England Crush Russia 3-0

Published: September 12, 2007, 11:24 pm

Tags: euro 2008, england vs russia, english premier league, epl

England produced another superb performance with man-of-the-match Michael Owen scoring twice to take his international goal tally to 40 goals as Russia were clinically dismissed at Wembley. Rio Ferdinand scored the third, his first international goal since the 2002 World Cup to provide England a comfortable win which means that they require just five points from the remaining three games to qualify, providing one of them comes in the return meeting with Russia next month. Steve McClaren sticked with the same side which turned in such a convincing display in the weekend win over Israel, although Russia provided a sterner test, England positive approach from the start proved it was possible to reach the highest standards two games in succession. And with Wayne Rooney, Owen Hargreaves, Frank Lampard, David Beckham and Gary Neville all available by the time they meet Estonia, Steve McClaren has every reason to be optimistic while the contest for the starting lineup intensified as Emile

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