Football: Baines cracker sinks Germans; EURO CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY-OFF: England grab slim advantage SPORTS ROUND-UP.ENGLAND U21s 1 GERMANY U21s 0 LEIGHTON Baines' stunning long-range effort at the Ricoh Arena Inaugural events The arena became the venue for Coventry City's home games at the start of the 2005-06 season, following 106 years at the Highfield Road stadium. The first competitive football match played at the Ricoh Arena was against Queens Park Rangers on 20 August 2005, in ensured a first-leg advantage for England Under-21s in their European Championship play-off against Germany. Wigan Wigan (wĭg`ən), city (1991 pop. 88,725) and metropolitan district, N England, located in the Manchester metropolitan area on the Douglas River. left-back Baines received the ball 30 yards out and unleashed an unstoppable drive into the top corner past Michael Rensing Michael Rensing (born May 14 1984 in Lingen, Lower Saxony, Germany) is a footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He currently plays for Bayern Munich. Player profile , who had frustrated the hosts with his agility throughout. Bayern Munich goalkeeper Rensing had denied Baines and Anton Ferdinand earlier in the match, while Wayne Routledge also hit the post with a drive. Under-21 boss Peter Taylor, who is in charge until Steve McClaren finds a full-time successor, will take his youngsters to Leverkusen on Tuesday looking to go one better than their last campaign when they lost to France at this stage. England opened strongly with Micah Richards offering an unlikely threat from rightback. The Manchester City youngster was timing his runs well and latched on to a ricochet A wireless Internet service from Ricochet Networks, Inc., Denver, CO (www.ricochet.net). Originally developed by Los Gatos, CA-based Metricom, Inc., Ricochet was the first high-speed, wireless Internet service for commuters. but failing to connect with a shot. Routledge offered a more conventional route to goal, and he crossed for James Milner to finish only for the goal to be ruled out for offside off·side also off·sides adv. & adj. 1. Sports Illegally ahead of the ball or puck in the attacking zone. 2. . Baines then tested Rensing with a fierce low drive on the half-hour mark. There was an undercurrent of tension that normally accompanies clashes between the traditional rivals, and Tom Huddlestone was booked for a trip. Scott Carson was forced into his first save of the game after 52 minutes when Gonzalo Castro had an effort deflected from long range. As England attacked Routledge struck the post with a 20-yard drive just before the hour mark and Rensing kept out a Nigel Reo-Coker drive while Taylor headed on to the roof of the net from a corner, with the 30,919 sell-out crowd urging the hosts forward. With 14 minutes remaining Baines received the ball from Huddlestone and sealed victory for England with his spectacular strike. ENGLAND: Carson, Richards, Baines, Steven Taylor, Ferdinand, Huddlestone, Reo- Coker, Milner, Walcott, Nugent, Routledge. Subs: Camp, Hoyte, Kilgallon, Watson, Whittingham, Young, Agbonlahor. CAPTION(S): OFF AND RUNNING Theo Walcott takes on Germany's Dominik Reinhardt at the Ricoh last night. |
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