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Rooney scores in England win

2010-09-07 22:57

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Basel - Wayne Rooney put aside the embarrassing headlines in England and around the world to score the opening goal for England in a 3-1 win Tuesday over 10-man Switzerland in a European Championship qualifier.

Rooney shrugged off tabloid stories about his personal life to strike in the 10th minute, slotting home Glen Johnson's pass for his first England goal in a year.

Substitute Adam Johnson rounded goalkeeper Diego Benaglio to score the second in the 69th, four minutes after Swiss right-back Stephan Lichtsteiner was shown a straight red card for fouling James Milner.

Teenager Xherdan Shaqiri gave Switzerland hope with a long-range strike in the 71st, but England substitute Darren Bent sealed the game in the 88th with a clinical low shot.

Euro 2012 Qualifier Results:

Austria 2 - 0 Kazakhstan
Turkey 3 - 2 Belgium
Macedonia 2 - 2 Armenia
Sweden 6 - 0 San Marino
Belarus 0 - 0 Romania
Malta 0 - 2 Latvia
Bulgaria 0 - 1 Montenegro
Georgia 0 - 0 Israel
Russia 0 - 1 Slovakia

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