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90+4 |
Referee Hamer blows the final whistle. England have their third win in a row and remain top of Group 6. |
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90+3 |
Joe Cole picks out Wright-Phillips down the right, and the tricky winger returns the favour, but the ball is just behind Cole and he can't get a shot away. |
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90 |
The ball ricochets off an Azeri defender to Michael Owen but the chance is snuffed out as he tries to make space to pull the trigger. |
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88 |
Wright-Phillips dances past the Azeri full-back but his cross is too close to 'keeper Hasanzade. |
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87 |
Robinson holds an intruder on the pitch for the Azeri military to cart off. |
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86 |
A beautiful interchange between Cole and Wright-Phillips gives the City flyer space on the right. His ball in is cleared off the toe of Gary Neville. |
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85' Joe Cole comes on for Wayne Rooney. |
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83 |
Good England possession in the Azerbaijan half leads to a ball into the box from the right by Gary Neville, but it is comfortably cleared. |
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82 |
Smith is held thirty yards out resulting in an England free-kick. Wayne Rooney lines up a shot which is parried away by Hasanzade low to his left. |
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80 |
Lampard swings the free-kick into the box from the right but Alan Smith's downward header nestles comfortably in the arms of Hasanzade. |
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79' Things get slightly nasty as Sadygov makes a rash challenge on Michael Owen. |
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78' Nicky Butt booked for a foul which halts the Azeri break. |
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75' Ilgar Gurbanov comes on for Emin Guliyev |
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73 |
A fabulous long-ball by Lampard picks out Owen deep in the Azeri half. His attempted back heel is intercepted and Azerbaijan come away with the ball. |
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72' Shaun Wright-Phillips comes on for Jermaine Jenas. |
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70 |
Sadygov surges forward down the Azeri right but lacks composure and fires well over the bar. |
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69 |
A scramble in the England box following the corner is finally cleared by Nicky Butt. |
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68 |
Frank Lampard gives away a free-kick on the right hand edge of England's box. Sadygov fires the ball into the box but it cannons behind for a corner. |
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67 |
England have good possession around the Azeri box, but can't find the final ball. |
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64 |
Rooney picks the ball up in his own half and carries it deep into the Azerbaijan half. He can't pick out Frank Lampard and the attack breaks down. |
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62 |
Lampard swings in a dangerous free-kick from the right but the Azeri defence holds firm. |
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60 |
England push forward down the left but Ashley Cole's cross comes to nothing as it gets caught in the wind and lands on top of the bar. |
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59' Gurban Gurbanov comes on for Aliyev. |
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57 |
England have a free-kick from 35-yards which Rooney leaves for Lampard. The Chelsea midfielder hits a pile-driver which burns Hasanzade's fingers as he turns the ball over. |
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55' Alan Smith comes on for Jermain Defoe. |
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54 |
Aliyev causes more problems as Azerbaijan push forward. Robinson rushes out and averts the danger. |
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54 |
Some neat interchange on the edge of the Azerbaijan box between Defoe and Jenas gives Defoe an opening, but his shot is closed down by the Azeri defence. |
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53 |
Azerbaijan push forward on the break with five men, but Aliyev fires wide again, and Azerbaijan are still yet to have a shot on target. |
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52 |
Sol Campbell gives the ball away but Aliyev cannot capitalise on the mistake. |
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50 |
Azerbaijan keep pushing forward down the left through Aliyev and Guliyev. Rooney, dragging his marker all over the pitch, breaks up the attack. |
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48 |
Wayne Rooney concedes a corner, which is swung in and cleared to Kamal Guliyev. He attempts to shoot but totally mis-hits. |
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46 |
Kamal Guliyev goes down after a challenge by Jermaine Jenas. |
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The second half gets underway with England only 45 minutes from retaining their position at the top of Group 6. |
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45 |
At the end of the first-half England go off in good spirits, leading 1-0. |
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43 |
Rio Ferdinand is penalised for pushing in the area after the corner. |
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42 |
An Azeri back-pass is penalised, but Wayne Rooney only manages to strike into the wall from 8-yards out. |
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40 |
The free kick is swung in from the right to be met by the fist of Robinson. |
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39' Wayne Rooney slides in to Sadygov and receives a booking. |
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38 |
Wayne Rooney's strike from 30 yards is punched back into the centre of the penalty area by Hasanzade and he is fortunate that the ball is cleared. |
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35 |
Robinson tries to pick out Defoe with a quick free-kick but the livewire striker is caught offside. |
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34 |
Azerbaijan are producing some slick passing in the middle of the field although the final ball is lacking. Rooney clears the danger. |
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30' Kamal Guliyev is booked for the foul on Neville. |
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30 |
Gary Neville pushes down the right but is brought down by Kamal Guliyev. |
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29 |
Azerbaijan have their fourth corner of the match which is again cleared away. |
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26 |
Frank Lampard fires wide from outside the area after Defoe leaves it for him. |
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25 |
Azerbaijan win a free-kick from 30 yards out. The strike cannons off the wall and goes behind for a corner. |
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24 |
Azerbaijan push forward but Kerimov's poor shot goes off for a throw. |
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22 |
GOAL! Azerbaijan 0-1 England
England work the ball from right to left and a beautiful curling cross from Ashley Cole is met by Michael Owen who's downward header flies past the right hand of Hasanzade. |
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19 |
Azerbaijan break after resisting a period of pressure and out-number the England defence. Rio Ferdinand snuffs out the danger. |
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16 |
Jermaine Jenas strikes from 20 yards out with his left foot, but Hasanzade catches comfortably. |
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15 |
After some nice work down the left by Ashley Cole, Frank Lampard releases another strike, which is blocked. |
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12 |
Azerbaijan's corner is cleared but they keep the ball and after some slick passing Emin Guliyev releases a shot which goes just wide of Robinson's right-hand post. |
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11 |
Ferdinand charges down Aliyev's shot after the ball drops invitingly to him on the edge of the box. |
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10 |
Owen takes the ball down the right and crosses into the centre, but the Azeri keeper punches out. |
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8 |
Following a lively run Defoe lays the ball off to Frank Lampard, whose deflected shot is kept out by Hasanzade. |
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6 |
Ashley Cole concedes the first corner of the match to Azerbaijan. England clear the danger momentarily before Kerimov shoots harmlessly wide. |
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5 |
Gary Neville goes in hard on Kamal Guliyev and gets a ticking off from the referee. |
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3 |
England push forward down the right through Jenas again but Azerbaijan snuff out the danger. |
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2 |
Jermaine Jenas has England's first opportunity of the match after some nice build-up play involving Jermain Defoe, but fails to connect with the ball in the penalty area. |
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1 |
England are on the back foot early on as Azerbaijan put in the first shot of the match - a speculative effort that bounces harmlessly into Robinson's hands. |
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The match is underway in the blustery wind and rain of Baku with England in the famous red/white/red away strip. |