da realsbet: England under-21’s recorded a morale boosting 6-0 win over Azerbaijan at Vicarage Road on Thursday night in their first Euro 2013 qualifier.
da dobrowin: Three goals in each half gave the home side a comfortable victory and sends them to the top of Group 8, which also contains Iceland, Norway and Belgium; the tournament in 2013 will be held in Israel.
West Ham defender Craig Dawson and Arsenal midfielder Henri Lansbury both bagged two goals apiece, with captain Jordan Henderson and substitute Martin Waghorn completing the rout.
Despite the convincing win, manager Stuart Pearce still was not 100 per cent happy with his team’s performance.
“Maybe I’m a tough taskmaster, but at the start of the second half, we should have done slightly better. But there were some great performances in there, and we’ll grow from this. There’s some talent around, and we have to nurture it,” the former defender stated after the game.
England’s next fixture is sure to be more taxing, as they take on the highly fancied Iceland under-21 side in Reykjavik on October 5th.
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