2nd Round World Cup 2010: Germany 4-1 England Wallpaper

2nd Round World Cup 2010: Germany vs England Highlights Result & Report

[Report after game].England were hammered 4-1 by Germany in the second round of the World Cup, but the spotlight fell on the officials after they missed an obvious equaliser for Fabio Capello’s men just before half-time.

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Germany                                    England
Miroslav Klose (20′)    Matthew Upson (37′)
Lukas Podolski (32′)
Thomas Müller (67′)
Thomas Müller (70′)

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England vs Algeria Highlights Video

England 0-0 Algeria Highlights Video

[Review after game].There was no happy birthday for Fabio Capello in Cape Town as England were booed by their own supporters following a dreadful performance against Algeria that leaves them needing to beat Slovenia to guarantee their World Cup progress.

[Review before game].England go into the game against Algeria with the media spotlight well and truly on them after their 1-1 draw with USA.Although this will be the first meeting between England and Algeria, the Three Lions have kept a clean sheet in four of their five World Cup encounters against African sides. (more…)

Chelsea vs Birmingham Highlights Video

Chelsea 3-0 Birmingham Highlights Video
Florent Malouda (5)
Frank Lampard (32)
Frank Lampard (90)

Joe Cole will return to the Chelsea side for the Barclays Premier League clash against Birmingham at Stamford Bridge.

The England midfielder was left out of the starting line-up against Preston in the FA Cup at the weekend along with goalkeeper Petr Cech, who also returns.
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Chelsea 2 – 1 Fulham Highlights Video
4′ 0 – 1 Goal Zoltan Gera
73′ Didier Drogba Goal 1 – 1
75′ Chris Smalling (og) Goal 2 – 1

Chelsea’s downturn continued four minutes into the west London derby, as Fulham left-back Konchesky advanced unchallenged down the Blues’ right hand side and his cross was eventually hooked into the net by Zoltan Gera with the home defence all over the place.
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England vs Belarus Highlights Video

England vs Belarus Highlights Video

All the players will have one eye on the squad for world cup 2010, none more so than a rusty Rio Ferdinand who has been having a quiet chat with Capello during the build-up and Gabriel Agbonlahor who will also looking to make an impression against Belarus.

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Ukraine vs England WorldCup Highlights Video

Ukraine 1-0 England WorldCup Highlights Video
14′ Red Card Robert Green
16′ Andriy Shevchenko (pen miss)
29′ Serhiy Nazarenko Goal 1 – 0

Ukraine will be looking to put the first dent in England’s perfect World Cup qualifying record tomorrow night as they bid to secure their own ticket to South Africa.

With England already qualified for next summer’s World Cup, Fabio Capello’s side are now playing for a chance to collect 10 wins from 10 games, but Ukraine have much more on the line as they sit third in Group Six, two points behind Croatia but with this as their game in hand.
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Chelsea vs Liverpool Highlights Video

Chelsea 2-0 Liverpool Highlights Video
60′ Nicolas Anelka Goal 1 – 0
90′ Florent Malouda Goal 2 – 0

Chelsea keeper Petr Cech is suspended for Sunday’s Barclays Premier League clash with Liverpool after being sent off against Wigan.

Hilario is set to deputise for Cech at Stamford Bridge while Didier Drogba and Jose Bosingwa return from suspension.

Chelsea vs Liverpool Highlights Video
1st half highlights
Anelka
Malouda

England vs Croatia Highlights Video

England 5-1 Croatia Highlights Video
8′ Frank Lampard (pen) Goal 1 – 0
18′ Steven Gerrard Goal 2 – 0
59′ Frank Lampard Goal 3 – 0
66′ Steven Gerrard Goal 4 – 0
73′ 4 – 1 Goal Eduardo
77′ Wayne Rooney Goal 5 – 1

Two years after Croatia triumphed in the Wembley rain to sweep England out of Euro 2008 and Steve McClaren out of a job, Fabio Capello showed how it should be done.

Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard scored two goals each to exact their own personal revenge for that horrible night, with Wayne Rooney adding another near the end.
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England vs Slovenia Highlights Video

England 2-1 Slovenia Highlights Video
31′ Frank Lampard (pen) Goal 1 – 0
63′ Jermain Defoe Goal 2 – 0
85′ 2 – 1 Goal Zlatan Ljubijankic

The England manager is expected to have already settled on his first XI for the meeting with Croatia and he could offer fringe players the opportunity to impress.

Captain John Terry was an injury doubt as the Chelsea centre-back, who signed a new deal with his headline-grabbing club at the beginning of this week, sustained a groin injury in training, but the centre-back now appears ready to play.
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