At the two-thirds mark, Jermain Defoe got his second after Hart stopped a Stanislov Angelov attempt at one end and England quickly took the ball to the other half where Rooney found Defoe, who pushed the ball under Mihaylou.
Defoe’s earlier goal at three minutes sent England off to a cracking start.
Capello’s solid response at the press call on Thursday was not just empty words.
Looks like keeping loyal to many of the World Cup players and to the strategies which worked so well in the run up to the big tournament but which didn't show fruit when the team camped away from home, has paid good.
Even the old 4-2-4 looks good.
In a game they were expected to win, and so go well in the European preliminaries, England still had to do the deed, still had the pressure on to come good. And they did.
In the 76th minute Defoe nearly got his third when Gerrard’s drive bounded out of Mihailow’s hands into the path of Defoe – but no, Mihailow was still there to knock the ball away from him.
But never mind, seven minutes later it’s Adam Johnson with a GOOOOAL! England’s third!
Wait—What’s this? Almost as soon as the match is restarted, Defoe does gets HIS third, giving England 4 Bulgaria 0. How good is that?
A stupendous night only marred by an awkward-looking injury to Micheal Dawson.
