England have now played 4 World Cup qualifier games and have 12 points out of 12. So far the performances have generally been very good. Tonight England played Belarus and won 3-1. Belarus played well in the 1st half with some good build up play and some excellent passing. England scored first with a long range shot from Gerrard after good play by Rooney. Belarus got a deserved equaliser with some poor defending. They had a free header to equalise. However in the 2nd half once Rooney scored his first after great play by Heskey it was all England. Rooney got a second after combining well with Gerrard. England should have won 4-1 but Gerrard hit the post when he was through on goal.
Seems like Capello has got England playing well and as a team – and thats a team with both Gerrard AND Lampard in the same team. The team played excellently as a whole. Gerrard out of the two was the best performer. The only problem with Gerrard playing on the left as he was was that he drifted into the middle and it was all very narrow and against a better team if the right sided midfielder really went at England then it could be a problem.
Heskey seems to play really well for England especially with a “little and large” combination. Rooney really has hit some form now scoring in his last 5 games for England and United. Might see if I can fit him into my fantasy football team…..
Seems to be a lot of players recently who have got injured and are going to miss the World Cup. Its a shame that top players will miss out and we don’t get to see them play.
