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11:53, October 12, 2008 |
Wayne Rooney scored twice as England kept their FIFA World Cup show on the road with a 5-1 Wembley win over Group 6 minnows Kazakhstan that was nothing like as convincing as the score line suggested.
After the euphoria generated by last month's 4-1 win in Croatia,Fabio Capello had been hoping to treat the Wembley crowd to the kind of display that would silence the jeers that had marred his squad's three previous appearances in front of their own supporters.
Instead, the Italian had to endure the sight of Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard once again failing to work effectively as a midfield combination as England made their fans wait until seven minutes into the second half before Rio Ferdinand headed them intothe lead.
By that stage, England should have been behind and it required an own goal by defender Alexandr Kuchma to double their advantage.Zhambyl Kukeyev's well-taken strike briefly gave the visitors hopeof salvaging something from the match before Rooney's double and alate strike from substitute Jermain Defoe spared their coach a tense finale.
Source: Xinhua
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