kazakhstan v england: fabio capello pleased with progress despite early errors

... capello was alarmed by the extent to which the kazakhs had unsettled his side in the opening half hour, with striker sergey ostapenko wasting one clear chance and then having a second effort chalked off for offside

england move one step closer to finals

... england’s status as the birthplace of football and the popularity of english clubs provoked hysteria among the local populace and when the teams were announced the names of rooney, lampard and gerrard drew cheers equal to those afforded to such as sergey ostapenko, zhambyl kukeyev and andrey karpovich ... attacking england’s right flank, they pressured johnson into a malfunction and when kirov sent in a dangerous low centre, ostapenko almost scored against a guileless matthew upson and a startled robert green ... they deserved a goal and appeared to have got one when green missed a free kick and ostapenko headed in, but he had been flagged offside ... the recovery started when ostapenko hobbled off with an ankle injury, easing the pressure on upson and terry ... kazakhstan: mokin (pc ordabasy), kislitsyn (shakhtar karabandy), abdulin (fc lokomotiv askana), logvinenko (fc aktobe), kirov (fc aktobe), ibrayev (fc tobol), karpovich (fc lokomotiv askana), skorykh (fc tobol), averchenko (fc kyzylzhar), erbes (73min), kukeyev (fc lokomotiv askana), ostapenko (fc aktobe)

capello relieved as england edge closer to safrica

... capello was alarmed by the extent to which the kazakhs had unsettled his side in the opening half hour, with striker sergey ostapenko wasting one clear chance and then having a second effort chalked off for offside ... it was not an instruction that glen johnson appeared to have absorbed as his dithering allowed zhambyl kukeyev to tee up ostapenko with a low cross that the kazakh’s star striker really should have buried after barely 30 seconds ... england had another let off in the 17th minute, when ostapenko headed in kukeyev’s freekick at the back post

kazakhstan 0 england 4: match report

... glen johnson lost the ball far too easily to zhambyl kukeyev and the lively left winger crossed for sergey ostapenko ... kukeyev\'s free-kick to the far post had been nodded in at the far post by the excellent ostapenko and, amid the celebrations, the ecstatic home fans had failed to spot the offside flag ... the kazakhs were never going to be able to sustain their frenetic approach and were desperately unlucky to lose ostapenko to what looked quite a serious injury to his right knee 20 minutes in

kazakhstan 0-4 england

... in the first minute, glen johnson was guilty of giving the ball away and allowed alexandr kirov to send in a low centre and it needed captain john terry to make a last-ditch interception to deny sergey ostapenko ... a minute later the stadium erupted when ostapenko headed in an inswinging free-kick from kukeyez, but the joy was cut short as he had strayed marginally offside ... it was to be ostapenko's last meaningful contribution before he was carried off on a stretcher and replaced by sabyrkhan ibrayev

capello maintains winning streak

... england continued to struggle against their energetic hosts and it was no surprise when kazakhstan had the ball in the net after 18 minutes when a curling free-kick into the box was misjudged by debutant robert green and sergey ostapenko headed home, only to see his celebrations cut short by a linesman's flag

england cruise in kazakhstan

... in the first minute glen johnson was guilty of giving the ball away and allowed alexandr kirov to send in a low centre and it needed captain john terry to make a last-ditch interception to deny sergey ostapenko ... a minute later, the stadium erupted when ostapenko headed in an inswinging free-kick from kukeyez, but the joy was cut short as he had strayed marginally offside ... it was to be ostapenko's last meaningful contribution before he was carried off on a stretcher and replaced by sabyrkhan ibrayev

england cruise past kazakhstan

... england continued to struggle against their energetic hosts and it was no surprise when kazakhstan had the ball in the net after 18 minutes when a curling free-kick into the box was misjudged by debutant robert green and sergey ostapenko headed home, only to see his celebrations cut short by a linesman's flag

capello surprised by early struggles

... capello's men maintained their 100% in group six and edged closer to next year's world cup, but they had to survive an early scare when the hosts caused chaos in robert green's penalty area in the first minute and later had a headed goal from sergey ostapenko disallowed ... " when asked what the outcome would have been if ostapenko's goal stood, capello added: "we would have won 4-1

four-star england crush kazakhstan

... in the first minute glen johnson was guilty of giving the ball away and allowed alexandr kirov to send in a low centre and it needed captain john terry to make a last-ditch interception to deny sergey ostapenko ... a minute later the stadium erupted when ostapenko headed in an inswinging free-kick from kukeyez, but the joy was cut short as he had strayed marginally offside ... it was to be ostapenko's last meaningful contribution before he was carried off on a stretcher and replaced by sabyrkhan ibrayev