Peter Crouch scored twice as England cruised to a 3-0 win over Belarus in their final World Cup qualifying Group 6 match at Wembley. More
90+3 That's the final whistle! An easy win in the end for England as they make it nine wins out of 10 in their World Cup qualifying campaign. Normal service resumed after the Ukraine defeat!
88' Beckham has it on the edge of the box, it opens up for him and he drills a low shot past the keeper but off the left-hand post and away! England hit the woodwork twice in a minute.
87' Lampard chases Beckham's ball on the left, he cuts it back and Milner on it, he beats one man, the another with a super step-over and he must score but the finish across the keeper comes off the inside of the post, across the line and clear! What poor luck!
83' BELARUS SUB: Kashevsky on for Bordachev.
78' ENGLAND SUB: Milner, who is clever and good enough to play anywhere, comes on at left-back for Bridge, who is limping.
76' Cole is now in space on the right, the left-back is nowhere and he drills a low shot which the keeper parries but there is Crouch again for his second tapping in from close range waiting to pounce on the rebound! 3-0, and Crouch's 18th goal for England.
66' Terry slides in to snuff out a break down the Belarus right. ENGLAND SUB: Cole on for Agbonlahor. Now THAT is a big strike pairing, average height of around 6'5"...
60' Agbonlahor harasses the fullback into an error and wins a corner on the left. Well played from the Villa man. Beckham takes it short to SWP on the edge of the box and he drills it through a crowd of players AND UNDER THE KEEPER'S OUTSTRETCHED ARM FOR 2-0! Keeper should have stopped that but Sweepy doesn't care, he gets a goal that swings the wide-man pendulum back in his favour!
59' ENGLAND SUB: Beckham, who has an excellent beard, comes on for Lennon, who surely has done enough to edge SWP out in future games.
54' Johnson pops up on the right centre and puts in a good cross diagonal for Crouch who is offside, marginally if at all.
53' Decent move from England but Lennon's ball to Lampard is intercepted and Belarus play the ball out of defence. Back with England though, Bridge forward to SWP but he mis-controls. A late tackle from Kornilenko on SWP and it is a yellow card.
49' Lamaprd to take then and he dips a really nice shot up and down over the wall that the keeper palms over for a corner.
46' Second half underway, an England move breaks down and Belarus counter, which is itself stopped by Terry.
45+2 Half-time, England lead 1-0 and decent value for it through that early Peter Crouch goal.
45+1 Johnson does well to slip the ball wide to Lennon who has pace to burn, loads of space and he picks out a good fizzing cross to CROUCH WITH A DIVING HEADER BUT WIDE OF THE NEAR POST!
21' Free-kick to Belarus around 40 yards out, Sosnovsky to take, short and Omelyanchuk crosses but England clear, Barry to Agbonlahor who races clear, he runs away from the Belarus defence on the right, he cuts inside, beats the defender and drills it in low, good block but the England man is on to the loose ball and behind for a corner before he can shoot!
18' Barry quickly plays it long for Agbonlahor but his former Villa team-mate is offside.
15' Another corner to England which Lampard will take from the right, an excellent delivery TO CROUCH DEEP WITH A POWERFUL HEADER BUT WIDE!
6' Low free-kick aimed to the near post, it skips away from Barry and Kornilenko tries to finish but puts it wide! Good chance for Belarus, awkward corner to deal with.
4' Bridge inside to Barry on halfway, he slides an excellent through ball that frees Agbonlahor who gets clear of Verkhovtsov with his superb pace and he hits the byline to drag the ball back TO CROUCH SLIDING IN TO KNOCK THE BALL PAST ZHEVNOV FOR 1-0! Crouch scores AGAIN for England.
1' Match underway at Wembley!!
- Referee: Lucilio Cardoso Cortez Batista (Portugal)
- Hello and welcome to Eurosport-Yahoo!'s LIVE coverage of England's meaningless but potentially interesting World Cup qualifying dead rubber at home to Belarus, starting at 8pm!
88' Beckham has it on the edge of the box, it opens up for him and he drills a low shot past the keeper but off the left-hand post and away! England hit the woodwork twice in a minute.
87' Lampard chases Beckham's ball on the left, he cuts it back and Milner on it, he beats one man, the another with a super step-over and he must score but the finish across the keeper comes off the inside of the post, across the line and clear! What poor luck!
76' Cole is now in space on the right, the left-back is nowhere and he drills a low shot which the keeper parries but there is Crouch again for his second tapping in from close range waiting to pounce on the rebound! 3-0, and Crouch's 18th goal for England.
60' Agbonlahor harasses the fullback into an error and wins a corner on the left. Well played from the Villa man. Beckham takes it short to SWP on the edge of the box and he drills it through a crowd of players AND UNDER THE KEEPER'S OUTSTRETCHED ARM FOR 2-0! Keeper should have stopped that but Sweepy doesn't care, he gets a goal that swings the wide-man pendulum back in his favour!
49' Lamaprd to take then and he dips a really nice shot up and down over the wall that the keeper palms over for a corner.
45+1 Johnson does well to slip the ball wide to Lennon who has pace to burn, loads of space and he picks out a good fizzing cross to CROUCH WITH A DIVING HEADER BUT WIDE OF THE NEAR POST!
21' Free-kick to Belarus around 40 yards out, Sosnovsky to take, short and Omelyanchuk crosses but England clear, Barry to Agbonlahor who races clear, he runs away from the Belarus defence on the right, he cuts inside, beats the defender and drills it in low, good block but the England man is on to the loose ball and behind for a corner before he can shoot!
15' Another corner to England which Lampard will take from the right, an excellent delivery TO CROUCH DEEP WITH A POWERFUL HEADER BUT WIDE!
6' Low free-kick aimed to the near post, it skips away from Barry and Kornilenko tries to finish but puts it wide! Good chance for Belarus, awkward corner to deal with.
4' Bridge inside to Barry on halfway, he slides an excellent through ball that frees Agbonlahor who gets clear of Verkhovtsov with his superb pace and he hits the byline to drag the ball back TO CROUCH SLIDING IN TO KNOCK THE BALL PAST ZHEVNOV FOR 1-0! Crouch scores AGAIN for England.
- Hello and welcome to Eurosport-Yahoo!'s LIVE coverage of England's meaningless but potentially interesting World Cup qualifying dead rubber at home to Belarus, starting at 8pm!
EnglandManager: Fabio Capello
Captain: John Terry
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BelarusManager: Bernd Stange
Captain: Aleksandr Kulchiy
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There is 1 person who is known to be a greatest Critic of Beckham... former Arsenal player Brian Glanville (HE writes columns in SPortstar Magazine)... HE points out some shortcomings of BEckham which are always Right on mark and I also want to see how he overcomes those in the World cup..
If Capello uses Beckham as a sub then can he perform against the Big teams??? He hasn't that much Quality in play as other Midfield players of England(not in terms of passing but in pace and dribbling ability).. as we know since Ac Milan is now struggling in terms of football they play can he imply himself there in coming January...???
And lastly i hate to hear the apathy of Capello towards Owen.. Since Owen is rediscovering himself in United now.... i think he should be CAlled back to the Squad...U never know.. he could be the HIghest Scorer in World Cup...

It hurts me to say this but Stick Insect did well last night in scoring two goals. Poaching goals always looks so easy but there's a knack to being in the right place and it looks like he's got it when others, with more footballing skills, don't.
I think , and this is sticking a bit I'm sorry, Crouch has to go to SA.
He takes loads of abuse from fans around the Country and is never going to win Spurs or anyone else the Premier title but, in an England shirt, his record is , cough , pretty good.
Beckam's 30 minute cameo proves that he has a role as an impact sub but he was rightly embarrassed at winning the MOM award. I'm not sure that any single player deserved that accolade ( ? ) although SWP's industry was noticeable as was JT's immense presence at in the back 4.
Foster deserves a mention in dispatches too for a fine save when he could have been forgiven for falling asleep at the wheel he was that busy.

eNGLAND WIWIN TH WOR;D CUP U JUS SEE

1966 bla..bla...2nd world war bla... bla..,from a nation that has to have a foreigner to manage there team!
GERMANY U17 4 ENGLAND 0
GERMANY U21 4 ENGLAND 0
GERMANY WOMEN 6 ENGLAND 2.
Get used to it1!!!!

wot a boring game.england looked pretty bad.belarus looked better on the ball all night.just never created the chances.beckam for motm wot a joke!!

@adomanico,
For a start Spain are the best team in the world, Brazil have gone downhill and are nt that great. Argentina are rubbish now and may not even qualify, Italy are a pile of @#$%. France and Germany are average. Portugals only good player is ronaldo and they might not qualify aswell. England are not great but they are doing well under capello and on paper their team is insane. And we did win the world cup in 1966 so shut your mouth

Should foreign managers be allowed to represent a country in internationals? I thought managers were really part of the team, not just the lads on the pitch. Get an Englishman to run the team!

MIKE, under Cappello England has moved away from long balls. This game was an experimental game as the coach mentioned so I could see he was trying to have a grasp on long ball play..

All-in all a good match for england, I just wish they'd get away from playing the long ball everytime they get hold of it,instead go back to basic's and playing the on the ground, we play alot neater game. Beck's has got to come with us to the world cup, everyone's game picked-up when he entered.

WHY OWEN NO PLAY THIS FUNCKING MATCH! NA WHAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.WELL I DONT DOUBT ENGLAND PRAYERS, THEY WONDERFUL BOYS.

Great game, all players played well and deserved a win!! Well done England were through to the next round !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :):):):)

ITV and the guy that chose the man of the match need to stop sucking beckhams ****. he was in no way the man of the match.

BEEN FUN,LATER McTURDS (SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO EASY TO WIND UP,DUE TO BAG OF CHIPS ON THE SHOULDER)........
ME I'M MILES FROM THE UK AND HAPPY TO BE SO,RETIRED AND RELAXING..................HA

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!!!!!!!!!

Referee had a very good game.

ben,TIT YOU ARE....GO F YOUR RUBBER DOLL(AGAIN)

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What a load of B*****ks............you guys are mad...this is a match against a Sunday league team.... England can't play against REAL teams.
