Posted on October 16, 2008 by soccerzlife
Wayne Rooney’s exquisite brace helped England to a comfortable 3-1 victory over Belarus, after Steven Gerrard had opened the scoring with a stupendous 30-yard scorcher. England had trouble concealing the makeshift nature of a defense lacking the injured John Terry and Ashley Cole. Despite Fabio Capello’s reputation as down-to-earth person, there is an excitement to [...]
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Posted on October 13, 2008 by soccerzlife
England manages to scrape through a somewhat convincing 5-1 victory against Kazakhstan in its 3rd world cup qualifying match playing at home in the Wembley stadium.
Rooney scored 2 goals and set up another to lay the foundation for England’s victory. Heskey and Walcott were also instrumental in carving the victory for England, though they themselves [...]
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