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Wayne Rooney scores as England down Swiss 3-1 |
| By: AFP | | Date:
2010-09-08 | | Place: BASEL | |
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Scandal-hit Wayne Rooney scored as England seized control of their Euro 2012 qualifying campaign with a comfortable 3-1 victory over 10-man Switzerland here Tuesday.
England's Wayne Rooney in full flow during last night's Euro 2012
qualifier against Switzerland in Basel. Pics/AFP
France also got their Euro 2012 qualifying campaign back on track and quickly turned the page on their shock defeat by Belarus with a superb 2-0 win over Bosnia-Herzegovina.
However, rudderless Portugal did themselves no favours losing 1-0 to Norway to leave them trailing in their Euro 2012 qualifying group after the opening skirmishes.
Rooney, whose preparation for the match had been engulfed by lurid tabloid allegations about his private life, found the net after 10 minutes to help put Fabio Capello's men on top of Group G with two wins out of two.
Substitutes Adam Johnson and Darren Bent also scored for the visitors in what will be regarded as a hugely encouraging result for England following such a miserable World Cup, in which they lost 4-1 to Germany in the last 16.
Meanwhile, for France Karim Benzema, returning to the side after injury, opened the scoring in the 72nd minute when he controlled Gael Clichy's left-wing cross, span away from a defender and fired left-footed past Kenan Hasagic. Florent Malouda then made it 2-0.
Portugal however struggled last night. Norway's Erik Huseklepp scored what turned out to be the only goal of the match in the 20th minute.
Other Euro 2012 qualifier results
Turkey 3-2 Belgium
Austria 2-0 Kazakhstan
Germany 6-1 Azerbaijan
Russia 0-1 Slovakia
Macedonia 2-2 Armenia
Rep of Ireland 3-1 Andorra
Serbia 1-1 Slovenia
Italy 5-0 Faroe Islands
Belarus 0-0 Romania
Albania 1-0 Luxembourg
Sweden 6-0 San Marino
Holland 2-1 Finland
Hungary 2-1 Moldova
Georgia 0-0 Israel
Malta 0-2 Latvia
Croatia 0-0 Greece
Bulgaria 0-1 Montenegro
Denmark 1-0 Iceland
Czech Republic 0-1 Lithuania
Scotland 2-1 Liechtenstein |
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