England's new coach Steve McClaren makes his way to the dugout as he prepares for his first match against Greece His reign begins well courtesy of new captain John Terry who heads home from close range in the 13th minute England double their lead on the half hour when Frank Lampard's shot deflects past Antonios Nikopolidis into the net The Chelsea midfielder almost has a second but sees his parried effort prodded home by Peter Crouch soon after The tall striker gets a second shortly before half-time when he nods home Stewart Downing's cross to make it 4-0 Jermain Defoe and his team-mates fail to find a fifth goal as Greece play far more positively after the break Owen Hargreaves, at the centre of much transfer speculation, puts in another good display and is named man of the match Finland 1-2 Northern Ireland: Elsewhere in the early kick-off, captain David Healy (right) scores to put the visitors in front Kyle Lafferty nets what proves to be the decisive goal just after the hour as Lawrie Sanchez's team wrap-up victory Rep of Ireland 0-4 Holland: Klaas Jan Huntelaar scores twice as the hosts suffer their worst home defeat for 40 years Chelsea's Arjen Robben and Arsenal's Robin van Persie (right) are also among the scorers in Dublin
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