England Vs Trinidad and Tobago

Did not watch this match as its the 12am one (too late), else today will be like a zombie. Checked out the website and glad to see that England won by 2-1 and managed to qualify for the next round with 6 points now (one more match to go though). The two goals were by Peter Crouch (see 1st pic below) and Steven Gerrard. Too bad I dun get to watch how Gerrard shot the goal in. Rooney is back in action but I guess the manager does not want to strain him so much so he got on the field only after the second half.




Summarised report from the World Cup 2006 website:

England secured their place in the Round of 16 of the FIFA World Cup™ with a 2-0 victory over Trinidad and Tobago but they left it late before striking through Peter Crouch and Steven Gerrard on Thursday, 15 June 2006.

Crouch broke the deadlock in Nuremberg with a headed goal in the 83rd minute and his Liverpool team-mate Gerrard added a superb second in the 91st minute. England, who welcomed back Wayne Rooney as a second-half substitute, have taken six points from their two Group B matches while Trinidad and Tobago remain on one point.

In conclusion:
England took their time to see off Trinidad and Tobago, but two late goals mean that, as against Paraguay, they did what they had to do. As for T&T, they emerged with huge credit, if no points, for giving Eriksson's side such a scare.

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