England scrape through... As wayne rooney sees red!!!

Wayne Rooney was sensationally sent off for the
second time in his England career to spoil what
should have been the celebration of reaching Euro
2012. - Terry pleased to secure Euro berth First-half goals from Ashley Young and Darren
Bent were enough to claim a draw against a
Montenegro side who were rampant in the second
half following Elsad Zverotic's deflected effort in
stoppage time before the break, and they levelled
at the end through Andrija Delibasic to grab a play- off berth. But the journey home for England was spoiled by
Rooney's red. It came 17 minutes from the end, for a completely
needless challenge on Miodrag Dzudovic, that led
to the 25-year-old becoming only the second
England player - after David Beckham - to be sent
off twice. The dismissal brings an automatic one-match ban
for England's next competitive game, their first of
the finals, and the potential for a second should
UEFA deem it sufficient punishment. It was an amazing way for Fabio Capello's 40th
match as England coach to end, made all the more
crazy because for 44 minutes, no one saw
anything like this coming. Even though they only required a point to book
their ticket to next summer's finals in Poland and
Ukraine, Capello insisted England would not adopt
a cautious approach. He was as good as his word too as wide men Theo
Walcott and Ashley Young exposed unexpected
frailties in the Montenegrin defending from an
early stage. Rooney dropped deep, leaving Bent to dash into
spaces in a manner the hosts found strangely
difficult to deal with. Debutant Phil Jones had already gone close with a
wayward cross that almost dropped in when
England carved their opponents open in textbook
fashion. Glorious movement off the ball led to Rooney
releasing Walcott down the right. The Arsenal man's delivery to the far post was
perfect. In charged Young and in went the close-
range header. Football at this level is rarely as easy
as that. It stunned the Montenegro supporters. Instead of
the predicted sizzling atmosphere, they were
drowned out by the jubilant visitors as they
completed a set of first 15-minute goals in all their
Group G away games. And England did not stop there. Rooney would have had a tap-in if Dzudovic had
not cut out Bent's cross at full stretch. Jones' powerful header from Walcott's corner was
goalbound until it struck Rooney on the back. England were in cruise control and their lead was
doubled by Bent 14 minutes before the break. Once again, the move was launched by Rooney
from a central position. This time the incisive pass went to the left, where
Young was on the chase. Bent could not fail to slot
home his fourth goal in five internationals from
close range. Had England reached half-time, Capello's only
complaint could have been about Walcott's failure
to protect Jones, whose performance at right-back
belied his 19 years. As it turned out, he had good reason to gripe as
his side lost concentration in stoppage time and
Zverotic profited, his shot finding the bottom
corner thanks to a significant deflection off Gary
Cahill. Quite apart from changing the nature of Capello's
half-time prompting, it brought the hosts to life. Hart denied Fatos Beciraj with a low save, then
Stevan Jovetic had a penalty appeal turned down
following a clumsy challenge from Jones. After another effort that Beciraj screwed wide,
Young went off holding his knee, although the
more natural defensive capabilities of Stewart
Downing were handy on a night that had turned
into something of a trial. There could hardly have been a greater contrast in
the two halves though as Blackburn's Simon
Vukcevic went for goal, triggering the introduction
of Frank Lampard for Bent and a completely
rejigged 4-5-1 formation. Rooney was supposed to be at the apex. Then
came the clash with Dzudovic, German referee
Wolfgang Stark sending off Rooney for his kick out
at his opponent. Out came the red card, Rooney sent down the
tunnel in disgrace. There was still time for Montenegro to deny
England victory, but that is a side issue compared
to the ridiculous act of a player who could now
miss two-thirds of England's group phase next
summer.