Thursday, November 16, 2006

Internationals: Rooney on target

Wayne Rooney bagged his first international goal for a year as England earned a 1-1 draw with Holland in Amsterdam.
The Reds' striker, whose last goal for his country came against Argentina in Geneva 12 months ago, struck on 37 minutes, but Rafael Van der Vaart's late equaliser denied England a deserved victory.
Rooney, Michael Carrick and Rio Ferdinand all completed 90 minutes, while Kieran Richardson came on for the final 12 minutes. Wes Brown and goalkeeper Ben Foster, currently on loan at Watford, were both unused substitutes.
Elsewhere, Cristiano Ronaldo was also on the scoresheet as Portugal sealed a convincing 3-0 win over Kazakhstan. The Reds' winger, who was initially doubtful for the game after picking up an ankle knock in the win over Blackburn last weekend, netted Portugal's second goal on the night.
Another United star on the mark was Nemanja Vidic who gave Serbia a 6th minute lead against Norway. However, a John Carew equaliser 16 minutes later earned the Norwegians a draw.
John O'Shea won his 30th cap for the Republic of Ireland as Steve Staunton's romped to a 5-0 victory over San Marino.
Louis Saha and Patrice Evra each played a half in France's 1-0 win over Greece. Saha started the match alongside Thierry Henry who bagged the only goal of the game, his 39th for his country.
Saha was replaced Nicolas Anelka at half-time, while Evra came on for Eric Abidal.

Reds' goalkeeper Tomasz Kuszczak was an unused substitute as Poland earned a 1-0 win in Belgium thanks to Radoslaw Matusiak's solitary strike.


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