England

4-0

Greece

Terry 14, Lampard 30, Crouch 36, 42

 

 

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8.05pm, Wednesday 16 August 2006
Old Trafford, Manchester
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16 August 2006
England 4-0 Greece: Watch the Action

It was a fantastic opening night for Steve McClaren, with England steaming past the European Champions Greece.

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England ushered in the McClaren era with a fine victory over Greece which was kicked off with a goal from his new captain John Terry - and now you can watch the highlights.

All the goals were scored in a sweeping first half performance that took the Three Lions into an impressive four-goal lead at the interval.

Peter Crouch took his tally for England to eight goals in 12 matches, while Frank Lampard scored a brilliant goal following link up play with Jermain Defoe.

John Terry capped his first match as skipper with a headed goal on 15 minutes, it resulted from a Lampard free-kick that Greece failed to deal with and it left the Chelsea defender delighted.

Stewart Downing headed the ball back into the danger area and Terry pounced to send the Three Lions into an early lead.

Frank Lampard scored England's second goal from a fine move involving some neat play from Jermain Defoe.

Grabbing his 12th goal for his country, Lampard linked up well with Defoe beforing lifting the ball over Nikopolidis.

Peter Crouch then profited from Lampard's misfortune as he followed up on a rebound from the keeper to make it 3-0 England.

Six minutes later it was four as Gerrard's surging run gave the impetus for another flowing move that Greece were unable to deal with.

Stewart Downing provided the cross and Crouch's downward header bounced once before bursting the net.

It was a sensational first half performance from Steve McClaren's side - you can watch the highlights by clicking the above links