International Football September 2008

Cole brace breaches Andorra defence

Andorra 0 England 2 (Barcelona 6 September 2008 )
England began their World Cup qualifying campaign with an expected win over Andorra. The Andorrans frustrated England in the first half, but the introduction of Joe Cole in the second half paid dividends 5 minutes into the half as Joleon Lescott flicked on a Lampard free-kick for Cole to smash England into the lead. Six minutes later Rooney found Cole who poked the ball past Koldo Alvarez in the Andorra goal to secure an easy but uninspiring win for England.

Joe Cole breaks the deadlock

In other matches Germany scored 6 times without reply in Liechtenstein and Portugal cruised to a 4-0 win in Malta. Antonio Di Natale completed his double in the last minute to give Italy a 2-1 win in Cyprus, while newly crowned European champions Spain could only manage a single goal in their home win against Bosnia & Herzegovina. Lithuania shocked Romania 3-0 away in Cluj, and Austria enjoyed a 3-1 home victory against France. In South America, Argentina who had Tevez sent off, could only draw 1-1 at home to Paraguay, while Brazil returned from Chile with a 3-0 win.