Crouch puts World Cup smile on England faces
AFP, June, 2006
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MANCHESTER (AFP) — Peter Crouch scored a hat-trick as England concluded their preparations for the World Cup by knocking six goals past a hopelessly outclassed Jamaica.
After his midweek experiment with Steven Gerrard playing as a support striker, Sven-Goran Eriksson reverted to England's traditional 4-4-2 formation and the combination of Crouch and Michael Owen in attack was highly effective in dismantling limited opponents.
On a day when the weather was more Kingston than Manchester, the giant Liverpool striker could afford the luxury of a missed penalty as he took his international tally to five goals on only his seventh appearance in an England shirt.
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Owen's first goal of 2006, Frank Lampard's opener and an own goal by Jermaine Taylor made it a morale-boosting Saturday afternoon for Eriksson and his squad, 48 hours before their departure for Germany, although the feel-good factor was diminished somewhat by ...
