Welbeck Cetak Dua Gol untuk Inggris di Kualifikasi Euro 2016
Welbeck Grabs Double in First Euro 2016 Qualifier
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
DUA gol Danny Welbeck mengantar Inggris meraih kemenangan 2-0 atas Swiss di kualifikasi Euro 2016 pada Selasa dini hari WIB.
Pasukan Roy Hodgson mengantongi tiga poin di Grup E yang juga diisi oleh Slovenia, Estonia, Lithuania, dan San Marino dengan gol Welbeck menit 58 dan 90. Ini merupakan kekalahan pertama Vladimir Petkovic di laga perdananya membesut Swiss, seperti dilansir goal.com.
Hodgson yang mengantar Swiss ke Piala Dunia 1994, diminta untuk menaikan level permainan setelah menang membosankan di laga persahabatan melawan Norwegia pekan lalu.
Dan tim tamu menanggapinya dengan bermain ketat, meski Swiss juga mempunyai beberapa peluang.
Inggris memecah kebuntuan menit 58 ketika Welbeck bergerak dengan apik dan penyerang baru Arsenal yang menggantikan Daniel Sturridge karena cedera, menambah gol keduanya di penghujung waktu ketika dia menerima umpan Rickie Lambert dan melewati Yann Sommer.
Inggris masih menampilkan permainan apik setelah jeda, kombinasi antara Jack Wilshere dan pemain debutan Fabian Delph menghasilkan tendangan melebar di kanan gawang.
Sementara Swiss mencoba menyerang lewat tendangan setengah voli Seferovic, tetapi bisa dihentikan Hart.
DANNY Welbeck´s second-half brace gave England a vital 2-0 win over Switzerland on Monday night as the Three Lions began their Euro 2016 qualifying campaign with a victory.
Roy Hodgson´s men were worth the three points in their toughest qualifying fixture in Group E - which also contains Slovenia, Estonia, Lithuania and San Marino - with Welbeck´s close-range finish just before the hour and injury-time strike proving enough to inflict defeat on Vladimir Petkovic in his first game in charge of Switzerland.
Hodgson - who led Switzerland to 1994 World Cup - asked for England to up their performance level after an underwhelming friendly win over Norway last week.
And the visitors responded by edging a tight game, although Switzerland had chances to snatch at least a point.
England´s breakthrough came in the 58th minute when Welbeck capped a superb team move, and the new Arsenal striker - who came in for the injured Daniel Sturridge - added a second in stoppage time as he latched onto a Rickie Lambert pass and dispatched past Yann Sommer.
England created promising openings in the early stages with Raheem Sterling particularly lively.
