ENGLAND vs CROATIA

England 5 VS Croatia 1

Wednesday, 09/09/2009

Kick off 20:00 BST at Wembley Stadium

England - Lampard jnr 7'(pen),59' Gerrard 18',66' Rooney 77'

Croatia - Eduardo 71'

Minute by minute

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FULL TIME

87'Aaron Lennon is named as the Nationwide man-of-the-match.

85'Yellow cardJohn Terry.

81'SubstitutionOff, Steven Gerrard. On, James Milner.

80'SubstitutionOff, Aaron Lennon. On, David Beckham.

77'Goal scoredWayne Rooney. England are gifted a fifth goal when Runje mis-kicks a pass back from Ivica Krizanac straight to Rooney and he makes no mistake by side footing home.

76'Petric forces Green into another save with a shot from the edge of the area.

73'SubstitutionOff, Da Silva Eduardo. On, Ivan Klasnic.

71'Goal scoredDa Silva Eduardo. Croatia pull a goal back when Eduardo shoots home from close range after Green had made a double save from Petric and Mandzukic.

70'Robert Green makes a straightforward save to keep Niko Kranjcar's shot at bay.

66'Goal scoredSteven Gerrard. It's a second goal for Gerrard and a fourth for England, as the Liverpool man heads home a cross at the far post after some good work by Rooney on the right. It's the first time since 2004 and a game in Austria that both Lampard and Gerrard have scored in the same game for England.

59'Goal scoredFrank Lampard jnr. A great run and cross down the right from Johnson sees him set up a header for Lampard and the Chelsea man makes no mistake to score his second of the night.

59'SubstitutionOff, Emile Heskey. On, Jermain Defoe.

55'Johnson clears well at the far post to deny Eduardo, after Mandzukic had crossed from the right after dispossessing Ashley Cole.

51'Mandzukic shoots over the bar following a quickly taken corner by Srna.

46'Croatia get the second half underway, having made two substitutions at the break.

46'SubstitutionOff, Ivica Olic. On, Mladen Petric.

46'SubstitutionOff, Nikola Pokrivac. On, Ivan Rakitic.

45'Heskey has another great chance to get a third goal, when he's picked out in the area by Lampard but he can't get the ball under control and Runje saves.

HALF TIME

43'Heskey has a shot saved by Runje after being played into the box by Lennon.

43'Yellow cardJosip Simunic.

35'Lennon is put clear into the box by Rooney's through ball, but Runje claws away his attempted dink into the goal.

30'Eduardo shoots woefully wide of the target after turning Gareth Barry to create some space for himself.

28'Lampard forces a fine save from Runje with a stinging free-kick from around 35 yards, after an earlier foul on Emile Heskey.

22'Good defending from both Matthew Upson and John Terry to deny Mandzukic and Ivica Olic, as Croatia look to find a way back into the game.

18'Goal scoredSteven Gerrard. It's 2-0! Lennon chips a fine cross to the far post and Gerrard times his run to perfection and guides a header beyond Runje and into the net.

17'Mario Mandzukic shoots over the bar from ten yards, after England failed to clear Darijo Srna's cross from the right.

13'Gareth Barry forces a fine save from Runje, after being set up by Lennon from 25 yards.

10'Wayne Rooney's run through the middle and ends with a cross into the box, but Gerrard's header is easily saved by Runje.

7'Goal scoredFrank Lampard jnr. The midfielder sticks the ball away into the bottom corner, giving Vedran Runje no chance.

7'Aaron Lennon is tripped in the area by Simunic. Penalty this time!

04'England look for a penalty when Steven Gerrard's run into the box appears to be halted by the hand of Josip Simunic. The referee chooses not to award a spot kick though.

KOAfter a passionate and rousing set of national anthems, it's England who kick the game off at Wembley.