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90+3 |
The referee blows for full-time and England have won three more World Cup qualifying points. |
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90+2 |
Beckham's corner finds Defoe, whose shot is blocked. |
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90+1 |
Dyer and then Owen nearly go close and then Lampard's shot is deflected wide for a corner. |
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90 |
The referee's assistant signals that there will be three minutes of added time. |
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89 |
Owen runs away from the defence but the Azeri defence catches up with him. |
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88 |
Azerbaijan will be pleased with the way they have performed tonight. |
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87 |
Owen holds the ball up to play a ball through to Dyer but the Newcastle man went a little early and he is flagged for offside. |
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85 |
Dyer just loses his balance as he makes a good run in the Azerbaijan half. |
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84 |
Owen creates some space very intelligently but he can't quite deliver a shot at goal. |
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83' David Beckham comes off to be replaced by Jermain Defoe |
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81 |
Beckham curls his shot round the wall but the ball goes past Kramarenko's left-hand post. |
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81 |
Dyer is fouled on the edge of the area by Guliyev. |
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79 |
Gerrard and Lampard shape to shoot but neither can find quite enough space. |
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79 |
Joe Cole makes an enterprising run down the left and wins England's 12th corner. |
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78 |
Sadygov hits one from range but Robinson's not going to be troubled by that effort. |
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77 |
Gerrard slips a ball through for Dyer and his cut back goes behind Owen and too far ahead of Joe Cole. |
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76' Wayne Rooney is off for Kieron Dyer and Ledley King is on for Rio Ferdinand. |
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76' Gurbanov comes off for Ponomarev, Ahtyamov comes on for Nabiev. |
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75 |
Nabiev suddenly finds himself one-on-one with Robinson but the Tottenham keeper does really well to come out and save at the feet of Nabiev. |
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74 |
A Beckham cross from the right touchline is headed out by Hadzhiev. |
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74 |
Owen goes looking for the ball but in the process he fouls Kramarenko and gives away a free-kick. |
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72 |
Azerbaijan stroke the ball around in England's half. |
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71 |
Ferdinand picks out Rooney but Abdurahmanov did well. |
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70 |
From beckham's cross, Rooney clips another headerd effort at goal and this time is denied by the post. |
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69 |
Beckham knocked the ball back for Rooney to smash a standing volley at goal only for Kramarenko to save spectacularly. |
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68 |
Gerrard wins a free-kick in a great position near the byline to the right of the Azerbaijan penalty area. |
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67 |
Rooney loses the ball in a deep position but regains possession - he looks really keen to add to England's goal tally. |
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65 |
Ferdinand clears a long ball forward and Lampard picks the ball up. |
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64 |
Lampard's ball forward finds Rooney clear but the Man Utd striker is flagged for offside.. |
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63 |
Ashley Cole fires a pass in towards Rooney but the azeris clear the ball to safety. England look hungry for more goals. |
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62 |
GOAL! England 2-0 Azerbaijan Beckham chests the ball down, controls the ball and finishes well from 20 yards to give England a two goal cushion. |
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59 |
Beckham goes down in the box but the referee gives no foul. |
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59 |
Owen goes for a header from Joe Cole's cross but only manages to take the ball away from Terry who had the better chance. |
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58 |
Gerrard and Lampard exchange passes but Azerbaijan see off any trouble. |
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57 |
The game has dies down now and the ball is being knocked around in midfield. |
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55' Guliyev is booked for an altercation with Lampard as the two players jostled for position. |
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55 |
Beckham is fouled and is awarded a free-kick in a dangerous position. |
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54' Owen is booked for handball - as he dived at Rooney's cross, the ball did brush the forward's arm. |
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53 |
Great play from Rooney sees him create another chance which Owen dives at but the ball is just too far ahead of him. |
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52 |
Hashymov's cross is caught easily by Robinson. |
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51 |
Great stuff from Rooney, lovely skill to beat two men. |
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51 |
GOAL! England 1-0 Azerbaijan The ball is played out to Rooney who beats two defenders, crosses from the byline and finds Gerrard, who smashes a shot down into the ground and into the net off the crossbar. |
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50 |
Ferdinand fouls Gurbanov on the half-way line. |
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48 |
Terry fouls his man as Beckham swings in the corner from the right. |
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47 |
England respond with a searing break - Gerrard passes in to owen, whose shot deflects over for a corner. |
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46 |
Ferdinand's clearing header is a little weak and Bahshiev hits a shot from just outside the area which Robinson saves well. |
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We're underway in the second half as England look to get the goal they need. |
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45+2 |
The referee blows for half-time. |
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45+2 |
Gerrard hits a firm low, long pass through the defence but the ball runs out of play for a goalkick. |
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45+2 |
Joe Cole tries to find Lampard but Azerbaijan win it back. |
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45+1 |
Lampard fires another well-struck effort at goal but again Kramarenko is there to twart the Chelsea midfielder. |
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45 |
Joe Cole crosses towards Beckham this time but the England captain is well marshalled by Abdurahmanov and he heads just wide. |
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45 |
That was England's best chance of the half, no doubt about it. |
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44 |
Joe Cole's cross deep from the left finds Owen in acres of space in the box but he steers the header over the bar. |
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43' David Beckham is booked by the referee. |
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41 |
Rooney tries to latch on to a long ball forward but again Azerbaijan cut the ball out. |
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40 |
There is a delay as Azerbaijan treat two players for injuries they have picked up. |
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38 |
Rooney and Gerrard combine nicely and the ball is fed out to Neville who hits his cross a little hard. |
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37 |
Hadzhiev cuts out an Ashley Cole pass forward. |
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35 |
Gerrard shoots from range but Kramarenko makes a flying save, moments earlier Owen nearly connected with a Beckham cross from the right. |
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34 |
A Joe Cole run forward is dealt with by Amirbekov. |
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33 |
England go close again but Sadygov intercepts a ball in from the right just in the nick of time - Owen and Rooney were poaching. |
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32 |
Azerbaijan win a free-kick which Sadygov lobs into the area. Robinson comes out to claim without any fuss. |
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31 |
So Azerbaijan keep England out for the first half-an-hour but Sven's men are plugging away, trying to find a way through. |
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30 |
The England captain is punished for a foul twice in twenty seconds, both decisions looking a little harsh. |
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29 |
Beckham's cross from deep, wide on the right is headed behind but it's a goalkick, not a corner. |
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28 |
Neville's ball into Rooney is collected by the 19-year-old but as he tries to turn he is robbed of the ball. |
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27 |
Gerrard's ball into the area is behind Owen but Lampard smacks a fierce shot from 30 yards which cannons off the frame of the goal. |
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26 |
Lampard's ball into the area is cleared by Hashymov. |
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25 |
Ferdinand steals the ball away and steps out of defence to launch yet another England assault on the Azeri goal. |
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24 |
John Terry gives away a free-kick and Azerbaijan enjoy their first sequence of passes in the England half. |
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23 |
England mustn't get frustrated here - the goal will come if they continue to play the good football we are seeing so far. |
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21 |
Neville's long throw in to the area is cleared but England are coming straight back at Azerbaijan. Beckham's cross is headed away for yet another corner. |
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19 |
Lampard shot from distance goes well wide of Kramarenko's goal. |
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18 |
Joe Cole's cross from the right lands on the head of Owen but the Real Madrid striker's header hits the keeper, ricochets on to Beckham and deflects onto the base of the post. |
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17 |
England snuff out an Azeri attack and break away through Beckham, who is seeing plenty of the ball on the occasion of his 80th cap. |
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17 |
Joe Cole flicks a little ball over the top looking for Owen in the inside-left channel but an Azeri boot sees the ball cleared to safety. |
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16 |
Wayne Rooney heads straight at the keeper from Neville's left-footed cross. Rooney has seen three sights of Kramarenko's goal. |
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15 |
Steven Gerrard picks his way through a melee of players in midfield but he can't quite feed the ball through for Owen. |
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13 |
England creating plenty of half-chances but no clear cut opportunities as yet. Patience is the key here. |
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12 |
Beckham's swinging delivery from a free-kick is headed back into the area by Rio Ferdinand and Lampard flashes a shot wide. |
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10 |
England win a corner and from it Kramarenko only punches as far as Lampard, whose header goes wide. |
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9 |
Owen passes out to Beckham, who crosses back in for Owen to head at goal but Kramarenko saves well. |
|
8 |
Gary Neville delivers a perfect cross into the area but Owen, Rooney and then Terry all miss the ball, which goes out for a goalkick. |
|
8 |
Azerbaijan go close! Gurban Gurbanov capitalises on a mistake from John Terry but his shot goes narrowly wide of Paul Robinson's goal. |
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7 |
Beckham knocks a ball into the area but the Azeris deal with it again. |
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6 |
Joe and Ashley Cole combine on the England left but they give possession away at the crucial moment. |
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5 |
Some great stuff there from the England captain. Rooney had two half-chances there but couldn't find a shot on target. |
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4 |
A Beckham cross is flashed over from Rooney. |
|
3 |
Wayne Rooney is handed a great chance after good work from Beckham on the right but the Azeri defence blocks the shot |
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2 |
The Azeri defence deals with that... Nice interplay in midfield as Beckham, Gerrard and Lampard exchange passes |
|
1 |
England immediately look to get down the Azeri left and Michael Owen wins a free-kick wide on the right. |
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The match is underway and England, playing in their new white and blue home kit, are playing from left to right. |