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The referee blows for full-time and England have beaten Poland 2-1 to qualify for the World Cup as Group 6 winners. |
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90 |
Terry's punted clearance finds Rooney who earns a free-kick on the half-way line as the assistant indicates two minutes injury time. |
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89 |
Ferdinand's free-kick finds the head of Crouch but he can't quite direct a header towards Rooney. |
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88 |
England's midfield is re-organising with those two substitutions and looking to keep the Poles at bay. |
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86' Alan Smith replaces Joe Cole. |
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84 |
Rooney finds Cole on the left and the Chelsea midfielder cuts inside past two defenders with a great piecve of skill. Cole's shot is saved. |
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83' Jermaine Jenas replaces Michael Owen, who hands the captain's armband to Chelsea's John Terry |
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81 |
That was a great team move leading up to Owen's cross. |
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80 |
Goal! England 2-1 Poland England turn from defence to attack and Owen plays a wonderful ball over the Polish defence where Lampard shows superb technique to volley into the roof of the net. |
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79 |
Danger for England as a corner from the right is headed back across the face of goal but thankfully there are no Polish forwards on hand to put the ball into the back of the net. |
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77 |
The ball again finds Owen in the inside left channel. He shapes to curl one round Boruc but the 'keeper reads him and makes a good save diving to his left. |
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76 |
Owen makes a great run wide but Boruc claims the ball ahead of the attentions of Crouch. |
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75 |
Carragher, Crouch and King all combine well in midfield but Poland look secure at the back and keep England out again. |
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73' Sobolewski's name goes in the book for a foul on Lampard . |
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71 |
Lampard and Crouch go for the same ball - from Owen on the left - and the half chance is gone. |
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70 |
Owen is flagged for offside as he looks to get on the end of Lampard's long pass forward. |
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69 |
Lovely run from Owen sees the Newcastle striker nearly get a shot or cross in but he is denied at the last moment thanks to a good tackle. |
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68' Peter Crouch comes on for Shaun Wright-Phillips. |
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66 |
Young crosses in towards Rooney but the Charlton man's ball in is too high and the ball goes out for a throw-in on the far side. |
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64 |
Boruc denies Owen with his best save of the night. Cole swings in a cross which Owen heads down to the right of Boruc but he sticks out a hand to save well. |
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63 |
Rooney passes through to Cole who, in an offside position, slams the ball past Boruc and into the back of the net. |
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60 |
Rooney sends a low free-kick in from the left edge of the area but the ball is cleared by the first defender. |
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60' Cole was tugged back by Baszczyński, who is booked for his efforts. |
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58 |
Poland look a little more solid at the start of this second half and the pace that England injected into the side has slowed. |
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57 |
Rooney finds Carragher in an advanced position on the left but the Liverpool defender is tackled before he can send in a cross. |
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55 |
Lampard's pass is flicked by Owen who is looking for Rooney further forward. The Polish 'keeper comes out to claim well. |
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53 |
Lampard's corner is headed into the danger zone by Ferdinand where the ball finds Rooney unmarked. However the United striker flicks his shot over the bar. |
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53 |
A jinking run at pace from Wright-Phillips wins a corner. |
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51 |
England launch a break from their own byline - Rooney, Cole and Lampard all exchanging clever passes. |
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49 |
Lampard ships a free-kick into the area but it is headed clear. |
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47 |
England dropping deep now but suddenly they break through Rooney, whose pass doesn't quite find Lampard. |
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Good start to the half from England as Wright-Phillips sends over a decent cross. His delivery has been very good all evening. |
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45 |
That was a little hard on England who have dominated the match from kick-off. Still, a very positive performance and Old Trafford is buzzing. |
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45 |
Goal! England 1-1 Poland Poland make ground down the right and a cross comes in which evades all the England defenders and falls for Tomasz Frankowski who volleys home right-footed from seven yards out. |
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44 |
Great contribution from Cole there - he showed great control to keep his half-volley down and give Owen the chance. |
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43 |
Goal! England 1-0 Poland Lampard's corner is flicked out by Terry to Cole on the edge of the penalty area. He sends a half-volley back into the area where Owen flicks the ball home. |
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43 |
Great cross-field pass from Cole finds the deft touch of Wright-Phillips, who is pushed wide but manages to force a corner. |
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42 |
Ferdinand with a superb defensive header, clearing a dangerous inswinging free-kick with authority. |
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40 |
The match has just slowed down a bit, though England still dominate possession and territory. |
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39' Maciej Zurawski is coming off for Frankowski. |
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35 |
A Lampard corner floats over to Ferdinand on the back post but his header bounces across the face of goal and out of play. |
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34 |
Good defending from Poland as Wright-Phillips gets to the byline and feeds a pass towards Rooney which is cut out. |
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33 |
Another great touch from Rooney as England look to build down the right until Young is tackled. |
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31 |
England's close passing and movement has been very impressive. |
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30 |
Some nice short passing on the edge of the area between Rio Ferdinand and Rooney allows Cole to shoot just over. |
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28 |
Unbelievable play from Rooney - he turns his man, beats another defender and then fires just over from all of 26 yards. Wonderful. |
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27 |
Rooney finds Lampard with some space 25 yards out in the centre of the pitch. He weaves past a couple of players but is tackled just as he shapes to shoot. |
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25 |
Luke Young is played in and gets the ball 15 yards from goal. After a scramble for the ball, Young's shot curls harmlessly wide. |
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24 |
Wright-Phillips passes back to Cole and his cross from deep finds the head of Lampard but his effort is saved. |
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23 |
Lampard's corner from the far side is a high, hanging ball which the 'keeper claims comfortably. |
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23 |
Rooney plays Owen through and the Newcastle man is brought down only for the referee to indicate a corner - the defender got a touch... |
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22 |
Lampard concedes a free-kick on the half-way line as Poland look to calm the game down after another good spell of England pressure. |
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21 |
Excellent link-up play between Rooney and Wright-Phillips finds the United striker free in the area but he is offside. |
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20 |
Lampard's corner comes over from the right but it comes to nothing. |
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19 |
A loose clearance from out of the area falls for King 23 yards out but the Spurs holding man shoots wide, the ball deflecting on the way. |
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18 |
Wright-Phillips is hobbling around a little but it doesn't look too serious and hopefully he'll be able to run it off. |
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16 |
Commanding tackle by John Terry as Poland threatened to break into the England penalty area. |
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15 |
Rooney has had an excellent start to the match, constantly dropping deep to pick up possession and pulling the defence out of position. |
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13 |
Pawel Janas' side show a little of the class which has taken them to the summit of Group 6 as they knock the ball around in midfield. |
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11 |
Poland have their first shot of the match but it fails to trouble Paul Robinson. |
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10 |
Cole passes out to Jamie Carragher on the left and he charges forward but just loses control of the ball on the edge of the area. |
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9 |
Wright-Phillips tries a shot but it's an easy save for the goalkeeper. |
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8 |
Fantastic play from Rooney - he runs past two defenders but tries a pass through to Owen just as it looked as though he might have an effort himself. Great stuff from the 19-year-old. |
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7 |
Crosses from Lampard and Joe Cole test the abilities of the Polish 'keeper but he passes them with flying colours. |
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6 |
England have started in a excellent fashion with nearly all the play taking place in the Polish half. |
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4 |
Frank Lampard's corner comes over and the ball nearly falls for Ledley King to have a shot on goal but Poland scramble the ball away. |
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3 |
Lovely positive play from Wright-Phillips as the Chelsea man gets to the byline to force a corner. |
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2 |
Rooney fires wide from a free-kick 25 yards from goal, given for a foul on Michael Owen. |
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1 |
Shaun Wright-Phillips plays a nice pass down the inside right channel looking for Wayne Rooney but Poland clear. |
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1 |
There is a great atmosphere inside Old Trafford as England fans get behind the side which qualified for the World Cup on Saturday. |
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England have got the game started and are going from left to right wearing their usual home kit of white, blue, white. |