England win, but nowhere near enougth

England won Andorra by three goals to nil in lasts night's Euro 2008 qualifier, at the Olympic stadium in Barcelona.

England, despite wining by three goals to nil, was nowhere near good enough for Mclaren's men. Andorra are ranked one hundred and sixty third in the world, the country only has a population of sixty four thousand people; effectively they only had about twenty percent of possession and one shot at goal the whole game.

The half time score was nil nil with England having about eighty percent of the possession, but England still couldn't score in the first forty five minutes. England walked off the pitch with the Olympic stadium reverberating with booes from the crowd.

England started the second half well (compared to the first half) with Gerrard putting England in front with a low twenty yard shot beating the keeper, in the fifty third minute. Steven Gerrard fired home one more time, to make it two nil, with fifteen minutes to go. In the end there was something to excite the England fans, David Nugent, the Preston North End striker came on and scored in the last minute. It was a rather cheeky goal, claiming England's third; as Defoe's shot rolled towards the goal-line, Nugent tapped it in.

The line ups:
Andorra: Alvarez, Sonejee, Lima, Ayala, Bernaus, Escura, Vieira, Genis Garcia, Justo (Fernandez 88), Pujol (Martinez 69), Toscano (Moreno 90).Subs Not Used: Alfonso Sanchez, Somoza, Rubio, Jimenez.

England: Robinson, Richards (Dyer 61), Terry, Ferdinand, Cole, Lennon, Hargreaves, Gerrard, Downing, Johnson (Nugent 79), Rooney (Defoe 61).Subs Not Used: Foster, Carragher, Barry, Carrick.

Earlier this morning McLaren walked out of a press conference, basically telling the press
I don't care what you do, write whatever you like(click here to see the full news conference). This afternoon there were reports saying that some of the England squad had to go home early to prevent abuse from fans.

England's next opponent is Estonia next month, McLaren will have to produce something impressive then.

Elsewhere Israel beat Estonia (England's next opponents) by 4 goals to nil, Scotland couldn't keep up their winning form in Italy, losing two nil to the world champions . Celebrations for Northern Ireland, beating Sweden by two goals to one, the two goals came from the young Leeds striker David Healy (for highlights click here).