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Match
Summary |
|
Officials
from Norway |
England |
Type |
Czech
Republic |
Referee
(charcoal)
-
Terje Hauge
42 (5 October 1965), Bergen, FIFA-listed 1993.
Assistant
Referees - Steinar Holvik, 40 (21 July 1968)
and Dag-Roger Nebben, 27 (5 September 1980).
Fourth official - Steven
J. Tanner, 37 (21 October 1970), Somerset, England; |
15 |
Goal Attempts |
10 |
9 |
Attempts on Target |
4 |
0 |
Hit Bar/Post |
0 |
9 |
Corner Kicks Won |
0 |
1 |
Offside Calls Against |
1 |
13 |
Fouls Conceded |
15 |
56.8% |
Possession |
43.2% |
|
England
Team |
|
Rank: |
FIFA (6th
August 2008) 14th
EFO ranking Group 2
ELO rating 9th |
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: |
John Terry, fifteenth captaincy |
Manager: |
Fabio Capello,
62 (18 June 1946), appointed 14 December 2007, took post 7 January 2008,
5th match, W 3 - D 1 - L 1 - F 9 - A 4. |
England
Lineup |
1 |
James, David
B. |
38 |
1 August 1970 |
G |
Portsmouth FC |
40 |
35 ᵍᵃ |
2 |
Brown, Wesley
M. |
28 |
13 October 1979 |
RB |
Manchester United FC |
18 |
1 |
3 |
Cole,
Ashley |
27 |
20 December 1980 |
LB |
Chelsea FC |
65 |
0 |
4 |
Barry, Gareth |
26 |
23 February 1981 |
CM |
Aston Villa FC |
21 |
1 |
Barry was cautioned in the 11th minute for
Unsporting Behaviour for a mis-timed tackle on Plašil. |
5 |
Ferdinand,
Rio G., off 58th min. |
29 |
7
November 1978 |
CD |
Manchester United FC |
69 |
1 |
6 |
Terry, John
G. |
27 |
7 December 1980 |
CD |
Chelsea FC |
45 |
4 |
7 |
Beckham, David R.J., off 79th min. |
33 |
2 May 1975 |
RM |
LA Galaxy, United States |
103 |
17 |
8 |
Lampard, Frank J., off 79th min. |
30 |
20 June 1978 |
CM |
Chelsea FC |
62 |
13 |
9 |
Defoe, Jermain C., off 46th min. |
25 |
7 October 1982 |
F |
Portsmouth FC |
29 |
5 |
10 |
Gerrard, Steven G., off 58th min. |
28 |
30 May 1980 |
LM |
Liverpool FC |
68 |
13 |
11 |
Rooney, Wayne M., off 69th min. |
22 |
24 October 1985 |
F |
Manchester United FC |
44 |
13 |
England
Substitutes |
scoreline: England 1 Czech Republic 1 |
21 |
Heskey, Emile W.I., on 46th min. for Defoe |
30 |
11 January 1978 |
F |
Wigan Athletic FC |
46 |
5 |
scoreline: England 1 Czech Republic 2 |
15 |
Woodgate, Jonathan S., on 58th min. for Ferdinand |
28 |
22 January 1980 |
CD |
Tottenham Hotspur FC |
8 |
0 |
20 |
Cole, Joseph J., on 58th min. for Gerrard |
26 |
8 November 1981 |
M |
Chelsea FC |
51 |
8 |
18 |
Downing, Stewart, on 69th min. for
Rooney |
24 |
22 July 1984 |
M |
Middlesbrough FC |
19 |
0 |
17 |
Bentley, David M., on 79th min. for Lampard |
24 |
27 August 1984 |
M |
Tottenham Hotspur FC |
7 |
0 |
19 |
Jenas, Jermaine A., on 79th min. for
Beckham |
25 |
18 February 1983 |
M |
Tottenham Hotspur FC |
19 |
1 |
result: England 2 Czech Republic 2 |
unused
substitutes: |
12-Paul Robinson, 13-Glen Johnson, 14-Wayne
Bridge, 16-Matthew Upson, 22-Theo Walcott, 23-Joe Hart. |
team
notes: |
David James concedes a direct free-kick for a record
sixth time. Joe Cole is the eleventh player to score his second
goal as a substitute. The second substitute goal at the new National
Stadium. Joe Cole also continues his record of playing in all of
England's nine home matches at the new National Stadium. Steven
Gerrard and Gareth Barry have played in eight of them. Rio Ferdinand
seven. |
Coach Fabio Capello played for Italy against England in
June (scoring one) and November 1973 (scoring another), and in May and
November 1976. |
|
4-4-2 |
James -
Brown, Terry, Ferdinand (Woodgate), A Cole -
Beckham (Jenas), Barry, Lampard (Bentley), Gerrard (J Cole) -
Defoe (Heskey), Rooney (Downing). |
Averages (Starting XI): |
Age |
28.5 |
Appearances/Goals |
51.3 |
6.5 |
|
|
Czech
Republic
Team |
|
Rank: |
FIFA (6th
August 2008) 14th
EFO ranking
n/a
ELO rating 9th |
Colours: |
Made by Puma -
Red v-neck jerseys with blue collar/cuffs, red shorts, red socks
with white tops/hoop/single vertical pinstripe. |
Capt: |
Tomáš Ujfaluši |
Manager: |
Petr Rada, 49
(21 August 1958), appointed coach
July 2008;
1st match, W 0 - D 1 - L 0 - F 2 - A 2; |
Czech
Republic
Lineup |
1 |
Čech, Petr
|
26 |
20 May 1982 |
G |
Chelsea FC,
England |
63 |
0 |
2 |
Grygera, Zdeněk, off 46th min. |
28 |
14 May 1980 |
LB |
Juventus FC, Italy |
57 |
2 |
21 |
Ujfaluši,
Tomáš |
30 |
24 March 1978 |
CD |
Club Atlético de Madrid, Spain |
72 |
2 |
22 |
Rozehnal, David
S.K. |
28 |
5 July 1980 |
CD |
SS Lazio, Italy |
49 |
0 |
5 |
Kováč, Radoslav, off 76th min. |
28 |
27 November 1979 |
DM |
FC Spartak Moskva, Russia |
25 |
1 |
6 |
Jankulovski, Marek |
31 |
9 May 1977 |
RB |
AC Milan, Italy |
68 |
11 |
17 |
Šírl, Radek, off 76th min. |
27 |
20 March 1981 |
RM |
FC Zenit Sankt-Petersburg, Russia |
2 |
0 |
8 |
Polák, Jan |
27 |
14 March 1981 |
CM |
RSC Anderlecht,
Netherlands |
42 |
6 |
9 |
Baroš, Milan, off 46th min. |
26 |
28 October 1981 |
CF |
Olympique Lyonnais,
France |
66 |
32 |
20 |
Plašil, Jaroslav, off 90th+3 min. |
26 |
5 January 1982 |
CM |
CA Osasuna, Spain |
41 |
3 |
11 |
Vlček, Stanislav, off 46th min. |
32 |
26 February 1976 |
LM |
RSC Anderlecht,
Netherlands |
14 |
0 |
Czech
Republic
Substitutes |
scoreline: England 1 Czech Republic 1 |
12 |
Pospěch, Zdeněk, on 46th min. for
Grygera |
29 |
14 December 1978 |
LB |
FC København, Denmark |
9 |
0 |
14 |
Jarolim, David, on 46th min. for Vlček |
29 |
17 May 1979 |
M |
Hamburger SV, Germany |
20 |
1 |
19 |
Svěrkoš, Václav, on 46th min. for
Baroš |
24 |
1 November 1983 |
F |
FC Banik Ostrava |
4 |
1 |
scoreline: England 1 Czech Republic 2 |
13 |
Kadlec, Michal, on 76th min. for Šírl |
23 |
13 December 1984 |
D |
AC Sparta Praha |
8 |
1 |
3 |
Rajnoch, Jan, on 76th min. for
Kováč |
26 |
30 September 1981 |
M |
FK Mladá Boleslav |
1 |
0 |
scoreline: England 2 Czech Republic 2 |
20 |
Papadopoulos, Michal, on 90th+3 min.
for Plašil |
23 |
14 April 1985 |
F |
FK Mladá Boleslav |
1 |
0 |
result: England 2 Czech Republic 2 |
unused
substitutes: |
23-Daniel
Zítka. |
team
notes: |
Marek Jankulovski's
free-kick is the 26th direct free-kick conceded by England. The first
for nearly four years. The first under the arch of the new Wembley
Stadium (eighth overall at Wembley). |
|
4-5-1 |
Čech -
Jankulovski,
Rozehnal,
Ujfaluši,
Grygera (Pospěch)
-
Kováč (Rajnoch)
-
Šírl (Kadlec), Plašil
(Papadopoulos), Polák,
Vlček (Jarolim) -
Baroš (Svěrkoš) |
Averages (Starting XI): |
Age |
28.1 |
Appearances/Goals |
45.4 |
5.3 |
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Match Report
by Mike Payne |
This warm up match for the forthcoming World
Cup qualifiers again highlighted to manager Fabio Capello just what a
huge task he has in front of him. England were woeful on the night and
only a late equaliser gave them an undeserved draw.
The Czech side were far superior in almost
every aspect of the play as they passed the ball around Wembley with
consummate ease. They played a simple counter-attacking game and, with
England all over the place at times, they often stretched the home
defence. In the 22nd minute the Czechs finally gained their
reward. Play was cleverly switched from left wing to the right wing
leaving the England midfield totally exposed. When the ball came back
to the left again the Czechs played in Radek Sirl who gained possession
and went round Wes Brown far too easily for the manager's liking. Sirl
then pulled the ball back and in came former Liverpool and Aston Villa
player Milan Baros to fire in a shot, which was deflected past David
James by Ashley Cole.
England did have some chances and Jermaine
Defoe, who worked hard, wasted two good opportunities with less than
convincing attempts. Wayne Rooney, too, was also out of sorts and his
best chance came when he headed a David Beckham cross straight at Peter
Cech in the visitor's goal. Steven Gerrard forced Cech into a
scrambling save as England tried hard for an equaliser. But just as it
seemed they would go in a half-time with a one goal deficit they finally
found a leveller. A Beckham corner was met by Brown, and the full-back
scored his first goal for England with a strong header.
Three minutes after the restart all of
England's efforts to get back into the game were thrown away when the
Czech Republic regained the lead. Gareth Barry fouled Jan Polak and
Marek Jankulovski curled a superb free-kick into the top corner with
James groping. Capello had brought on three new players as substitutes
with Emile Heskey, Joe Cole and Jonathan Woodgate being given run outs.
But it was the Czechs who should have scored again following some
farcical play by the England defenders looking for an offside decision
that wasn't there. Vaclav Sverkos burst through with the ball, went
around James and looked a certain scorer until his shot went wide. That
was a real let-off for England but their play did not really improve
despite several more team changes.
An England defeat looked certain but just as
they had equalised for the first time at the end of the first half they
did it again right at the end of the match. A corner from the right was
not cleared properly and as the ball bounced around in front of the
Czech goal, Joe Cole managed to toe poke the ball beyond his Chelsea
teammate Cech and England salvaged an undeserved draw. It was not a
convincing performance though and the crowd showed their displeasure at
the end of the game. Mr Capello has a lot to do.
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Source Notes |
BBC Sport
TheFA.com
SkySports.com
Fotbal.cz
Marcel Hoefsmit,
Netherlands
Official Matchday Programme
Mike Payne - football historian and contributor
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