Theo's thoughts
Saturday, 06 September, 2008
After helping the Three Lions to victory in his first competitive start, Theo Walcott now wants more.
2010 Fifa World Cup Qualifier
Group Six
7pm, Saturday 6 September 2008
Olympic Stadium, Barcelona
Live on Setanta
Theo Walcott was relieved to have helped get England's World Cup qualification campaign off to a winning start and now hopes to figure on Wednesday against Croatia.
Walcott made his first competitive start in an England shirt as the Three Lions opened up with a 2-0 win over Andorra thanks to a Joe Cole brace in Barcelona.
But the 19-year-old Arsenal starlet caught the eye with an impressive performance on the right-flank, and he is now desperate to figure in Zagreb in midweek.
"We got the result we wanted," he admitted.
"It was all about wining today, it doesn't matter how we play as long as we top the group and get to the World Cup finals.
"It wasn't easy to play against them and it's not always easy when a new team plays together, but we got the result tonight.
"I put myself about tonight but I don't expect to start on Wednesday.
I'll just train hard like I have been doing and we'll see what the manager does."
The Teams
Andorra
1 Jesus Luis Koldo Alvarez, 2 Jose Manuel Ayala, 3 Jose Manuel Txema Garcia, 4 Oscar Sonejee Masand (C), 5 Antoni Lima (12 Juli Fernandez, 90+2), 6 Ildefons Lima, 7 Marc Pujol (17 Marc Vales, 90), 8 Marcio Vieira, 9 Fernando Silva (14 Juan Carlos Toscano, 65), 10 Manolo Jimenez, 11 Xavi Andorra.
Substitutes not used
13 Josep Antoni Gomes, 15 Gabriel Riera, 16 Jose Escura, 18 Sergi Moreno
Coach
David Rodrigo
England
1 David James, 2 Glen Johnson, 3 Ashley Cole, 4 Gareth Barry, 5 Joleon Lescott, 6 John Terry (C), 7 Theo Walcott, 8 Frank Lampard (15 David Beckham, 80), 9 Wayne Rooney, 10 Stewart Downing (18 Joe Cole, 46), 11 Jermain Defoe (17 Emile Heskey, 46)
Substitutes not used
12 Paul Robinson, 13 Wes Brown, 14 Wayne Bridge, 16 David Bentley
Manager
Fabio Capello
Match Officials
Referee
Cuneyt Cakir (Turkey)
Assistant Referee
Bahattin Duran, Cem Satman (Both Turkey)
Team colours
Andorra
Blue Shirts, blue shorts, blue socks
England
Red shirts, white shorts, red socks
GK: Sky blue shirt, navy blue shorts, sky blue socks