Trio feature in friendly win

7th Jun 2010 - Latest News

Steven Gerrard, Jamie Carragher and Glen Johnson were all involved as England defeated Platinum Stars 3-0 in their final warm-up game ahead of the World Cup.

Gerrard and Johnson were both named in Fabio Capello's starting eleven, and each was involved in the opening goal after a couple of minutes which resulted in Gerrard crossing for Tottenham's Jermaine Defoe to slot home.

Johnson gave away a penalty a two minutes later with a challenge inside the area, but his blushes were spared as Bradley Grobler blazed over Joe Hart's goal.

Jamie Carragher joined the action as a replacement for Johnson in the second half and helped preserve England's clean sheet.

Joe Cole and Wayne Rooney added further goals late on as England rounded off their pre-tournament friendly programme with a comfortable victory.

England kick off their World Cup campaign against USA on Saturday evening.

Author: Paul Eaton
Tagged: england , glen johnson , jamie carragher , steven gerrard



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well done england a win and a clean sheet all we need is to u lot to bring the world cup back to where it belongs COME ON ENGLAND
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7th Jun 2010 17:03
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