England |
6-2 |
Kazakhstan |
Garbutt 2, Keane 16, Afobe 24, 75, Hall 66, 73 |
|
Kuat 30, Utrobin 32 |
UEFA European U17 Championship
First Round Qualifying
8am (GMT), Monday 26 October 2009
Baku, Azerbaijan
England got their European qualifying campaign off to an emphatic start with a 6-2 victory over Kazakhstan in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Everton's Luke Garbutt grabbed the opening goal with just two minutes on the clock before William Keane doubled the advantage on 16. When Benik Afobe made it 3-0 just eight minutes later the game looked beyond Kazakhstan, but two goals in two minutes dragged them right back into the contest. Islambek Kuat and Nikita Utrobin were the Kazakhi goalscorers.
John Peacock's side took their now slender lead into the half-time break, but Robert Hall, on for Connor Wickham, settled England's nerves by registering his first of two goals on 66 minutes. He made it 5-2 just minutes later, before Afboe sealed the win with just five minutes remaining.
England's next game sees them take on Azerbaijan on Wednesday.
England1 Sam Johnstone, 2 Bruno Pilatos (4 Conor Coady, 70), 3 Luke Garbutt, 6 Tom Thorpe, 7 William Keane, 8 Ross Barkley, 9 Benik Afobe, 10 Josh McEachran (17 Luke Williams, 54), 14 George Thorne, 15 Louis Laing, 16 Connor Wickham (Robert Hall, 61)
Substitutes not used 5 Nathaniel Chalobah, 11 Ravel Morrison, 12 Jack Robinson, 13 Jack Butland
Kazakhstan18 Rimus Martinkus, 3 Ruslan Zununov, 5 Ravil Saurambayev, 6 Zhalyn Zhaxylykov, 8 Yerkebulan Nurgaliyev, 9 Sapar Tastemirov, 10 Islambek Kuat, 13 Nikita Utrobin, 14 Aslan Januzakov, 15 Amir Balatbayev, 17 Stanislav Lunin
Substitutes1 Temurlan Jumagaliyev, 2 Renat Bayanov, 4 Rustern Kuanyshev, 7 Altynbek Dauletkhanov, 11 Stanislav Miroshichenko, 12 Vyacheslav Zhabin, 13 Elvin Allayarov