England 3 Egypt 1: as it happened

By Jonathan Liew Published: 10:19PM GMT 03 March 2010

Previous of Images Next Long and short of it: Peter Crouch equalises for England Photo: GETTY IMAGES The alternative Zidan: Mohamed Zidan celebrates his thought conflicting England Photo: REUTERS Message of hope: England fans show their await to John Terry Photo: PA Surprise choice: Jermain Defoe has been picked to begin his primary general given Nov 2008 Photo: AFP All change: Steven Gerrard will captain England tonight following John Terry"s demotion Photo: GETTY IMAGES

22.18 With roughly superhuman promptness, Henry Winter"s compare inform has forsaken in to the inbox. Give that a review if you essentially wish an sensitive perspective of what happened. Meanwhile, we"ll have copiousness some-more greeting and criticism in tomorrow"s newspaper. Hope you enjoyed tonight"s live blog. See you soon.

22.11 ITV"s pundits are picking over the outcome with Steve Rider, the TV anchor homogeneous of an Ikea wardrobe. Gareth Southgate and Paul Robinson are great value, though. Southgate has an impediment spin of word and a small great points to make. Robinson, meanwhile, takes time to postponement and cruise each subject prior to he answer it, an proceed he unfortunately additionally tends to adopt with crosses.

Fabio Capello reacts to England"s win over Egypt International friendlies: live scores England U21 1 Greece U21 2 John Terry left out in compare programme Ferdinand listened he was new captain on the headlines Steven Gerrard penetrating to fool around togetherness label

Fabio Capello [with extensive pauses and asides from his interpreter]: "The primary half, we had a lot of chances but we didn"t measure goal. I shift a small players. Crouch is one of the players. I think I am happy, he have a lot of chances, I have to select a lot of players. Is good. Crouch is a big choice for me given someday you can fool around prolonged ball, but now we didn"t fool around prolonged ball. He fool around unequivocally well, but is unequivocally critical given the second half it done the difference, given regularly when you go brazen you take the ball, and alternative group go at him, each moment." The �6 million a year England manager, ladies and gentlemen.

22.05 Some alternative general results: Scotland 1-0 Czech Republic, Wales 0-1 Sweden, Albania 1-0 Northern Ireland, France 0-2 Spain, Germany 0-1 Argentina, Holland 2-1 USA, Algeria 0-3 Serbia, Slovenia 4-1 Qatar.

22.02 No thought if Fabio Capello will emerge, throw a small nouns, verbs and adjectives in to a tombola and separate them out, but if he does we"ll have them here. We should have a compare inform up inside of a integrate of minutes, too.

Peter Crouch: "Anybody who plays for England in World Cup year is going to feel a small pressure. It"s up to the physical education instructor either I get a small some-more starts, and hopefully I"ve given him something to think about tonight." You think that was destined at Harry Redknapp as well as Capello, with Crouch carrying usually lost his place at Tottenham to Roman Pavlyuchenko.

Steven Gerrard: "You"ve got to give credit to them. They played unequivocally well primary half. But we showed great impression to go and win it. We pulpy a lot improved in the second half and won the round serve up. I thought John Terry was superb. He"s a great player and a great personality for us." Golly, was that unequivocally Steven Gerrard? I could have sworn it was Martin Luther King.

21.53 England have knocked about the majority appropriate of Africa at Wembley tonight, and it was a small strong-willed, joined-up football in the second half that did it. Crouch took a outrageous jump forward, as did Shaun Wright-Phillips, whilst it was a frustrating laterally step for Theo Walcott and Jermain Defoe. John Terry seemed to have won the throng over by the end, as well, and Fabio Capello will be a great understanding some-more confident than he was 45 mins ago. If they fool around similar to they did in the primary half in South Africa, though, rest positive unequivocally bad things will happen.

FULL TIME: England 3-1 Egypt

90 min Three mins of damage time. Egypt haven"t given up - who knows when they"ll be at the at the back of of here? - and a dangerous cranky from the left someway evades everybody.

88 min The shrewder members of the Wembley throng are unctuous off to the blood vessel station. Over 80,000 are in tonight which, deliberation it"s a midweek friendly, on a cold evening, conflicting a comparatively shabby nation, during a recession, with Owen Hargreaves not playing, is flattering great going.

85 min Wayne Rooney comes off for England to roughly eremite acclaim. Carlton Cole comes on, whilst Gareth Barry takes the armband, definition John Terry has slipped to at slightest fifth in line. Peter Crouch is declared man of the match.

82 min Crouch scents a hat-trick, and when he gets on the finish of Milner"s cross, there"s a hum of anticipation. But there"s the offside dwindle he should have had earlier.

80 min Omar Sharif, Anwar Sadat, Boutros Boutros Ghali, Tutankhamun: your boys are reception one ruin of a beating. Beautiful interplay in in between Brown and Wright-Phillips on the right, the cranky comes in from the latter, and Crouch is on the finish of it. He was offside by the breadth of the Aswan Dam, but never mind. It"s been a shining second half opening by England.

GOAL England 3-1 Egypt (Crouch)

74 min Prepare yourself for a small definitely over-the-top journal headlines tomorrow. England in sum carry out here. Leighton Baines gets forward, crosses from the left, and James Milner"s disagreeable left-foot bombardment is knocked about afar by El-Hadari. It falls to Wright-Phillips, who swings a feet at it. It"s true at El-Hadari, but overhanging away, and the Egyptian goalkeeper lets it flounder by his hands.

GOAL England 2-1 Egypt (Wright-Phillips)

71 min We thought Leighton Baines competence come off at half-time, but Capello"s given him roughly the total diversion to infer himself. Gerrard comes off, handing the captain"s armband to Wayne Rooney as he does so, whilst James Milner comes on for his second Wembley coming in 3 days. England have dual of their 6 substitutions remaining.

70 min Free-kick for Egypt from the right, a singular incursion in to England territory. Zidan swings it in, but it"s simply headed away. The round comes at the at the back of of in, but Green trots out to lay gloves on it.

67 min Wright-Phillips, similar to Walcott prior to him, is short of first-team football, and dribbles similar to a man who doesn"t wholly certitude his feet. He"s discerning enough, regularly was, but the hold isn"t definitely there. From what we"ve seen so far, the competition for right-midfield is still far-reaching open.

65 min Chipped by round from Gareth Barry. Rooney arrives a fragment prior to El Hadari, but his shot is well wide. Amr Zaki comes on for Egypt. If you"re wondering where Mido is, he still hasn"t played for Egypt given a on fire row with physical education instructor Hassan Shehata during the 2006 African Nations Cup.

63 min Gerrard moves it out far-reaching to Wright-Phillips. From the cross, Peter Crouch attempts to hang his ridiculously prolonged legs around a scissor kick, but miscues. Rooney goes achingly close with the follow up. Start the exaggeration machine, this is glorious from England.

60 min Well this writer, for one, has seen it all. You know England are in the section when Wes Brown attempts a back-heel. Carrick plays the round by for Crouch, who flicks it to Gerrard, who shoots wide. A Mexican call undulates around Wembley, but one of appetite rather than ennui.

58 min England unexpected see similar to a veteran football team. As I sort those words, Rooney and Barry strike in to each other.

56 min Wonderful goal! Handsome, liquid one-touch football from England, and Egypt are simply cut open. Gareth Barry gets on the finish of a round from Gerrard and his pinpoint pass squares the round for Peter Crouch, who is watchful to tuck in his 19th general goal. Eat that, Spain. Meanwhile, Theo Walcott"s celebration is cut short as Wright-Phillips does come on.

GOAL England 1-1 Egypt (Crouch)

53 min More substitutions beind rebuilt by Capello. Shaun Wright-Phillips is busily warming up, with Theo Walcott the majority approaching man to have approach for him.

51 min Threatening run by Steven Gerrard, but his pass to Walcott is cut out. England have proposed the second half the approach you would if you"d been on the finish of an ear-thrashing from Fabio Capello.

48 min Wayne Rooney has England"s primary shot of the second half, but it"s true at the keeper.

20.57 Spain - sup - are heading France 2-0 in Paris. Argentina are 1-0 up conflicting Germany. But there"s improved headlines in Amsterdam, where Holland lead the USA 1-0, whilst Algeria went down 3-0 at home to Serbia. Wales route 1-0 at home to Sweden, whilst at Hampden Park Scotland and the Czech Republic are still 0-0. Northern Ireland are losing 1-0 in Albania. Meanwhile, it"s Andorra all over again for Jermain Defoe as he comes off at half-time, to be transposed by Peter Crouch. Michael Carrick replaces the misfiring Frank Lampard.

20.54 Matthew Upson will censure the representation for the trip that authorised Mohammed Zidan by on goal. Leighton Baines has got a integrate of blocks in but has combined probably zero going forward, whilst Wes Brown is giving the round afar with spirited abandon. The smuggest man in Britain? Wayne Bridge, I reckon.

Half-time: England 0-1 Egypt

45 min And that"s half-time. The England boo-boys have managed to fix up an additional 10 targets. England shirk off the representation to heard discontent. Can Fabio Capello"s inaudible English transport them out of this small fix? We"ll find out in around fifteen minutes.

44 min How have Egypt not managed to validate for a World Cup given 1990? It"s one of the great anomalies of universe football, similar to Germany"s roughly ideal penalty-shoot out jot down or the actuality that Jean-Alain Boumsong is still in the France squad.

41 min That"s some-more similar to it from England. Gerrard sticks it by for Walcott, whose primary cranky is cleared. It comes out to Wes Brown, who delivers it usually over the head of Defoe.

39 min Defoe goes close for England. Hints of a shirt-tug as he shrugs off dual Egyptian defenders and shoots left-footed. It stings El Hadari"s palms and goes behind.

38 min Egypt have enjoyed 53% of possession, that is usually incredible. Brown spreads it far-reaching to Walcott, but his cranky is cut out. If the USA weren"t now losing 1-0 to Holland, they"d be examination this England opening beating their lips.

36 min Free-kick for England as Defoe is upended. Gerrard"s free-kick is churned in from the left, but El Hadari doesn"t have to move and catches.

35 min Walcott tries to detonate in to the Egyptian box, but his second hold travels around twenty yards and it runs out of play.

33 min A second great possibility longed for by Frank Lampard. Barry"s header from the dilemma is blocked, but it falls to Lampard, who slams his left-footed bombardment in to the belligerent and over the bar.

32 min Wayne Rooney is propelling some-more from England here. Defoe intercepts, and for a impulse England have 4 on four. Egypt conduct to transparent for a corner.

Henry Winter on Twitter: "Upson bad trip on bad representation - Zidan scores. England 4-4-2 not working."

29 min Stop the presses! Wayne Rooney has longed for a header! It was a sincerely great move by England, Rooney swelling the round out far-reaching for Barry and reception the cross, but he nods it high and well wide. Was that the impulse Rooney became human?

28 min I swear the impulse Egypt scored, their complete group forsaken at the at the back of of about twenty yards. Gerrard sends a back-heel erroneous and usually a pointy interception by Gareth Barry prevents Hossam Ghaly from captialising.

25 min I did discuss it you Egypt were no mugs. They"re brazen of Ivory Coast, USA, Ireland and the Czech Republic in the universe rankings, and Zidan is lightning quick, not that you have to be when you"re up conflicting Matthew Upson.

23 min Could this be Suez all over again? Poor, bad fortifying by England. Matthew Upson slips, or wilts, on the dilemma of the England area and unexpected Mohammed Zidan is purify through. One extreme right-foot shot later, and Robert Green is picking the round out of his net for the 40th time this season.

GOAL England 0-1 Egypt (Zidan)

20 min Because, Jonathan, it"s the one strain you never listen to sung with any coming self-assurance or pluck. Players drivel it, fans fuss it, and the balance is definitely inane. You"d never see "La Marseillaise" sung out of balance with the song by 75,000 larynxes set to "nasal". Robert Green plucks a dilemma out of the air.

Jonathan Davenport on e-mail: "Why is "God Save the Queen" "utterly depressing"?"

18 min Moawad gets to the byline and crosses, but Leighton Baines usually manages to get a head to it to transparent it. Egypt are carrying a great spell here, and so far you"d have to contend it"s about even.

15 min Chance for Egypt! Wes Brown gives the round away, and Mohammed Zidan lets fly from twenty yards, but it goes narrowly over.

14 min Corner from Lampard. It"s headed away, but Walcott latches onto it and passes it to Barry, but his cranky is smothered by El-Hadari.

12 min Rooney turns delightfully after reception a pass from Barry and plays Defoe in. But the Tottenham man can"t get his shot away, Al-Muhammadi recuperating well to get a feet in. Watching Rooney at the impulse is similar to personification Fifa 10 on the easiest setting. It"s embarrassingly one-sided. It roughly feels similar to cheating.

10 min Gerrard is tucking in from his far-reaching left position, with Baines stuffing in the space at the at the back of of him.

8 min Corner for Egypt, and a primary shot on thought for the visitors, but it"s privileged off the line by Defoe. Egypt seeking pointy as tacks, England - and generally Terry - seeking a small ponderous.

6 min Wayne Rooney gets his primary sighter, teeing it up and vouchsafing fly from twenty-five yards, but it"s gentle sufficient for El-Hadari. At the alternative end, Lampard gets dangerously pickpocketed in the centre circle, but is reprieved by the arbitrate whistling for a free-kick.

4 min Big possibility for England to take an early lead. Walcott unwinds his long, spindly legs and hares after a by round prior to squaring from the by-line. Lampard, about twelve yards out, has sufficient space to set up a pyramid, but shoots true at El-Hadari. Walcott looks sharp, though.

2 min Decent round by Wes Brown, seeking for the run of Theo Walcott, but it"s safely cleared. On the conflicting flank, Leighton Baines is removing definitely a prolonged approach brazen on his debut.

1 min John Terry is removing booed, but not by everybody. Gerrard sets the tinge for England with a crunching slip tackle.

20.02 Carlos Torres of Paraguay gets the diversion underneath way.

Henry Winter on Twitter: "Huge Egypt await tho Wembley not full. Terry seeking bit shaken in tunnel. Gerrard unequivocally focused."

19.57 National anthems. Egypt first. Bit of a plodder. Their players drivel it in the tinge you used to haven for when you were singing hymns in propagandize public and replacing all the tangible difference with bold ones. Then "God Save The Queen", that is sung out of time with song and is, as ever, definitely depressing.

19.55 Stephen Gerrard, AKA The One Who"s Stayed Out Of Trouble For Longest, leads England out, wearing red. Egypt are all in white. They line up thus: El Hadari, Al-Muhammadi, Said, Fathi, Gomaa, Ghaly, Moawad, Hassan, Abd Rabou, Zidan, Ebdelmaby. Amr Zaki starts on the bench.

19.50 Defoe and Rooney have usually played together once before. They proposed conflicting Andorra in Barcelona in Capello"s primary rival diversion in charge, and after a goalless primary half Defoe was hauled off in foster of Emile Heskey.

19.40 Elsewhere, it"s a big night of general football, with a small genuine peaches in between tonight"s fixtures. France v Spain and Germany v Argentina are the highlights, whilst all 3 of England"s Group C buddies are additionally in movement tonight. The USA take on Netherlands, Slovenia host Qatar and Algeria are already 2-0 down at home to Serbia.

19.35 Egypt should yield a unrelenting exam for England. They"ve won the African Cup of Nations 3 times in a row, were in the world"s tip 10 until this morning, when for a small reason they plummeted 7 places, and have players such as Borussia Dortmund striker Mohamed Zidan, Hull"s Amr Zaki and Hossam Ghaly, who should be means to discuss it John Terry a thing or dual about removing booed by his own fans after a honestly unpleasant spell at Tottenham in in between 2006 and 2009.

19.25 Only 4 players - Brown, Upson, Barry and Rooney - sojourn from the group that lost 1-0 to Brazil in November. Defoe is the genuine surprise, maybe a pointer that Emile Heskey isn"t as most of a nailed-on faith as we competence think.

England (4-4-2): Green; Brown, Upson, Terry, Baines; Walcott, Lampard, Barry, Gerrard; Defoe, Rooney.

Henry Winter on Twitter: "At Wembley. Word is that Defoe starts with Rooney. No Heskey. Otherwise England as approaching (Green, Baines, Walcott in)."

19.15 Big night for most of England"s border players anticipating to force their approach onto the craft to South Africa. Leighton Baines and Stephen Warnock are approaching to fool around a half each to pull their box for the left-back slot; Robert Green should get an additional possibility to interest a explain after removing sent off conflicting Belarus in his last appearance, and Theo Walcott will begin on the right wing in the deficiency of Aaron Lennon.

19.10 It"s a unhappy day, too, with the headlines of the genocide of Keith Alexander, the physical education instructor of Macclesfield Town. England"s players will be wearing black armbands tonight.

19.05 Welcome to live coverage of England v Egypt at Wembley Stadium. It"s England"s primary diversion of the decade, conflicting the African champions, and one of the last chances Fabio Capello will get to consider his group prior to the begin of World Cup 2010. And yet, all any one wants to speak about is either the throng will disapprove one of their own players for sleeping with his friend"s wife. When people contend there are bigger things in hold up than football, this probably wasn"t what they were meditative of.