ENGLAND vs ROMANIA

England 2 VS Romania 1

Friday, 08/10/2010

Kick off 19:30 BST at Carrow Road, Norwich

UEFA Euro 2011 play-off first leg

England - Henderson 63' Smalling 83'

Romania - Bertrand 71'(og)

Minute by minute

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90+2'SubstitutionOff, Jack Wilshere. On, Jack Cork.

90+3'Eric Bicfalvi forces Fielding into a fine save at his near post.

87'Sturridge almost extends the advantage late on after some excellent wing play by Albrighton. The Villa man cuts inside and flashes the ball across the face of goal at pace, but Sturridge can only steer wide with his head.

83'Goal scoredChris Smalling. England are back in the lead via the big Man United defender. Marc Albrighton swings in a far post corner which Danny Sturridge heads back across goal and Smalling taps home after a touch from Wilshere.

82'Yellow cardIoan Hora.

81'SubstitutionOff, Danny Welbeck. On, Daniel Sturridge.

81'SubstitutionOff, Marius Alexe. On, Sabrin Sburlea.

75'SubstitutionOff, Tom Cleverley. On, Marc Albrighton.

71'Goal scoredRyan Bertrand. Romania have equalised virtually out of nothing. Ioan Hora was allowed to run to the full length of the pitch before shooting and the ball deflects off Bertrand and past Fielding. It's 1-1 now.

64'SubstitutionOff, Ionut Neagu. On, Andrei Ionescu.

63'Goal scoredJordan Henderson. England finally take the lead! The ball falls to Henderson outside the area after Cleverley's corner is only half cleared and the Sunderland man wallops a fine volley past Lung and into the corner.

62'Michael Mancienne gets on the end of a swift passing move to fire in a shot, deflected behind for a corner.

58'More pressure from England. This time a good run from Fabrice Muamba sees Cleverley gain possession and his cross is knocked behind for a corner.

55'Cleveley's cross from the left is knocked out for a corner by Gama.

54'England still dominating territorially and in possession. Latest chance sees Rose cross for Cleverley, but he can't win the header.

50'Crowd of 25794 announced as a Carrow Road record since the stadium turned all-seater.

48'Phil Jones wins back possession on the edge of Romania's area and crosses deep, but the ball drifts over the bar.

48'Phil Jones does well to win possession, but his deep cross drifts over the bar.

47'Welbeck's cross is cleared by Gama.

47'Danny Welbeck does well to snuff out a cross from Valerica Gaman.

HALF TIME

45'Romania get the second half kicked-off at Carrow Road.

44'Romanian captain Gabriel Torje clips the post with a shot, on the verge of half-time. A goal would have been harsh, as England have dominated possession stakes throughout the first half.

40'Henderson fires over from the edge of the box after Romania clear a corner.

37'Welbeck breaks away on the right, but has to delay his cross whilst waiting for support and Lung collects the eventual cross.

36'Danny Rose tumbles in the area under a challenge from Cornel Rapa, but any shouts for a penalty are waved away.

34'Henderson forces Lung into a save, with a right-footer from 25 yards but it causes no real problem for the Romanian stopper.

31'Cleverley puts a dangerous ball in from the right, but Welbeck just can't stretch enough to get on the end of it.

26'Fielding makes his first save of the game, to stop Eric Bicfalvi's angled left-footer from inside the area after a good run through the middle.

20'Jones heads wide of the target, after meeting Cleverley's free-kick from the right following a foul on Jack Wilshere.

20'Romania are causing trouble with their set-plays. This time Valerica Gaman knocks the ball wide of the target following a free-kick into the area from deep.

18'Ryan Bertrand delivers a delicious cross from the left, his third of the night, but Tom Cleverley can't quite get on the end of it.

12'Phil Jones clears the ball off the line, after a Romanian free-kick wasn't collected by Frankie Fielding, eventually resulting in a shot at goal.

04'Jordan Henderson sees an early effort saved well by Romanian 'keeper Silviu Lung.

03'Yellow cardŞtefan Bărboianu. An early caution for the Romanian midfielder.

02'An early corner for Romania, but it comes to nothing.

00'England's starting line-up named: 1 Frankie Fielding, 2 Michael Mancienne (c), 3 Ryan Bertrand, 4 Fabrice Muamba, 5 Chris Smalling, 6 Phil Jones, 7 Tom Cleverley, 8 Jordan Henderson, 9 Danny Welbeck, 10 Jack Wilshere, 11 Danny Rose.

KOWe're off! Danny Welbeck and Jack Wilshere get us kicked-off in Norwich.

00'Romania get the second half up and running.

FULL TIME