England 3-0 Hungary
Learning Disability World Championship
VFL Wolfsburg FC, Germany
Thursday 7 September 2006

England face Saudia Arabia at Recklinghausen for a place in the Semi final after an accomplished performance in the VfL Wolfsburg Stadium with goals from Francis, Boot and Brayley.

Unfortnately for the crowd of more than 8,000 Hungary needed to avoid a heavy defeat to progress to the next round, therefore they rarely ventured into the Three Lions half preferring to put 11 men behind the ball.

England's only break through in the first half came as early as the twelfh minute when after neat work down the left flank James Morris delivered a pinpoint pass to Liam Francis who controlled the ball on his chest to finish with a crisp strike.

The second half continued as the first, with England finding it very difficult to breakdown the Hungarians.

In the 62nd minute George Chukwuma broke down the left and delivered a good cross to the far post, after a interchange of passes with Francis, Tony Boot scored his fifth goal of the tournament. England finished their group matches with a goal in the 89th minute when Jaames Morris found Ronnie Watson in space who flicked the ball on to Beertie Brayley to finish well into the top right hand corner.

After the game Head Coach Jeff Davis told TheFA.com, "Finishing top of the group with nine points is exactly what we set out to do. We have had a great time in Baringhausen, the facilities, stadiums and German supporters have been of the highest quality.

"The players have performed well but we now go into the knock out stage where we need to play at our potential if we are to play in the final on 16 September."

The team moves base from Lower Saxony to Recklinghausen for the final stages.