Bulgaria verus England – European Championship Qualification 2012: Match Report
England and Bulgaria took on each other on 2nd of September, 2011 in their sixth EURO 2012 qualification match as a part of their commitments in Group G. English national team manager, Fabio Capello put out a strong looking line up with Joe Hart in goal for the Three Lions. The young Manchester City shot stopper was protected by a four man defence of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gareth-Barry-c14423 and Scott Parker were deployed as the two defensive minded midfielders.
In front of Barry and Parker, Ashley Young was used by Capello as a secondary striker just behind Wayne Rooney with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Martin-Petrov-c24428 started the match in the midfield department as they took up the creative responsibilities for the Bulgarian national team.
England started the match strongly and they soon found the first break through of the match when http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Joe-Hart-c18699 was left untroubled.
In the 22nd minute, England doubled their advantage as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Bulgaria-c2861’s marking from the corner was slack which worked to England’s advantage.
In the 35th minute, Scott Parker became the first player in the match to get booked by the referee for his late challenge on Popov in the midfield region. The referee brandished his yellow card for the Tottenham midfielder who was a persistent offender throughout the first 45 minutes. Right before the end of the first half, England added another goal to their advantage as Ashley Young played in Wayne Rooney who made no mistake from close range as the score line reached 3-0 at the half time break.
The second half was characterized mainly by some counter attacking football by Bulgaria but http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fabio-c13152 Capello’s team dominated the match and they were relentless in their finishing.
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