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Match
Summary |
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Officials
from Paraguay |
England |
Type |
Egypt |
Referee
(charcoal)
- Carlos
Manuel
Torres Nuñez
39 (27 April 1970), Asunción, FIFA-listed 1998.
Assistant Referees -
Milciades
Saldivar Franco, 28 (8 June 1981) & Rodney Ubaldo
Aquino Maldonado, 25 (16 April 1984)
Fourth official - Mark Clattenburg, 34 (13 March 1975),
Consett, County Durham, England.
Black armbands worn as a mark of
respect, following the death of Macclesfield Town FC manager, Keith Alexander. |
16 |
Goal Attempts |
6 |
9 |
Attempts on Target |
4 |
|
Hit Bar/Post |
|
5 |
Corner Kicks Won |
5 |
3 |
Offside Calls Against |
1 |
14 |
Fouls Conceded |
14 |
51.4% |
Possession |
48.6% |
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England
Team |
|
Rank: |
FIFA (3rd
March 2010) 8th
EFO ranking
Group 2
ELO rating 4th |
Colours: |
The 2010 away
uniform
-
Red
crew neck jerseys with darker red sleeves and white cuffs, white shorts with red
side trim, red socks with white footings. |
Capt: |
Steven Gerrard, eighth captaincy. Wayne
Rooney 73rd minute. Gareth Barry 86th minute. |
Manager: |
Fabio Capello,
63 (18 June 1946), appointed 14 December 2007, effective 7 January 2008,
22nd match, W 16 - D 2 - L 4 - F 56 - A 18. |
England
Lineup |
1 |
Green, Robert P. |
30 |
18 January 1980 |
G |
West Ham United FC |
9 |
7ᵍᵃ |
2 |
Brown, Wesley
M. |
30 |
13 October 1979 |
RB |
Manchester United FC |
23 |
1 |
3 |
Baines, Leighton J. |
25 |
11 December 1984 |
LB |
Everton FC |
1 |
0 |
4 |
Gerrard, Steven G., off 73rd min. |
29 |
30 May 1980 |
LM |
Liverpool FC |
78 |
16 |
5 |
Upson,
Matthew J. |
30 |
18 April 1979 |
CD |
West Ham United FC |
19 |
1 |
6 |
Terry, John G. |
29 |
7 December 1980 |
CD |
Chelsea FC |
59 |
6 |
7 |
Walcott, Theo
J., off 57th min. |
20 |
16 March 1989 |
RM |
Arsenal FC |
9 |
3 |
8 |
Lampard,
Frank J., off 46th min. |
31 |
20 June 1978 |
CM |
Chelsea FC |
77 |
19 |
9 |
Defoe,
Jermain C., off 46th min. |
27 |
7 October 1982 |
F |
Tottenham Hotspur FC |
39 |
11 |
10 |
Rooney,
Wayne M., off 86th min. |
24 |
24 October 1985 |
F |
Manchester United FC |
58 |
25 |
11 |
Barry, Gareth |
29 |
23 February 1981 |
CM |
Manchester City FC |
36 |
2 |
England
Substitutes |
scoreline: England 0 Egypt 1 |
15 |
Carrick, Michael,
on 46th min. for Lampard |
28 |
28 July 1981 |
CM |
Manchester United FC |
21 |
0 |
20
|
Crouch, Peter J.,
on 46th min. for Defoe |
29 |
30 January 1981 |
F |
Tottenham Hotspur FC |
37 |
20 |
the 335th
(202nd post-war) brace scored
the
seventh substitute to score a brace |
scoreline: England 1 Egypt 1 |
19
|
Wright-Phillips, Shaun C., on 57th min. for Walcott |
28 |
25 October 1981 |
RM |
Manchester City FC |
30 |
6 |
13 |
Milner, James P., on 73rd
min. for Gerrard |
24 |
4 January 1986 |
LM |
Aston Villa FC |
7 |
0 |
scoreline: England 3 Egypt 1 |
22 |
Cole, Carlton
M.G., on 86th min. for Rooney |
26 |
12 November 1983 |
F |
West Ham United FC |
7 |
0 |
result: England 3 Egypt 1 |
unused
substitutes: |
12-David James, 14-Stephen
Warnock, 16-Joleon
Lescott, 17-
Ryan Shawcross, 18-David
Beckham, 21-Emile
Heskey, 23-Stewart
Downing, 24-Joe
Hart. |
substitute
notes: |
The seventh-ninth substitute goals at the
new National Stadium.
Crouch became the
seventh player to score two goals in one match as a substitute, and the fourth player to score four goals as a substitute.
Shaun Wright-Phillips then became the seventh substitute to score three
goals. It was the fifteenth time the substitute's goals had accounted for
England's tally, the third time that it involved two goals, but the
first time all three were scored. It became only the fourth match to
involve two separate scoring substitutes, the first since 2004. The
six goals scored by substitutes this season equals the record set last
season. Peter Crouch's first
goal was the 800th friendly goal scored by England. |
records: |
Steven Gerrard and Gareth Barry have now
appeared in fifteen of England's seventeen home matches at the
National Stadium, just one ahead of Frank Lampard. Wayne Rooney is
the record goalscorer at the new Stadium. However, his eight is just
one ahead of Frank Lampard, whose tally includes a record three
penalty kicks, and now Peter Crouch. Leighton Baines is just the
second starter to make his debut at the National Stadium. The first
since Nicky Shorey in the very first in June 2007. There has been four
overall. Bentley and Lescott were substitutes. Peter Crouch's first
goal was the 800th friendly goal scored by England. |
Coach Fabio Capello played for Italy against England in
June (scoring one) and November 1973 (scoring another), and in May and
November 1976. |
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4-4-2 |
Green -
Brown, Terry, Upson, Baines -
Walcott (Wright-Phillips), Lampard (Carrick), Barry,
Gerrard (Milner) -
Rooney (Cole), Defoe (Crouch). |
Averages (Starting XI): |
Age |
27.6 |
Appearances/Goals |
37.1 |
7.7 |
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Egypt
Team |
|
Rank: |
FIFA (3rd
March 2010) 17th
EFO ranking
Group n/a
ELO rating 13th |
Colours: |
Made by Puma - Plain white collared jerseys, plain white shorts, white socks
with red tops/vertical stripe. |
Capt: |
Ahmed Hassan |
Manager: |
Hassan Shehata
حسن شحاتةa,
60 (19 June 1949), appointed November 2004,
84th match,
W 52 - D 17 - L 15 - F 162 - A 70. |
Egypt
Lineup |
1 |
El Hadary,
Essam K.T. |
37 |
15 January 1973 |
G |
El-Ismaily
SC |
121 |
0 |
20 |
Gomaa Kamel
El Hooty, Wael |
34 |
3 August 1975 |
LB |
Al-Ahly SC |
94 |
0 |
3 |
El-Mohamady,
Ahmed E.E.A. |
22 |
9 September 1987 |
RM |
Engineering for the Petroleum & Process
Industries, Cairo (ENPPI) |
39 |
1 |
14 |
Moawad, Sayed, off 76th min. |
31 |
25 February 1979 |
LM |
Al-Ahly SC |
42 |
0 |
17 |
Hassan,
Ahmed, off 64th
min. |
34 |
2 May 1975 |
CM |
Al-Ahly SC |
174 |
31 |
6 |
Saïd
Zakaria, Hany
M.,
off 86th min. |
29 |
22 April 1980 |
CD |
Zamalek SC |
57 |
0 |
7 |
Fathy,
Ahmed |
25 |
10 November 1984 |
RB |
Al-Ahly SC |
66 |
2 |
Fathy
cautioned in the 66th min. for Unsporting Behaviour, for pushing Gareth
Barry out of the way. |
8 |
Abd Rabo
Abdel Mottaleb Ibrahim,
Hosni |
25 |
1 November 1984 |
CM |
Al-Ahly SC |
80 |
14 |
9 |
Zidan,
Mohamed
A.,
off 76th min. |
28 |
11 December 1981 |
F |
BV
Borussia 1909 Dortmund, Germany |
35 |
8 |
10 |
Motaeb, Emad, off 64th min. |
27 |
20 February 1983 |
F |
Al-Ahly SC |
61 |
31 |
12 |
Ghaly,
Hossam E. |
28 |
15 December 1981 |
AM |
Al-Nassr
FC, Saudi Arabia |
35 |
2 |
Egypt
Substitutes |
scoreline: England 1 Egypt 1 |
19 |
Zaki, Amr H., on 64th min. for Motaeb |
26 |
1 April 1983 |
F |
Hull City
AFC, England, on loan from
Zamalek SC |
57 |
29 |
15 |
Gedo,
on 64th min. for Hassan |
25 |
30 October 1984 |
F |
Al-Ittihad Al-Sakndary SC |
9 |
6 |
scoreline: England 2 Egypt 1 |
24 |
Abdel-Shafy, Mohamed,
on 76th min. for Moawad |
24 |
1 July 1985 |
D |
Zamalek SC |
7 |
1 |
22 |
Aboutrika,
Mohamed M.M., on 76th min.
for Zidan |
31 |
7 November 1978 |
M |
Al-Ahly SC |
69 |
24 |
scoreline: England 3 Egypt 1 |
4 |
Salem, El-Moatasem,
on 86th min. for Said |
29 |
2 September 1980 |
D |
El-Ismaily
SC |
6 |
0 |
result: England 3 Egypt 1 |
unused
substitutes: |
2-Mahmoud Fathalla,
11-Ahmed Eid Abdel Malek, 13-Abdelaziz Tawfik, 16-Abdelwahed El Sayed, 18-Abdel El Saqua,
21-Ahmed Raouf, 25-Al Sayed Hamdy. |
team notes: |
This is the most experienced team that have faced
England, and by far, Ahmed Hassan is the most experienced player
faced. |
|
3-5-2 |
El Hadary -
Gomaa,
Saïd (Salem), Fathy -
El-Mohamady,
Hassan (Geddo), Ghaly, Abd Rabo, Moawad (Abdel-Shafy) -
Zidan (Aboutrika), Motaeb (Zaki) |
Averages (Starting XI): |
Age |
29.1 |
Appearances/Goals |
73.1 |
8.1 |
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Match Report
by Mike Payne |
England chose a tricky match against the new African Cup
Champions, Egypt, for a warm up friendly fixture as the clock counts
down to the World Cup in South Africa. As it turned out, in the
first 45 minutes the Egyptians showed just why they had succeeded in
the recent tournament.
England began well
and after just four minutes Frank Lampard had a golden chance to
give England the lead. Wayne Rooney combined with Theo Walcott down
the right and the Arsenal winger's cross was tailor-made for Lampard,
but his first time shot was blocked by the Egyptian goalkeeper Al
Hadari. The Chelsea man should have scored and he knew it too.
Still, England looked positive and confident, although they did lack
the assertive play that was needed. Only Gareth Barry in the
midfield was consistently battling away and too often it was as
individuals rather than collectively that England attacked.
At the other end
there were moments of slackness and Jermaine Defoe cleared one
scuffed shot off the line, as Egypt threatened from a corner.
Mohammed Zidan was particularly lively for the visitors and he shot
just over after another good attack. England's problem was that
they were not pressing as a team and they allowed Egypt to dictate
for long spells. In the end it came as no real surprise when the
visitors took a deserved lead, albeit with a little help from
Matthew Upson. Upson and the under pressure John Terry had looked
reasonably secure in the middle of the defence, but in the 23rd
minute a pass came in from the left towards Zidan, Upson slipped at
a crucial moment, and the striker had a clear shot at goal which he
despatched with aplomb.
Egypt grew in
confidence, with Hassan running the show in midfield, but England
did up their game a little, and the one consolation for them was
that they were still creating chances. Rooney, whose touch wasn't
quite as sharp as usual on the night, headed wide and Defoe fired in
a good shot, which was well saved again by the keeper. The Spurs
striker also headed a Wes Brown cross just over as England fought
for parity at the break. The best chance again fell to Lampard from
a corner but again he failed with his attempted shot and the ball
bounced over.
The first half ended
with England still trailing, there had been plenty of endeavour but
no real cohesion. Rooney showed he shared the crowd's frustrations
and screamed at his teammates for more effort. Barry had worked
tirelessly but Gerrard, captain for the night, failed to make any of
his trademark surging runs into the danger area. Walcott faded
after a promising start, Leighton Baines did nothing wrong at
left-back on his debut, but Brown had a poor match on the other
flank, repeatedly giving the ball away.
At the break Fabio
Capello decided to make two changes bringing on Peter Crouch for
Defoe and Michael Carrick for Lampard. And right from the restart
it was obvious that he had told his players to press the Egyptians
back further and quicker. Soon Rooney nearly broke through before
England found a peach of an equaliser in the 56th
minute. Swift one-touch passing from Carrick to Gerrard to Barry
ended with a first-time cross that Crouch swept home in brilliant
fashion. It was lightening quick and a quality finish.
John Terry despite
all his recent problems was still England's best and most
disciplined defender and all credit to him for rising above all the
hoo hah that has surrounded him lately.
With 15 minutes left
England turned the game around with another well worked goal, and
again the substitutes were involved. Baines's cross was deflected
to James Milner who hit a powerful shot with his left foot, which
the keeper parried. The ball bounced out to Shaun Wright-Phillips
and his shot found the net. There was a slight swerve on the shot
but Al Hadari will be disappointed with his contribution to the
goal.
On 80 minutes
England made the game safe with another excellent goal from the
prolific Crouch. This time Brown had his best moment of the game
with a good pass to send Wright-Phillips away. Again a first-time
cross gave Crouch his chance and that is now 20 international goals
for the big man. It rounded off a fine second half comeback and
sent the crowd home happy. It was also the England team's 500th
win and sends us on our way to the World Cup in good spirits.
Although Crouch was named official man of the match, the best player
on the night was undoubtedly Barry who had a superb game throughout
the whole 90 minutes. He even ended the game as captain, the third,
after Gerrard and Rooney, to wear the armband during the evening.
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Source Notes |
BBC Sport
FIFA.com
SkySports.com
TheFA.com
AngelFire.com/ak/EgyptianSports
Mike Payne - football historian and contributor
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