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#4 England's ticket to the FIFA World Cup 2014

England v Poland - FIFA 2014 World Cup Qualifier: Rooney celebrates scoring the winner that broke the deadlock.

At Wembley, Roy Hodgson's England needed to beat Poland to gain automatic qualification to the FIFA World Cup 2014. Having scored in the 4-1 win over Montenegro the week before, this occasion was to be a lot tenser. It was Rooney who scored the deadlock-breaking goal with a header after 41 minutes from an in-form Leighton-Baines cross.

Before Rooney netted his 38th international goal, taking him at the time within 11 goals of Sir Bobby Charlton’s all-time record, and settling Wembley worries, England suffered some nervy moments, particularly when Poland counter-attacked, roared on by their 20,000-plus fans.

Hodgson could be seen getting captivated in the match himself uttering ' F*** me' after Lewandowski attacked, the pressure on this match had amounted as international disappointment seemed imminent. The confident Rooney header broke the deadlock and put England the platform to go on and win 2-0 with Gerrard scoring the second, booking England a flight to Rio.