scotland 3-1 ukraine

A fine individual performance from James McFadden secured a 3-1 victory for Scotland and shattered Ukraine's hopes of qualifying for Euro 2008.



Early goals from Kenny Miller and Lee McCulloch gave Alex McLeish's a two-goal advantage but Chelsea's Andriy Shevchenko got Ukraine back into the game.

However, with 22 minutes remaining a McFadden strike secured all three points.

It took the Scots just four minutes to break the deadlock and Miller was the man on target. McCulloch then doubled the home side's lead with a wonderful curling effort.

Ukraine were given a lifeline when the Scots failed to deal with a cross and Shevchenko reacted to rifle into the roof of the net.

But when the pressure was really mounting McFadden eased Scotish nerves to seal the victory with a fine left-footed strike.

england 3-0 eastonia

England cruised to a 3-0 success over Estonia at Wembley, but Steve McClaren's mood will have been tempered somewhat by an ankle injury suffered by Ashley Cole.



Cole fell awkwardly on his ankle shortly after half-time and after receiving treatment pitch side was stretchered off and would appear to be a major doubt for Russia on Wednesday.

England were always comfortable after Shaun Wright-Phillips fired through Mart Poom's legs in the 11th minute.

Wayne Rooney scored his first competitive goal for England since Euro 2004 in the 32nd minute, with the help of a deflection off Raio Piiroja which diverted the ball into the corner.

Taavi Rahn then put through his own goal in extraordinary fashion a minute later as he headed Cole's cross past Poom from the edge of the Estonia area.

torres

Fernando Torres will miss the Merseyside derby after suffering a leg injury while training with Spain.

The Liverpool striker is facing at least 10 days on the sidelines after damaging a muscle in his right leg during a training session on Friday ahead of the Euro 2008 qualifier against Denmark.

That means the 23-year-old is now out of the eagerly-anticipated Premier League derby against Everton at Goodison Park on 20th October.

england under 21's

Matt Derbyshire scored the only goal of the game as England's Under 21 side ground out a narrow victory over Montenegro Under 21s at The Walkers Stadium.

Stuart Pearce's men continued their 100 per cent start in their bid to reach the European Championship U21 finals in 2009, and now lead Group 3 after rivals Portugal suffered a shock defeat to Bulgaria earlier in the day.

john terry

Steve McClaren has confirmed Sol Campbell is expected to deputise for injured England captain John Terry against Estonia.

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