Wembley Stadium, London
England 5-0 San Marino
Well that wasn’t as bad as might have feared. Holding out for half an hour, and even then
only conceding to a penalty, is not so bad.
Two down at the break, and five overall away to England is about as good
as San Marino could really expect.
So frankly, I’m chalking this one down as a decent result
for San Marino. Naturally there was no
threat whatsoever going forward, and endless calls of “they shouldn’t be here”
by the English media and pundits, but there you go.
It’s not San Marino’s fault they have the
population of a small English town, and it’s their fault that UEFA don’t have a
preliminary round to weed out the minnowest minnows. Until they do, the likes of England will just
have to deign to beat San Marino every now and then. Which they do to be fair.
England
(2) 5 Wayne Rooney 35 (pen), 69, Danny Welbeck
38,61,
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain 77
San
Marino (0) 0
England - Hart; Walker,
Baines, Jagielka, Cahilll; Carrick (Shelvey 66), Oxlade-Chamberlain, Walcott
(Lennon 10), Cleverley, Welbeck, Rooney
(Carroll 73).
San Marino - Aldo Simoncini; Fabio Vitaioli
(Bacchiocchi 83), Davide Simoncini, Brolli, Palazzi, Cibelli, Coppini
(Buscarini 75), Rinaldi (Selva 78), Della Valle, Gasperoni, Cervellini
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