back across for Terry to hook home! Very similar goal to the first! 2-1 now!
    • 78' Crouch is inches away from getting to a cross... Rooney retrieves it, but instead of playing the ball back across the face of goal he goes for goal himself! It's wide...
    • 77' Ukraine are full of beans all of a sudden! Sheva plays the ball across to Tymoschuk who lets fly! It's well wide, but the visitors are invigorated!
    • 74' GOAL! SHEVCHENKO EQUALISES FOR UKRAINE! You could have scripted it! The former Chelsea man stabs home as a free-kick bounces kindly to him off Johnson's chest in the penalty area! 1-1 now!
    • 63' BECKHAM! Ooh! His effort lands on top of the netting! Not a bad effort...
    • 49' Rooney starts the second half as he ended the first... he evades three Ukraine challenges before skimming a shot just wide of the post!
    • 44' Gerrard! Oooh! Rooney drives in a low cross to the edge of the box where the Liverpool man hits it first time! Pyatov gets behind it well though and the score remains 1-0...
    • 36' Tymoschuk lets fly at the other end... it swerves and bounces awkwardly in front of James, who is forced into an unorthodox save, the Pompey man shouldering the ball away... fortunately there are no Ukraine players in the vicinity...
    • 35' Brilliant from Rooney! He starts the move with a lovely cross-field pass to Lennon on the right flank... the Spurs man sends it back over into the box where Rooney connects with a vicious volley! Just over, but thrilling stuff from the Manchester United man!
    • 29' GOAL! GUESS WHO?! CROUCH GIVES ENGLAND THE LEAD! It's Terry who plants a header from the corner back across the face of goal where Crouch swivels and fires in true Crouch style into the back of the net! 1-0 England!
    • 26' Oooh! Lovely flowing attack from England, with Rooney and Gerrard at its centre... Rooney plays the ball wide to Lennon but his cross doesn't trouble the Ukraine backline... great promise, no execution...
    • 15' Oooh! Gerrard sends a curler bouncing inches wide of the upright, with Pyatov scrabling to get there!
    • 8' Oooh! What an effort by Rooney! A brilliantly executed oeverhead kick loops just over Pyatov's crossbar after good work on the left by Cole and Gerrard!
    • - It is a vital Wednesday night of World Cup qualifying, and you can follow it all the way on eurosport.yahoo.co.uk. We will have LIVE minute-by-minute commentary on England v Ukraine, Scotland v Iceland, Wales v Germany, Italy v Rep. Ireland and N. Ireland v Slovenia. Plus we have scores and scorers from every European World Cup qualifier.

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  1. GOOD JOB UKRAINE YOUNG SQUAD GREAT TALENT the boss­ sheva upfront..

    From Josh, on Thu 2 Apr 5:13AM

  2. i wish terry was this good at chelsea..

    From DABS, on Thu 2 Apr 2:05AM

  3. So Daryll, what do you like?? enlighten us with your­ philosophical take on life

    From Jamie, on Thu 2 Apr 1:27AM

  4. darylhobson33 is a @#$% and i`m feckinn English!!

    From peter s, on Thu 2 Apr 12:45AM

  5. Stevie G Saves Th Game,
    Lampard Shuld Be Cut.
    Gerrard­ Shuld Be Captain

    From thisischez, on Thu 2 Apr 12:35AM
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    sheva is a @#$%

    From novak.marcel, on Wed 1 Apr 11:45PM

  7. good game by ukraine good job sheva show this fools who­ the boss.. AND ENGLAND DREAM ON in 2-5 Years Russia and­ Ukraine will dominate Intl Football for 1 reason is­ that the squads are young .

    From Josh, on Wed 1 Apr 11:31PM

  8. garbage - about as convincing as a pub team!

    From sackthemall, on Wed 1 Apr 11:06PM

  9. Does anyone out there think Rooney looks like Desperate­ Dan (he of Cow-Pie fame ) ?

    From Madrileno, on Wed 1 Apr 10:49PM

  10. I'm not normally this rude, BUT F*** Ukraine.­ England won enough said. I don't care if you had­ this many shots etc... England won! You LOST!! :D

    From lee, on Wed 1 Apr 10:49PM
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    England will lose to South Africa

    From Balthazar Rodrigue N, on Wed 1 Apr 10:48PM

  12. Does this result now mean that England are guarunteed­ firm favourites to win the next World Cup? Thank feck­ for that! Almost all of us are bored shitless hearing­ about 1966!

    From Peter, on Wed 1 Apr 10:39PM
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    Ucraine didn't deserve to lose. But luck always­ plays a part of the game. I'm glad Sheva scored.­ He'll be very very happy with that goal. I hope­ Ancelotti will play him a bit more in Serie A now. He­ hasn't played a game in like forever and scored on­ his first real game against England away. While he has­ the feeling Milan should use him

    From martin.mitevski26, on Wed 1 Apr 10:33PM

  14. JT YOU ARE A MAN, NA MAN YOU BE, U TOO MUCH, YOU DO AM­ FOR ENGLAND YOUR PURE NA MAN YOU BE, HOPE YOU AND YOUR­ GERMAN TEAM MATE APPLY THIS IN CHELSEA GAME WITH­ LIVERPOOL, YOU ARE A GREAT MAN, JTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

    From dave, on Wed 1 Apr 10:32PM

  15. aml81... how about david pleat and his complete lack of­ ability to pronounce anything at all he says he called­ Ukraine (ukrainia) tonight & mispronounces every­ footballers name he ever tries

    From MUFCareligion, on Wed 1 Apr 10:23PM

  16. is it any wonder the rest of the home nations dont like­ the english arrogant, never gracious in victory,up­ their own arses.

    From weewoody75, on Wed 1 Apr 10:20PM

  17. FOOTBALL IS A GAME OF LUCK SO DEAR BROTHER AND SISTER­ YOU DID NOT HAVE TO WORRY ANY FOOTBALLER BECAUSE IT IS­ NOT EASY IF IT IS EASY GO THERE AND JOIN THEM

    From giftfromgodbabylove, on Wed 1 Apr 10:20PM

  18. Oh well they lost, do they want our jobs now in­ compensation for their loss.

    From Suzi, on Wed 1 Apr 10:19PM

  19. sorry 5 of 5

    From buqaru, on Wed 1 Apr 10:19PM

  20. Please help get rid of the fat pug faced irritating­ arse winnet that is Clive Tyldesley. Even worse than­ the senile John Motson, Tyldesley is incapable of­ accurate informative commentary.

    Write to ITV on their­ website and do Britain a favour.

    From AML81, on Wed 1 Apr 10:17PM
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