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Shaun Wright-Phillips celebrates the opener against Estonia.
England 3-0 Estonia
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3-0 |
Estonia |
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Wright-Phillips 11, Rooney 32, Rahn og 33 |
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| UEFA European Championship Qualifier 3pm, Saturday 13 October 2007 Wembley Stadium Live on BBC1

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90+3 |
The referee blows time on a third consecutive 3-0 win in Group E for England. The attendance was 86,665 |
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Wayne Rooney sets up a simple chance for Steven Gerrard who is clean through on goal, only for the Estonia defender to make a last ditch tackle and prevent Joe Cole an easy finish. |
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79 |
The pace of the second half is no longer there as Estonia stifle any attacks from England. |
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75 |
Joleon Lescott is looking comfortable at left back for England. After coming on at the heart of the defence, Ashley Cole's injury caused a reshuffle with Richards coming into the middle and Phil Neville slotting in at right back. |
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73' Joel Lindpere gets the first yellow card of the game as he is booked for tugging Wayne Rooney back. |
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70' Michael Owen comes off for England to be replaced by Frank Lampard. |
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69 |
England win a free kick as Steven Gerrard is tripped 20 yards from goal. The skipper dusts himself down and strikes the ball on target, but it is simple for Poom to claim. |
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66 |
Rooney shows both power and composure as he wins the ball back from Taavi Rahn. The referee gives a foul eventually after Rooney's shirt is pulled. |
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63 |
Joel Lindpere hits a powerful, curling effort but Paul Robinson deals with it comfortably once more. |
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61' Tarmo Kink is replaced by Kristen Viikmae for the visitors. |
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60 |
Joe Cole comes inside and lofts a pass towards Michael Owen. The ball drifts past the Newcastle striker but Rooney reaches it and hooks the ball back across goal only for Poom to concede a corner. |
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58 |
Sol Campbell bursts forward for England and slips a pass to Gareth Barry, but the Aston Villa midfielder is unable to find Michael Owen with a prodded pass. |
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55 |
Joe Cole gets past the full back and curls a cross in with his left foot, but the in-swinging cross is too close to the goalline and eventually lands on the roof of the net. |
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52 |
It's a bit stop-start at the minute as both sides suffer injuries and players require treatment. Ashley Cole receives warm applause from the supporters of both sides as he is stretchered off. |
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50' Ashley Cole sustains a nasty looking ankle injury and is replaced by Phil Neville. |
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46' Joleon Lescott makes his England debut after coming on to replace Rio Ferdinand. |
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England start the second half as they look to build on a positive first half, and add to their three goals already. |
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45+2 |
The referee blows his whistle to bring the first half to an end, it's a positive first period for the Three Lions as they go into the break three goals to the good. |
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44 |
Ashley Cole goes down under a clumsy challenge from Dmitrijev and clutches his ankle. It looks painful but he is able to get up to his feet. |
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42 |
Shaun Wright-Phillips bursts into the area and beats two defenders before losing his footing. The crowd calls for a penalty but the referee waves away any appeal. |
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38 |
Estonia get their first shot on target and Paul Robinson deals with it comfortably. Joel Lindpere took the ball down after a period of head tennis, before driving the ball from 20 yards. |
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33 |
GOAL! Taavi Rahn is the unfortunate Estonian as he heads an Ashley Cole cross past his own keeper to put England three goals ahead. |
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32 |
GOAL! Wayne Rooney marks his return to the side with his first competitive goal for England since Euro 2004. A fine left-footed cross from Joe Cole provided the opportunity and Rooney drove the ball past Poom. |
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27 |
A flurry of tackles as first Gareth Barry wins the ball superbly, and then Wayne Rooney is fouled on the edge of the box to set up a free kick for the Manchester United forward. |
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25 |
Joe Cole shows determination on the left flank to win the ball back and then fine footwork to set England off on another attack with Ashley Cole. |
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22 |
Two close offside decisions in close proximity as first Michael Owen and then Wayne Rooney look to get beyond the Estonian defence, but are denied by the assistant referee. |
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19 |
Wayne Rooney almost grabs a spectacular second goal as he tries a delightful chip over Mart Poom. Unfortunately for Rooney the ball lands on top of the goal. |
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18 |
Sol Campbell is forced to cover some extra ground as Kaimar Saag threatens on the left flank, but Campbell shows pace and poise to snuff out the threat. |
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The sun is shining at Wembley as spectators are forced to shield their eyes from the light. It's a bright start in more ways than one. |
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Estonia win a threatening corner, but are unable to make anything of it and England clear their lines comfortably. |
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11 |
GOAL! Shaun Wright-Phillips caps a stubborn move that saw a ferocious Rooney effort blocked, before the Chelsea winger drove the ball through Mart Poom's legs. |
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Steven Gerrard drives onto a loose header from an Estonian defender, but overplays his through pass to Wayne Rooney. |
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Ashley Cole sends a deflected cross into the area and Shaun Wright-Phillips almost makes it his, but is denied at the last moment. |
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Despite receiving lengthy treatment, both Micah Richards and Ragnar Klavan return to the field and the action. |
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4 |
England put together a fine move with Gerrard, Rooney and Barry combining well before Joe Cole sends a deep cross into the box. Micah Richards sustains a blow to the head in a collision. |
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Estonia fire off the first shot of the game, it's from distance though and Paul Robinson watches it drift past his post. |
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Some neat passes to start the game as England search for three points in their pursuit of qualification for Euro 2008. |
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Estonia have got the game started and are going from right to left, England are wearing their home kit of white, blue and white. | Team details:
England: 1 Paul Robinson, (Tottenham Hotspur), 2 Micah Richards, (Manchester City), 3 Ashley Cole, (Chelsea) (14 Phil Neville, (Everton) 50), 4 Steven Gerrard (c), (Liverpool), 5 Rio Ferdinand, (Manchester United) (12 Joleon Lescott, (Everton) 46), 6 Sol Campbell, (Portsmouth), 7 Gareth Barry, (Aston Villa), 8 Shaun Wright Phillips, (Chelsea), 9 Wayne Rooney, (Manchester United), 10 Michael Owen, (Newcastle United) (15 Frank Lampard, (Chelsea) 70), 11 Joe Cole, (Chelsea)
Subs: 13 David James, (Portsmouth), 16 David Bentley, (Blackburn Rovers), 17 Peter Crouch, (Liverpool), 18 Jermain Defoe, (Tottenham Hotspur),
Head Coach: Steve McClaren
Estonia: 1 Mart Poom (c), 3 Andrei Stepanov, 4 Raio Piiroja, 5 Dmitri Kruglov, 6 Aleksandr Dmitrijev, 9 Ragner Klavan, 10 Joel Lindpere, 15 Tarmo Kink (24 Kristen Viikmae 61), 17 Enar Jaager, 18 Kaimar Saag, 21 Taavi Rahn
Subs: 2 Teet Allas, 7 Martin Reim, 13 Urmas Rooba, 19 Alo Barengrub, 29 Sergei Terehhov, 30 Mihkel Aksalu
Coach: Viggo Jensen
Match Official Details:
Referee: Nicolai Vollquartz (Denmark)
Assistant Referees: Anders Norrestrand, Bo Abildgaard (Both Denmark)
Fourth Official: Thomas Vejlgaard
ENGLAND 3-0 ESTONIA
13 October 2007
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