Trinidad & Tobago

0-3

England

 

 

Gareth Barry 12, Jermain Defoe 15, 49


International Friendly
10.30pm (5.30pm local time), Sunday 1 June 2008
Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain
Live on BBC1

England’s two-goal hero Jermain Defoe believes his January transfer from Spurs to Portsmouth has helped him to re-establish himself on the international stage.

Defoe capped an impressive all-round performance with two predatory strikes in Sunday’s 3-0 win over Trinidad and Tobago which will have boosted his chances of figuring in Fabio Capello’s future plans.

“I’m still learning and when a new manager comes in you all start at the same level. I will keep working hard, I finished the season strongly and I couldn’t be happier with my move to Portsmouth and I’m delighted with my goals.

“I enjoyed tonight and the last game against America at Wembley. It was important to win and I’m so pleased to get two goals.

“We have been together a long time as a squad but you can’t complain because to play for your country is the best thing in the world.

"The lads have all gone through a hard season but we are still here fighting for our country and it’s been great.”

The Teams

Trinidad and Tobago
1 Clayton Ince, 2 Kern Cupid (13 Kareem Smith, 46) 3 Ancil Farrier, 4 Makan Hislop, 6 Dennis Lawrence, 7 Carlos Edwards, 8 Khaleem Hyland (19 Dwight Yorke, 76) 9 Aurtis Whitley (c), 14 Stern John (24 Jerrol Forbes, 25) 17 Kenwyne Jones (10 Darryl Roberts, 11) (5 Osei Telesford, 46) 18 Keon Daniel (Kevaughhn Connell, 76)
Substitutes 11 Hayden Tinto, 15 Akeem Adams, 16 Anton Pierre, 21 Jan Michael Williams, 25 Keyeno Thomas, 26 Jamal Gay.

England
1 David James (12 Joe Hart, 46) 2 Glen Johnson, 3 Wayne Bridge (13 Stephen Warnock, 84) 4 Gareth Barry, 5 Rio Ferdinand (15 Phil Jagielka, 46) 6 Jonathan Woodgate, 7 David Beckham (c) (16 David Bentley, 46) 8 Stewart Downing (17 Ashley Young, 57)  9 Dean Ashton (19 Peter Crouch, 46) 10 Steven Gerrard, 11 Jermain Defoe (20 Theo Walcott, 69)
Substitutes 14 David Wheater, 18 Tom Huddlestone, 21 Gabriel Agbonlahor, 22 Joe Lewis

Officials
Referee Enrico Wijngaarde (Surinam)
Assistant referees Ramon Lousiville (Surinam) and Dion Inniss (Guyana)
Fourth Official Geoffrey Hospedales (Trinidad and Tobago)