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Match
Summary |
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Officials
from Germany |
England |
Type |
Spain |
Referee
(black) -
Michael Weiner
37 (21 March 1969), Giesen, FIFA-listed 2002;
Assistant
Referees -
Carsten Kadach, 43 (22 January 1964) and Sönke Glindemann, 42 (17 June 1965).
Fourth official - Christopher J.
Foy, 44 (20 November 1962), St. Helens, Merseyside, England.
Teams presented to representatives of both
the Football Association and Spanish Football Association, led by David Dein
and Brian Barwick. |
9 |
Goal Attempts |
8 |
2 |
Attempts on Target |
2 |
0 |
Hit Bar/Post |
0 |
5 |
Corner Kicks Won |
2 |
9 |
Offside Calls Against |
5 |
13 |
Fouls Conceded |
15 |
52.9% |
Possession |
47.1% |
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England
Team |
|
Rank: |
FIFA (17th
January 2007) 6th
EFO ranking
Group 2
ELO rating 7th |
Colours: |
The
2007 home uniform -
White
v-neck jersey with red horizontal stripe/navy double diamond trim and
abstract side panel, navy shorts with white pintrim/double diamond, white socks
with navy thin band/double diamond. |
Capt: |
Steven Gerrard, second captaincy. Gary Neville 46th minute, Rio Ferdinand 65th minute. |
Head Coach: |
Stephen
McClaren, 45 (3 May 1961), appointed Head
Coach 4 May 2006, took post 1 August 2006,
7th match, W 3 - D 2 - L 2 - F 11 - A 4. |
England
Lineup |
1 |
Foster, Ben A. |
23 |
3 April 1983 |
G |
Watford FC,
on loan from
Manchester United FC |
1 |
1ᵍᵃ |
2 |
Neville, Gary A., off 65th min. |
31 |
18 February 1975 |
RB |
Manchester United FC |
85 |
0 |
3 |
Neville, Philip J., off 74th min. |
30 |
21 January 1977 |
LB |
Everton FC |
55 |
0 |
4 |
Gerrard, Steven G., off 46th min. |
26 |
30 May 1980 |
RM |
Liverpool FC |
53 |
10 |
5 |
Ferdinand, Rio
G. |
28 |
7 November 1978 |
CD |
Manchester United FC |
57 |
0 |
6 |
Woodgate, Jonathan S., off 65th min. |
27 |
22 January 1980 |
CD |
Middlesbrough FC |
6 |
0 |
7 |
Carrick, Michael |
25 |
28 July 1981 |
CM |
Manchester United FC |
12 |
0 |
8 |
Lampard, Frank J., off 79th min. |
28 |
20 June 1978 |
LM |
Chelsea FC |
52 |
11 |
9 |
Dyer, Kieron C. |
28 |
29 December 1978 |
LF |
Newcastle United FC |
29 |
0 |
10 |
Crouch, Peter J. |
26 |
30 January 1981 |
CF |
Liverpool FC |
17 |
11 |
11 |
Wright-Phillips, Shaun
C., off 70th
min. |
25 |
25 October 1981 |
RF |
Chelsea FC |
12 |
1 |
England
Substitutes |
12 |
Barry, Gareth,
on 46th min. for Gerrard |
25 |
23 February 1981 |
D |
Aston
Villa FC |
9 |
0 |
14 |
Richards, Micah L., on 65th min. for G. Neville |
18 |
24 June 1988 |
D |
Manchester City FC |
2 |
0 |
15 |
Carragher, James L.D.,
on 65th min. for Woodgate |
29 |
28 January 1978 |
D |
Liverpool FC |
32 |
0 |
scoreline: England 0 Spain 1 |
21 |
Defoe, Jermain C., on 70th min. for Wright-Phillips |
24 |
7 October 1982 |
F |
Tottenham Hotspur FC |
22 |
3 |
20 |
Downing, Stewart,
on 74th min. for P. Neville |
22 |
22 July 1984 |
M |
Middlesbrough FC |
10 |
0 |
18 |
Barton, Joseph A., on 79th min. for Lampard |
24 |
2 September 1982 |
M |
Manchester City FC |
1 |
0 |
result: England 0 Spain 1 |
unused
substitutes: |
13-Paul Robinson,
16-John Terry, 17-Michael Dawson, 19-Scott Parker. |
team notes: |
Gary Neville and Phil are brothers. |
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4-3-3 |
Foster -
G.Neville (Richards), Ferdinand, Woodgate (Carragher),
P.Neville (Downing) -
Gerrard (Barry), Carrick, Lampard (Barton) -
Wright-Phillips (Defoe), Crouch, Dyer. |
Averages (Starting XI): |
Age |
27.0 |
Appearances/Goals |
34.5 |
3.2 |
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Spain
Team |
|
Rank: |
FIFA (17th
January 2007) 12th
EFO ranking
Group 3
ELO rating 10th |
Colours: |
Made by Adidas -
Red crew neck jerseys with yellow front pinstripes/adidas sleeve trim/collar, white
shorts with red/blue adidas side trim and yellow hem, blue socks with yellow/red
adidas trim; |
Capt: |
Iker Casillas |
Manager: |
José
Luis Aragonés Suárez Martínez, 68 (28 July 1938), appointed 1 July 2004,
33rd match, W 20 - D 9 - L 4 - F 62 - A 23. |
Spain
Lineup |
1 |
Casillas Fernández, Iker |
25 |
20 May 1981 |
G |
Real Madrid CF |
66 |
0 |
15 |
Capdevila Méndez, Joan |
29 |
3 February 1978 |
LB |
RC Deportivo de La Coruña |
8 |
0 |
22 |
Tébar,
Pablo
I. |
25 |
3
August 1981 |
CD |
Club Atlético de Madrid |
19 |
0 |
4 |
Ramos García,
Sergio, off 46th min. |
20 |
30 March 1986 |
RB |
Real Madrid CF |
21 |
2 |
5 |
Puyol Saforcada, Carlos, off 46th min. |
28 |
13 April 1978 |
CD |
FC Barcelona |
54 |
1 |
6 |
Albelda, David A. |
29 |
1 September 1977 |
CM |
Valencia CF |
41 |
0 |
7 |
Villa Sánchez,
David, off 74th min. |
25 |
3 December 1981 |
F |
Valencia CF |
19 |
9 |
8 |
Xavi |
27 |
25 January 1980 |
CM |
FC Barcelona |
44 |
3 |
21 |
Jiménez Silva, David J., off 65th min. |
21 |
8 January 1986 |
LM |
Valencia CF |
2 |
0 |
10 |
Morientes Sánchez,
Fernando, off 46th min. |
30 |
5 April 1976 |
F |
Valencia CF |
45 |
26 |
11 |
Angulo Valderrey, Miguel Ángel, off 56th min. |
29 |
23 June 1977 |
RM |
Valencia CF |
5 |
0 |
Spain
Substitutes |
9 |
Torres Sanz,
Fernando
J., on 46th min. for Morientes |
22 |
20 March 1984 |
F |
Club Atlético de Madrid |
40 |
15 |
2 |
Vicente
Navarro, F. Javier, on
46th min. for Puyol |
32 |
6 February 1974 |
D |
Sevilla FC |
2 |
0 |
19 |
López Ruano,
Ángel D., on 46th min.
for Sergio Ramos |
25 |
10 March 1981 |
M |
RC Celta de Vigo |
2 |
0 |
16 |
Iniesta Luján, Andrés,
on 56th min. for Angulo |
22 |
11 May 1984 |
M |
FC Barcelona |
9 |
1 |
scoreline: England 0 Spain 1 |
17 |
Arizmendi de Lucas, Ángel J., on 65th min. for Silva |
22 |
3 March 1984 |
F |
RC Deportivo de La Coruña |
1 |
0 |
18 |
Fàbregas Soler,
Francesc,
on 74th min. for Villa |
19 |
4 May 1987 |
M |
Arsenal FC, England |
15 |
0 |
result: England 0 Spain 1 |
unused
substitutes: |
3-Antonio
Lopez, 14-Xabier Alonso, 23-José Reina; |
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4-4-2 |
Casillas -
Sergio Ramos (Ángel), Puyol (Javi Navarro), Pablo, Capdevila -
Angulo (Iniesta), Albelda, Xavi, Silva (Arizmendi de
Lucas) -
Villa (Fàbregas), Morientes (Torres). |
Averages (Starting XI): |
Age |
26.2 |
Appearances/Goals |
29.5 |
3.7 |
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Match
Report (Mike Payne's exclusive report coming shortly) |
England woefully underperformed to slip to
their first home defeat under coach Steve McClaren in an international
friendly against Spain at Old Trafford. Spain were on the back
foot at the start of each half, but the visitors survived to take
control of the match.
Fernando Morientes blazed over the bar in the
first-half, while David Villa's shot was well saved by England debutant
Ben Foster just before the hour. Soon afterwards substitute Andres
Iniesta arrowed a shot past Foster.
Iniesta had only been on the pitch for five minutes when
he quickly collected Rio Ferdinand's defensive clearance, before sending
an unstoppable shot into the roof of the net. Spain face a real
struggle to qualify for Euro 2008, but they were far the better side and
this despite making three substitutions at the interval.
England also made a raft of substitutions - six in
all - with Joey Barton making his international debut, coming on for
Frank Lampard with 11 minutes to go. So poor were England that it
was hard to remember Spain's goalkeeper Iker Casillas having to make a
save. Any optimism engendered by England's bright approach at the
start of each quickly evaporated as Spain took control in midfield with
Xavi a key influence. While Xavi dictated the game's tempo,
England's hotch-potch of a midfield struggled to regain some semblance
of control.
More worryingly ahead of the Euro 2008 qualifiers
against Israel and Andorra in March, this game provided further
compelling evidence as to the incompatibility of Steven Gerrard and
Lampard to play together in midfield. Deployed to the left of
Gerrard, who was given a central midfield position, Lampard looked a
shadow of the player he is for Chelsea. Gerrard was rested for the
second half, with Gareth Barry replacing the Liverpool midfielder, but
the switch did little to provide England with any better balance.
At least Gerrard had the consolation of playing
the pass of the first half, picking out Peter Crouch with a ball played
with the outside of his right foot just before the interval.
Unfortunately Crouch was unable to deliver a similar level of precision
and his shot was well wide. With the right-footed Phil Neville
playing as left-back, and Lampard just ahead of him, perhaps it was not
altogether surprising that Spain's best attacks came down England's
flank in those opening 45 minutes.
Since leaving Liverpool, Morientes
cannot stop scoring goals for Valencia, but he made an awful hash of a
chance when it looked easier to score than miss on 18 minutes.
After Spain had carved open England down the right, Morientes deceived
Gary Neville only to then embarrassingly scoop the ball high over the
bar with only Foster to beat. - BBC Sport
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Source Notes |
BBC Sport
Official Teamsheet
RFEF website
Sporting Life
TheFA.com
Football Line-ups
SkySports.com
Marcel Hoefsmit, Friend and Dutch Historian
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