England

1-1

Japan

Owen 25

 

Ono 53



1 min: Frank Lampard, playing in the midfield holding role, confidently deals with his first two pieces of possession to set England moving forward.

5: Michael Owen pulls away at far post to head a David Beckham cross back across goal, but Junichi Inamoto clears over his own crossbar.

5: John Terry gets in a powerful header from the resulting corner, but keeper Seigo Narazaki makes a good save and the ball is scrambled off the line.

16: Lampard blasts a shot towards goal from 20 yards after Beckham's free-kick is half-cleared, but defender Yuji Nakazawa gets in a vital block.

21: Paul Scholes turns smartly on Beckham's pass and picks out Rooney on the right, but his cross is cut out by Keisuke Tsuboi.

22: Gerrard picks up possession and thumps in a low drive from 25 yards which Narazaki cannot hold and Owen pounces to slot home the opening goal from close range.

25: David James gets his first real taste of the action when he has to dive to his right to palm away Keiji Tamada's well struck 30-yard drive.

29: Shunsuke Nakamura tests James once again from long-range and the keeper manages to push the ball wide of the white shirts following up.

30: Shinji Ono chances his arm as England once again allow Japan time on the ball.

33: England have a major let off when Tsuneyasu Miyamoto meets a Nakamuro corner unmarked but heads wide.

37: Scholes gets a sight of goal after Gerrard picks him out, but drags his effort past the post.

41: Tamada finds space inside the box, but Ashley Cole covers across to make a fine tackle.

44: Scholes escapes with an untidy challenge on Alessandro Santos inside the penalty area as Japan are denied a spot-kick.

49: Beckham gets a chance to test Narazaki with a free-kick, but clips the defensive wall with his curling shot.

52: Gerrard receives Beckham's raking pass and lays the ball into the path of Lampard, who lashes a left-foot effort high over.

52: Inamoto, Nakamuro and Santos carve England apart down their left flank to set up Ono to equalise.

56: Rooney slides a neat reverse pass to Owen, but although he twists his way past Miyamoto, Narazaki saves with his feet.

59: Narazaki saves well again from a Beckham free-kick.

66: Neville makes a vital challenge to deny Nakamura a clean strike at goal after substitute Atsushi Yanagisawa splits the England defence.

69: Sol Campbell heads down an England corner but Rooney cannot connect as he tries to turn on the spot.

75: Nakamura exploits the space afforded him outside the penalty area to whistle a shot across the face of goal.

81: Santos forces a fine save from James after shooting from wide on the left from a Nakamura pass.

88: Campbell heads just wide after substitute Owen Hargreaves' corner is helped on to the far post.

90: Hargreaves takes aim from distance but curls his effort straight at the keeper.

England's Starting XI

1 David James, 2 Gary Neville, 3 Ashley Cole, 4 Steven Gerrard, 5 John Terry, 6 Sol Campbell, 7 David Beckham (c), 8 Paul Scholes, 9 Wayne Rooney, 10 Michael Owen, 11 Frank Lampard

Subs

12 Wayne Bridge, 13 Paul Robinson, 14 Philip Neville, 15 Ledley King, 16 Jamie Carragher, 17 Nicky Butt, 18 Owen Hargreaves, 19 Joe Cole, 20 Kieron Dyer, 21 Emile Heskey, 22 Ian Walker, 23 Darius Vassell, 24 Jermain Defoe