England 2
Jenas (40)
Wright-Phillips (62)
Switzerland 1
Derdiyok (58)
Venue: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 86,857.
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany).
England started off their Capello time with a reasonable 2-1 friendly win against Switzerland tonight. The Swiss were admittedly under-strengthed, especially up front, and were playing without their captain. They came to play though, and certainly made England play.
Jermaine Jenas opened the scoring from a Joe Cole assist on 40 minutes. Cole twiddled the right back just inside the Swiss penalty box, and laid central midfielder Jenas up for a tap in from the by-line.
The Swiss found themselves under the cosh early in the second half. England could not capitalise though, and paid the price when the Swiss debutante Derdiyok hit the ball first time past David James on 58 minutes.
The leveller did not count for long though. Wright-Phillips scored his 3rd International goal this season, from another tap in. This time via a ball inside from Gerrard after some good work from Crouch and Rooney.
All in all, a satisfactory start to Capello's reign. We'll see how things pan out away to the French next up.
Come on England!
England Team: James, Brown, Ferdinand, Upson, Ashley Cole (Bridge 73), Bentley, Jenas (Wright-Phillips 57), Gerrard, Barry (Hargreaves 73), Joe Cole (Crouch 57), Rooney (Young 87).
Subs Not Used: Carson, Richards, Lescott, Woodgate, Owen, Defoe, Kirkland.
Goals: Jenas 40, Wright-Phillips 62.
Switzerland Team: Benaglio, Lichtsteiner (Behrami 46), Senderos (Grichting 55), Eggiman, Spycher, Inler, Gelson (Huggel 84), Barnetta, Yakin (Margairaz 63), Gygax (Vonlanthen 46), Nkufo (Derdiyok 46).
Subs Not Used: Zuberbuhler, Coltorti, Ziegler.
Goals: Derdiyok 58.
Posted at 11:15 PM, Wednesday, February 06, 2008
Jenas (40)
Wright-Phillips (62)
Switzerland 1
Derdiyok (58)
Venue: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 86,857.
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany).
England started off their Capello time with a reasonable 2-1 friendly win against Switzerland tonight. The Swiss were admittedly under-strengthed, especially up front, and were playing without their captain. They came to play though, and certainly made England play.
Jermaine Jenas opened the scoring from a Joe Cole assist on 40 minutes. Cole twiddled the right back just inside the Swiss penalty box, and laid central midfielder Jenas up for a tap in from the by-line.
The Swiss found themselves under the cosh early in the second half. England could not capitalise though, and paid the price when the Swiss debutante Derdiyok hit the ball first time past David James on 58 minutes.
The leveller did not count for long though. Wright-Phillips scored his 3rd International goal this season, from another tap in. This time via a ball inside from Gerrard after some good work from Crouch and Rooney.
All in all, a satisfactory start to Capello's reign. We'll see how things pan out away to the French next up.
Come on England!
England Team: James, Brown, Ferdinand, Upson, Ashley Cole (Bridge 73), Bentley, Jenas (Wright-Phillips 57), Gerrard, Barry (Hargreaves 73), Joe Cole (Crouch 57), Rooney (Young 87).
Subs Not Used: Carson, Richards, Lescott, Woodgate, Owen, Defoe, Kirkland.
Goals: Jenas 40, Wright-Phillips 62.
Switzerland Team: Benaglio, Lichtsteiner (Behrami 46), Senderos (Grichting 55), Eggiman, Spycher, Inler, Gelson (Huggel 84), Barnetta, Yakin (Margairaz 63), Gygax (Vonlanthen 46), Nkufo (Derdiyok 46).
Subs Not Used: Zuberbuhler, Coltorti, Ziegler.
Goals: Derdiyok 58.
Posted at 11:15 PM, Wednesday, February 06, 2008
2 Comments
Not a bad start for a first match under a new manager. I expect a more polished performance in the next match.
Is the attendance the actual number of people who walked through the turnstiles or the number of tickets purchased? 86,857 is quite a few people to count.
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Football Rumours, at 4:56 PM
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