well what can you say about the game ? a comfortable win against a second rate team or a professional performance knowing we have a trickier game in 4 days time in Switzerland.
It was good to see Hart given his chance in goal , albeit 4 months too late and the inclusion of Walcott and Jags .... but would either have been playing if Lampard and Terry had been fit ?
The atmosphere seemed a little low key at the start but the expected smaller crowd was soon lifted by Defoe's early strike after good link up play between Rooney and Cole .The early goal didn't kick start the game into life and the match lulled with some poor play from both teams and it wasn't really until well into the second half after a period of Bulgarian pressure that England broke the length of the pitch and Defoe notched his second goal of the evening after being played in from Rooney.
Late srikes from Johnson and Defoe's hat trick goal gave the scoreline a more flattering look but England were never pushed and they will have far more sterner tests in the coming 14 months .
Roll on Tuesday and the Swiss game !!!
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