ENGLAND MATCH REPORTS

      Gerrard 54, 76,
Nugent 90
1.

Alvarez
2. Ayala
3. Bernaus
4. Sonejee 58
5. Lima 12
6. Escura
7. Vieira
8. Genis Garcia 81
9.

Toscano 25 (Moreno 90)
10. Pujol (Martinez 69)
11. Justo (Fernandez 88)
Substitutes
12. Somoza
14. Rubio
15. Moreno
16. Martinez
17. Jimenez
18. Fernandez
23. Sanchez

MATCH DETAILS

Match: Euro 2008 Qualifier
Venue: Barcelona
Date: 28th March 2007
Rankings: A126 - E9
Att: 12,800
Ref: B Duarte Paixao (Portugal)
Weather: Wet & Windy
Rating: 

MATCH STATS

0 Shots on target 10
0 Shots off target 9
0 Blocked Shots 4
0 Corners 3
12 Fouls conceded 16
1 Offsides 3
4 Yellow cards 3
0 Red cards 0
20% Possession 80%
1. Robinson
2. Richards (Dyer 61)
3. A Cole 81
4. Gerrard
5. Ferdinand
6. Terry
7. Hargreaves 78
8. Downing
9. Rooney 59 (Defoe 61)
10. Johnson (Nugent 79)
11. Lennon
Substitutes
12. Carragher
13. Foster
14. Barry
15. Dyer
16. Carrick
17. Nugent
18. Defoe
 
MINI REPORT
Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard saved Steve McClaren from a barrage of criticism with two excellently taken goals against Andorra in Barcelona. After a turgid first forty-five minutes where England never looked like scoring against a packed defence the second half was a big improvement. Gerrard smashed home on 53 minutes and added a superb second on 76. Preston’s David Nugent added a late third to seal a decent win. Not a great performance again but a 3-0 win away from home is certainly a positive result.

Despite the win England are now 4th in the group after Israel beat Estonia 4-0.

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