Campbell on target as England win

Tottenham striker Campbell, on loan at White Hart Lane from Manchester United, opened the scoring in the 11th minute with a smart finish from a narrow angle.

Gardner, who put in an assured performance in the centre of midfield, doubled the lead from a free-kick in the 55th minute and the margin of victory could have been greater had Jamie O'Hara not seen his second-half penalty saved.

It was England who took the lead in the 11th minute through Campbell with the first real opportunity of the match. Goalkeeper Joe Lewis's long goal-kick went over the head of James Vaughan and Campbell was not picked up with an intelligent run round the back of the Czech defence.

The visitors failed to deal with the bouncing ball inside the box and Campbell took a touch before he cleverly guided his shot past Czech goalkeeper Jakub Divis and into the net.

The Czechs started to exert some pressure in search of an equaliser and midfielder Borek Dockal forced Lewis to tip the ball past the post in the 25th minute with a long-range attempt.

Pearce was then forced into a change in the 30th minute when Lewis was injured and subsequently taken from the pitch on stretcher clutching his leg. The Peterborough goalkeeper was replaced by Frank Fielding, on loan at Northampton from Blackburn, who won his first cap for the Under-21 side.

England doubled their lead 10 minutes after the break when they were awarded a free-kick on the edge of the penalty area which was taken by Gardner. The Villa midfielder drilled a low effort which went under the last man in the Czech wall and past the dive of Divis before it nestled into the bottom-left corner of the net.

Moments later England were given the chance to increase their advantage when referee Cuneyt Cakir awarded the home side a penalty after Campbell was fouled by Ondrej Kudela.

Spurs midfielder O'Hara took the resulting spot-kick, but Czech goalkeeper Divis denied England a chance to round off an impressive performance with a third goal.