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Kazakhstan

England

  • Barry 40’
  • Heskey 45’
  • Rooney 73’
  • Lampard 77’ (pen.)

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  1. England stroll past Kazakhstan

    England stroll past Kazakhstan

    England overcame a shaky start to move closer to the 2010 World Cup with a 4-0 win away to Kazakhstan. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Kazakhstan
    • England
    • 90+3' There's the final whistle. Comfortable for England in the end and they move closer to World Cup qualification.
    • 90+2' Beckham drills a shot wide from 25 yards...
    • 90' Rooney fires from the edge of the box.. straight at Mokin.
    • 89' Kukeyev!! Fires a low shot that has Green diving full length to his right but the ball whistles a foot or so wide.
    • 87' A pitch invader runs towards the England goal before four armed police jump on him and drag him off the pitch...
    • 86' England, belatedly, are starting to turn it on as Lampard, Gerrard and Rooney come forward with an array of flicks. Gerrard just fails to find Defoe with his final pass.
    • 84' The Kazakhs are out on their feet after performing admirably, and you feel they could struggle away to Ukraine on Wednesday.
    • 82' Nusserbayev swings the ball in but it bounces out for a goal kick to be taken by Robert Green.
    • 81' Frank Lampard is whistled for what looked an inocuous challenge and this time Nusserbayev will take the free-kick.
    • 80' Job done for Emile Heskey, who makes way for Jermain Defoe with 10 minutes remaining.
    • 77' GOAL!! Frank Lampard slams the ball into the net to add further gloss to the scoreline.
    • 77' PENALTY! Abdulin pulls down Heskey and there is no doubt in the referee's mind that it is a spot-kick.
    • 75' Here comes David Beckham to widespread acclaim. Glen Johnson is the man to make way.
    • 73' GOAL!! Wayne Rooney makes it three! A Johnson cross bobbles up to the striker who knees it goalwards. Mokin clears it brilliantly away but Rooney follows up with a superb overhead kick about which the goalkeeper can do nothing.
    • 72' Wayne Rooney tries a 25-yard chip but can only find the gloves of Mokin.
    • 70' It is dismally conservative stuff from both teams. If this were boxing it would be declared a 'no contest'.
    • 68' Negative play from England, as Barry and Cole contrive to play the ball all the way backwards.
    • 67' Rooney finds Wright-Phillips deep down the England right and the Manchester City winger wins a corner.
    • 66' Kukeyev dispossesses Johnson but this time the Portsmouth man races back to regain possession.
    • 64' That free-kick came from Karpovich, by the way. England win a corner but Gerrard hits it too deep.
    • 62' Kazakhstan win a free-kick 30 yards out... fired just over the bar!
    • 61' The game has gone comepletely dead, but there will soon be something for the away fans to cheer with David Beckham getting ready to come on.
    • 59' Ibrayev looks for Averchenko down the Kazakh right but Ashley Cole just shepherds the ball out for a throw.
    • 57' Skorykh tries a long-range shot but sends the ball high and wide.
    • 56' All a bit drab at the moment. Neither side playing with much zip or tempo.
    • 54' We have live scoring of every European qualifier and commentary coming up of Bulgaria v Ireland at 6.30pm. World Cup qualifying: LIVE
    • 53' The Kazakhs might just be starting to tire, and England could run up the score a little in the second half.
    • 51' Wright-Phillips is fouled and Lampard has another chance to deliver from the right... poor ball again.
    • 50' Ambitious from Rooney - very ambitious. And not very good. A long range shot that bobbles through to Mokin.
    • 49' England free-kick on the right... poor delivery from Lampard and Kazakhstan look to counter-attack but the move peters out.
    • 47' Wright-Phillips's first touch is... well, it isn't a touch actually. He lets the ball roll underneath his foot and out for a throw.
    • 46' England: Shaun Wright-Phillips is on for Theo Walcott.
    • 46' Second half under way. England now playing from left to right as we see it.
    • 45+2' Half-time, and England have a comfortable lead despite a largely hopeless performance.
    • 45+1' GOAL!!! Two for England!! A Gerrard pass is deflected and nearly loops over Mokin, who parries the ball into the path of Heskey and the Aston Villa man passes the ball simply into the net!
    • 45' Two minutes of stoppage time to be played.
    • 44' Heskey is penalised for a clumsy foul, and the Kazakhs look to move into England territory from the free-kick.
    • 42' Lampard chases back to dispossess the sprinting Averchenko on the Kazakh left. The hosts are still coming forward.
    • 41' England lead undeservedly thanks to some pretty wretched marking by the Kazakhs.
    • 40' GOAL!!! Gareth Barry heads England in front!! A corner is played short on the left, Gerrard crosses from the left and Barry loses his marker and nods the ball simply into the net!
    • 39' Superb reverse pass from Rooney towards the overlapping Ashley Cole who just fails to reach it.
    • 38' Kazakhstan free-kick 35 metres out, Kukeyev to deliver... this time an England head gets to it.
    • 37' England look to pass the ball around at the back and cannot even do that without booting it out for a throw. There is no movement whatsoever from England's forward players.
    • 36' Lampard's corner finds the head of Terry, whose header is straight at Mokin.
    • 36' England win a throw on the right, which Walcott then turns into a corner. Maybe this time...
    • 34' Useless, useless stuff from England, that Heskey chance notwithstanding.
    • 33' Kukeyev gets forward down the left and goes down with Johnhson in attendance... but no foul.
    • 32' Nusserbayev crosses from the left but it is low and straight at Green.
    • 31' Lampard delivers a corner from the right but it comes to nothing.
    • 29' HESKEY!!! OFF THE POST!!! He hits a low shot from the right 15 yards out and Mokin gets just enough on the ball to push it onto the woodwork.
    • 28' Barry chases a long ball down the right but it trickles out for a throw.
    • 27' Sabyrkhan Ibrayev comes on for Ostapenko.This will require a change of formation - probably with Nusserbayev going all the way up front. Or possibly Averchenko.
    • 26' Wayward cross from Ashley Cole on the left. England have not had a chance yet.
    • 24' Rooney smashes a long shot that is always drifting away, and it goes a yard or two wide to the right.
    • 23' A stretcher is used to carry Ostapenko off and he has a problem with his right knee.
    • 22' Ostapenko is down after a challenge from Barry, who just needs to be a bit careful here.
    • 20' More rubbish distribution from Johnson, who knocks the ball 60 yards out for a goal-kick.
    • 19' England look incredibly ragged, and they could be two down. Fabio Capello is looking somewhat purple-faced.
    • 17' GOAL DISALLOWED!! Ostapenko heads into the net and wheels away in celebration, but the flag is up for offside. Heartbreak for Kazakhstan, but it was the correct decision. Ostapenko was celebrating for a good 30 seconds while play continued before he discovered his goal had been chalked off.
    • 16' Yellow card Gareth Barry, and that means he will be suspended for the visit of Andorra to Wembley on Wednesday.
    • 16' The first 15 minutes have not been good. Although I don't know why that would surprise anyone who watches England on a regular basis. Even under Fabio Capello, muddling through seems to be their preferred method.
    • 14' Panicky defending by Johnson, who is briefly flummoxed by a dodgy bounce and belts the ball out for a throw.
    • 13' Gerrard finds Walcott on the right, and he looks to inject some pace... he is quickly surrounded by opponents and the move breaks down.
    • 11' England are being very careless in possession here as a long ball clatters into a microphone on the running track.
    • 10' When the free-kick does finally come in it glances wide off Upson's head.
    • 9' Kazakhstan do not retreat from an England free-kick and it is a yellow card for Tanat Nusserbayev.
    • 7' Heskey chases a through ball but Logvinenko gets their first and puts it out for a throw... Cole crosses from the left straight into Mokin's hands.
    • 6' Lampard tries a 30-yarder and sends it wildly high and wide.
    • 5' Gerrard down the left now, but he is crowded out and loses possession. A shaky start from Fabio Capello's men.
    • 4' Walcott gets forward down the right and attempts to cross. He wins a corner which eventually comes to nothing.
    • 2' Amazing start for the home side, who really ought to be in front! Shades of San Marino, there...
    • 1' What a chance for Ostapenko after 15 seconds!! Johnson gives the ballaway to Kukeyev who crosses from the left and the Kazakh striker cannot get a clean shot away!
    • 1' Game on! England playing from right to left in all white. Kazakhstan in blue with yellow trim.
    • - A rousing rendition of both anthems and, oddly, nothing about Kazakhstan being number one in potassium. On which note, travelling England fans have been banned from wearing Borat-style mankinis for fear of upsetting their hosts.
    • - It is nearly nine o'clock in the evening in Almaty, where the TV commentators are in a pleasingly old-fashioned box. The tunnel onto the pitch has a comically low ceiling..
    • - See below for the Kazakh team - they have both of the men who caused some problems at Wembley; Nusserbayev and Ostapenko.
    • - ENGLAND: Green, Johnson, Terry, Upson, A Cole, Walcott, Barry, Lampard, Gerrard, Rooney, Heskey; SUBS: Robinson, Lescott, Bridge, Defoe, Wright-Phillips, Beckham, Crouch.
    • - Arsenal winger Theo Walcott makes his return to the England team for the World Cup qualifier against Kazakhstan after dislocating his shoulder and missing four international games.
    • - Rio Ferdinand's calf injury means Matthew Upson partners John Terry at centre-back, while goalkeeper Robert Green has been handed his first start for the Group Six clash.
    • - Emile Heskey, who missed the victory over Ukraine in April, replaces Peter Crouch in attack as England look to protect their 100 per cent record in qualifying for the 2010 World Cup.

  • Team Stats

    Kazakhstan Stats England
    34% Possession 65%
    8 Shots 19
    1 Shots on target 11
    5 Saves 0
    0 Corners 6
    11 Fouls 9
    1 Offsides 3
    2 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    21 Tackles 19
    205 Accurate passes 475
    58 Bad passes 63

  • 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
    • Kazakhstan
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Alexandr Mokin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0
      4 Renat Abdulin 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 0 0
      3 Aleksandr Kirov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 14 3
      5 Aleksandr Kislitsyn 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 25 1 1
      8 Sergey Skorykh 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 28 5 2
      11 Yevgeni Averchenko 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 11 3 0
      10 Zhambyl Kukeyev 0 2 0 1 5 0 0 26 10 10
      14 Yuri Logvinenko 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 18 9 1
      7 Tanat Nuserbaev 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 15 6 1
      9 Sergey Ostapenko 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 1
      6 Andrey Karpovich 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 27 5 0
      12 Farkhadbek Iristemov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      2 Ilya Fomicehev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Vyacheslav Erbes 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0
      18 Murat Mukashev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      16 Sabirkhan Ibrayev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 2
      13 Azat Nurgaliyev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      15 Andrey Travain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • England
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Robert Green 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 0
      6 John Terry 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 53 3 1
      5 Matthew Upson 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 51 4 0
      3 Ashley Cole 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 60 11 1
      2 Glen Johnson 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 40 1 5
      8 Frank Lampard 1 2 1 3 0 0 0 70 6 6
      4 Gareth Barry 1 1 1 1 3 0 0 75 19 4
      11 Steven Gerrard 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 31 7 1
      10 Wayne Rooney 1 6 5 0 0 0 0 29 6 0
      9 Emile Heskey 1 2 2 3 3 2 0 7 1 0
      7 Theo Walcott 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 0 1
      13 Joleon Lescott 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Peter Crouch 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      14 Wayne Bridge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      15 Jermain Defoe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0
      17 David Beckham 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 0
      16 Shaun Wright-Phillips 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 24 1 0
      12 Paul Robinson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 89' Kukeyev!! Fires a low shot that has Green diving full length to his right but the ball whistles a foot or so wide.
    • 77' GOAL!! Frank Lampard slams the ball into the net to add further gloss to the scoreline.
    • 73' GOAL!! Wayne Rooney makes it three! A Johnson cross bobbles up to the striker who knees it goalwards. Mokin clears it brilliantly away but Rooney follows up with a superb overhead kick about which the goalkeeper can do nothing.
    • 45+1' GOAL!!! Two for England!! A Gerrard pass is deflected and nearly loops over Mokin, who parries the ball into the path of Heskey and the Aston Villa man passes the ball simply into the net!
    • 40' GOAL!!! Gareth Barry heads England in front!! A corner is played short on the left, Gerrard crosses from the left and Barry loses his marker and nods the ball simply into the net!
    • 29' HESKEY!!! OFF THE POST!!! He hits a low shot from the right 15 yards out and Mokin gets just enough on the ball to push it onto the woodwork.
    • 17' GOAL DISALLOWED!! Ostapenko heads into the net and wheels away in celebration, but the flag is up for offside. Heartbreak for Kazakhstan, but it was the correct decision. Ostapenko was celebrating for a good 30 seconds while play continued before he discovered his goal had been chalked off.
    • 1' What a chance for Ostapenko after 15 seconds!! Johnson gives the ballaway to Kukeyev who crosses from the left and the Kazakh striker cannot get a clean shot away!
    • - ENGLAND: Green, Johnson, Terry, Upson, A Cole, Walcott, Barry, Lampard, Gerrard, Rooney, Heskey; SUBS: Robinson, Lescott, Bridge, Defoe, Wright-Phillips, Beckham, Crouch.

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  1. well done David. Beckham
    and the others

    From Colin T, on Sun 7 Jun 12:38AM

  2. The biggest problem that England and English teams have­ is that they go on too much about how good the other­ teams players are, which causes a fear factor, thats­ why England has not won any tourment for years, we have­ some of the best players in the world, and yet when­ they get to the last rounds the players and the­ reporters keep on speaking about the great players in­ the other team.
    This is also the same for the english­ teams when they play the bigger teams in the euro­ cup.
    When players around the world want to come to play­ in the prem league because they think it is the best,­ why do we change our style because of the team we are­ playing, when they should be concerned about us, the­ fast pace of the prem league would scare them, so why­ try to play their way.
    Get the mind right and the­ manager not trying to play all the top players if they­ don't blend right, pick the best team, even if a­ big name has to be left on the bench.

    From Clive, on Sun 7 Jun 12:22AM

  3. Even if we won 30-0 there would still be some England­ hater's having a dig & saying how we are­ rubbish & over rated!
    You can only beat what's­ put in front of you & were now sixth in the world­ so we cant be that bad :)
    LOOKS LIKE WE'VE­ QUALIFIED BOYS, WAHOOOOO!!!!!
    Now fingers crossed­ Scotland don't & I'll be a happy bunny :)

    From zoggy, on Sat 6 Jun 11:09PM

  4. Nigel are you on some form of drugs or­ something??
    Africa isn't a country... it's a­ continent, and has tropical and temperate­ countries.
    South Africa is cold enough... and seeing as­ it's in the southern hemisphere, the World cup will­ be played while it's winter there!

    England not­ winning the World Cup because it was too hot for them,­ when it's winter in a southern country, could quite­ possibly be the biggest BS excuse I've heard before­ the competition even starts.

    Countries like Italy,­ Spain, Argentina, Brazil have a better chance of­ winning... because they have better footballers.­ Managers and coaches can only do so much for a­ team...

    "Ivory coast would be an outside­ bet".... what a complete farce.

    From *sempre per te*solo con te*, on Sat 6 Jun 9:57PM

  5. N.I 4 LIFE

    From j.edwards97, on Sat 6 Jun 9:38PM

  6. England CAN win the World Cup. Capello has them playing­ disciplined hard to beat football. I dont think we will­ win as its in Africa. I would love it if I was­ wrong.

    Look at Brazil Spain Italy and any country with­ a hot climate. Ivory Coast could be an ouside bet if­ they qualify.

    From Nigel, on Sat 6 Jun 9:25PM

  7. As usual luck should prevail at the world cup­ tournament next year. And if England are injury free,­ they have a good chance of reaching the last eight and­ from there on, who knows?

    From khadaroo k, on Sat 6 Jun 9:10PM

  8. where is joe cole, I miss the injured one

    From Marius, on Sat 6 Jun 7:59PM
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    england can only play 2nd rate teams and only just beat­ them sometimes.put them up against a half decent team­ and they get humped. id put them in a sunday pub­ game, they are rubish

    From HARRY R, on Sat 6 Jun 7:46PM

  10. I'm not an England fan but I believe that Capello­ will get the best out this team, so much so that they­ will win the WC, and I truly dread that day because my­ England friends will be intolerable, but I see England­ playing up to and just surpassing the level of their­ opponents. Forza Italia but I fear it will do little­ good next year.

    From dpovoledo, on Sat 6 Jun 7:42PM

  11. who was it now yeah

    From Rocky, on Sat 6 Jun 7:30PM

  12. England Forever!!!!!!

    From christopher.dixon93, on Sat 6 Jun 7:23PM

  13. england won 4-0, but if they put up this kind of­ performance in the world cup, the will never make it to­ the 2nd round. the need to play better. Gerard is the­ best england player.

    From ihuoma, on Sat 6 Jun 6:53PM

  14. Remember that it is a 4-0 win over Kazakhstan.

    A win­ is a win. However, we will have to play infinitely­ better than this is we ever hope to do really well in­ the World Cup.

    From Grandmaster, on Sat 6 Jun 6:46PM

  15. S

    From rostralis, on Sat 6 Jun 6:43PM

  16. to 526 dont let people grind you down yea it should be­ available on the beeb but hey its a game of football

    From dsmout, on Sat 6 Jun 6:34PM

  17. CDOR You are unpleasant @#$% and may you one day that­ to the wrong person..I doubt you will be able to type­ again.......

    From sean850, on Sat 6 Jun 6:30PM

  18. MY GIRLFRIEND WOULD NOT LET ME WATCH THE MATCH :(

    BY­ MATTY

    From michelle, on Sat 6 Jun 6:27PM

  19. i wish every international game was on itv or bbc­ because there scabbin money like tht the thieves

    From parkes406, on Sat 6 Jun 6:22PM
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    england are lucky

    From scoombes716, on Sat 6 Jun 6:22PM
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