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19 March 2008
The Manchester United loanee was named in Stuart Pearce's side to take on Poland in a friendly at Molineux next Tuesday and proceeded to show why he had earned selection.
The 20-year-old striker had a blistering first half as he scored two cracking goals and frustrated the home defence so much that Phil Ifil was red-carded after only 14 minutes for kicking out at him.
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Victory took surging Hull level on points with fourth-placed West Bromwich Albion and capped a week of revenge.
They banished memories of their 5-1 thrashing at Layer Road last season, having three days earlier atoned for a 4-0 loss at Southampton by winning the return fixture 5-0.
They say revenge is a dish best served cold. And Colchester was cold. Very cold.
But the only players who froze were on the home side who now look certain to be relegated while Hull could be heading for the top division for the first time.
Colchester's desperation for a result was reflected by the frantic nature of their passing and movement in the early stages.
Hull matched their intensity, though, and eventually began creating the better openings.
That frustrated Colchester and they started becoming more aggressive.
The first sign of their heavy-handed approach was when Adam Virgo fouled Campbell to give Hull their first attempt but DeanWindass curled a 30-yard free-kick narrowly wide.
Moments later, Campbell outwitted the home defence with a clever run and shot at Dean Gerken.
That seemed to agitate Colchester even more and Ifil lost his cool, kicking out at Campbell during the striker's next run towards the area and being sent off after just 14 minutes.
The chances kept coming and Hull went even closer when Ian Ashbee's close-range header was met by an impressive reflex save from Gerken.
Hull finally took the lead after 20 minutes when Richard Garcia threaded a pass through to Campbell.
His initial shot was blocked by Gerken, but the ball came straight back out to the striker, who made no mistake at the second attempt.
Campbell bagged his second on 33 minutes when he collected Henrik Pedersen's through ball and held off Karl Duguid before confidently firing his shot past Gerken.
Two up against 10 men, Hull should have been cruising, but were given a nasty shock just four minutes later when Johnnie Jackson's left-wing cross caused chaos in the box and Kevin Lisbie drove in the loose ball.
Colchester could even have been level by the break, but Ashbee cleared off the line following a melee.
Colchester also started the second half positively, as Clive Platt's 10-yard strike forced Bo Myhill to palm away, but Hull then reasserted control.
Gerken did well to thwart Pedersen and clutch Ashbee's follow-up, but he was beaten again on 87 minutes when Caleb Folan ran on to a through ball and rounded the keeper.
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