England 1 Belarus 2: England lost to 10-man Belarus in a 'B' international tonight that was marred by a serious injury to goalkeeper Robert Green.
Jermaine Jenas gave England a 35th minute lead but Vitaly Kutuzov scored a freak equaliser in the 50th minute when Green, England's third-choice keeper for the World Cup, collapsed in agony with a ruptured groin as he took a goal-kick.
The miscued kick went straight to the Belarus forward who, with Green lying on the floor, sent the ball into an empty net - to widespread boos from the crowd.
Green, who had only taken over from David James five minutes earlier, was carried off on a stretcher grimacing with pain and will miss the finals. Scott Carson, England's standby keeper for Germany, replaced him between the posts.
Belarus finished the game with 10 men after a red card in the 73rd minute for Sergei Omelyanchuk but it did not prevent substitute Sergei Kornilenko from scoring an slick 80th minute winner.
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