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90+2 |
The referee blows for full-time and England have drawn 0-0 with Holland. |
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90+1 |
Neville gives away possession far up the pitch and Holland break with four against three. Kuyt shoots from distance and Robinson saves well. |
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90 |
Two minutes of stoppage time have been signalled. |
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90 |
Marco van Basten will be pleased with the way a lot of his young players have done tonight. |
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89 |
Free-kick England as Dyer brings the ball forward in midfield. Johnson is flagged for offside. |
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88 |
The official attendance has been given as 40,705. |
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88 |
Kromkamp's ball can't find Kuyt and Cole lets the ball run out of play. |
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86 |
Gary Neville's left-footed inswinging cross finds the head of Owen but with no pace on the effort, van der Sar claims easily. |
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85 |
England need to give Owen a little bit more support here as Johnson continues to occupy a position wide on the right. |
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84 |
Carragher stretches well to keep out Holland as van Bommel and van der Vaart threatened to break the deadlock. |
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83 |
Kuyt challenges Brown well and the ball falls for Cole who heads back to the safe hands of Robinson. |
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81' Jermaine Jenas comes on for Steven Gerrard |
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81' Kieron Dyer comes on for David Beckham |
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79 |
Holland break again through van Bronckhorst but the ball runs over the byline to give England a goalkick. |
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78 |
Johnson's cross from deep and wide on the right only finds van der Sar. Johnson doing well out of position on the right-wing. |
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77 |
Hargreaves starts an England counter-attack as England thread some passes together. Johnson does well on the right-wing and wins a throw-in. |
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76 |
Good play from the Dutch results in a shot from van Bommel which Cole deflects over for a corner. |
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75 |
Owen gets beyond the defence for the first time tonight but he can't beat his man and Holland can clear once more. |
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74 |
Van Bommel out to Yildirim on the right but he can't find a fellow white-and-black shirted teammate. |
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73 |
Holland lose possession in midfield and Beckham passes out to Johnson. He crosses but Hargreaves is closed down well. |
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72 |
Downing finally gets the chance to cross in and his ball is good but the defender gets there ahead of both Owen and Johnson. |
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70 |
Beckham is fouled and wins a free-kick just outside the area. The Real midfielder plays it to Gerrard who hooks the ball back into the area. Holland clear. |
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69 |
Downing and Johnson feeding off scraps as two or three long balls are fired upfield. |
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67 |
A scrappy phase of possession sees both sides give the ball away. |
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65 |
England pressing well high up the pitch - Johnson, Gerrard and Downing all putting the Dutch defenders under pressure. |
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64 |
The 22-year old Yildirim is a similar sort-of player to Castelen and is one of Holland's most exciting young talents. |
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63' Castelen is replaced by Yildirim |
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62 |
Castelen beats Cole and smashes a volley into the goal but the referee sees a foul and gives England a free kick. |
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61 |
So a big moment for Johnson and Downing, England debutants tonight. |
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60' Mark van Bommel for Johnny Heitinga |
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60' Stewart Downing on for Shaun Wright-Phillips |
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60' Andrew Johnson comes on for Wayne Rooney |
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59 |
Beckham hits it and Van der Sar saves well low to his right. |
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59 |
Rooney embarks on an excellent run and is stopped only by a foul - free-kick England, thirty yards out. |
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58 |
Beckham's long ball to Owen trickles through to van der Sar. |
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57 |
Kuyt is onside as Van der Vaart sends a good ball through. Robinson comes out to claim. |
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56 |
Now Holland attack again and Castelen's cross finds Makaay. he controls the ball but it won't come down quickly enough for him and his shot goes wide. |
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55 |
The ball falls for Gerrard, who hits an inswinging cross which Beckham throws himself out, narrowly failing to make contact. |
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54 |
Now it's England's turn to threaten through Owen and Rooney, but The Dutch are strong at the back. |
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53 |
Kuyt plays the ball out to the right but Kromkamp's cross evades everyone in the area, including Makaay. |
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52 |
England stroke the ball around at the back and then come forward through Neville and Wright-Phillips. Holland defend well. |
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50 |
A nice turn from Castelen takes him away from Cole but Rooney tracks back to rob the Dutch player of possession. |
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49 |
Beckham curls in a free-kick which is headed behind for a corner which comes to nothing. |
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48 |
A long throw from Neville drifts out of play before Owen can collect. |
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47 |
The Dutch move intelligently from left to right but Catelen's cross misses both Heitinga and Kuyt. |
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46 |
Hargreaves has slotted straight into the Lampard role in England's midfield, so not too much change to the shape. |
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The second half is underway with just the one change from England. |
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45' Owen Hargreaves is on for Frank Lampard. |
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45 |
The Swedish referee blows for half-time after a mainly even first-half which England probably edged. |
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44 |
Beckham swings the free-kick straight into the wall. |
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43 |
Van der Vaart shows his consummate skills in the middle of the pitch but England break and Owen wins a free-kick on the edge of the area, just left of the 'D'. |
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42 |
Holland enjoying a little possession in the centre of midfield now, but England are holding firm and eventually push them back in to their own half. |
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41 |
The game has slowed now as half-time approaches. |
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39 |
From the right touch-line, Beckham plays a swift ball in for Wright-Phillips who then flicks on for Owen who in turn is pushed wide as the chance to shoot passes. |
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37 |
Makaay is flagged for offside as the England back line hold their shape well under the guidance of Gary Neville. |
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36 |
Van der Vaart's corner is only half-cleared, Castelen makes the most of the headed clearance and Landzadt shoots over. |
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34 |
Castelen shakes off the challenge of Lampard but can't pass through to Kuyt. England clear the danger. |
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33 |
Wright-Phillips nutmegs Jan Kronkamp and finds himself in the area. Once again though he doesn't hit his shot properly and Holland get away with a goalkick. |
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31 |
England get clogged up in midfield as Rooney, Beckham and Lampard are all too close together - not quite enough width from the Three Lions. |
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30 |
Kuyt and Castelen can't quite link up as Kuyt's ball was slightly over-hit. Robinson picks it up and feeds Brown. |
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29 |
That was a great run from Wright-Phillips - just what the paying public want to see. It took a good challenge from the Barcelona defender. |
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28 |
Beckham's corner is cleared by the well-marshalled Dutch defence. |
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27 |
Gerrard makes a great tackle to break Dutch possession and a brilliant run from Wright-Phillips sees the City flyer go into the box only for Giovanni van Bronckhorst to tackle well. |
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26 |
A long ball over the top of the Dutch defence falls for Owen but it is asking a lot of the Real Madrid forward, who shoots over the bar. |
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25 |
Rooney goes down just outside the area but the referee says no foul. |
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24 |
Gerrard tries a huge swinging pass out to Wright-Phillips but the youngster can't quite run on to the ball in time. |
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23 |
Two chances for young Shaun Wright-Phillips then, but the Man City winger couldn't quite get a shot away either time. |
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22 |
Beckham gives away a free-kick trying to win the ball back. |
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21 |
Beckham wins and takes a free-kick. He clips the ball to the far post for Gerrard but the Liverpool dynamo can't connect with his volley. |
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20 |
Beckham takes a free-kick won by Michael Owen quickly. He feeds Gary Neville down the inside right channel and his cross goes through two defenders to Wright-Phillips who, three yards out, completely mis-kicks the ball. |
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18 |
Wright-Phillips picks up the ball and knocks it for Beckham but Holland clear the ball out for a throw-in. |
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17 |
A foul on Roy Makaay gives the Dutch a good base to launch another attack but as they try to find Castelen, Gerrard breaks up play. |
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16 |
Holland settle the game down a bit to try to take the pace out of England, who are starting to find their feet. |
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14 |
The shot took a deflection but Beckham's corner comes to nothing. |
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13 |
Beckham plays it short and gets the ball back inside the penalty area. He beats his man and cuts back from the byline towards Wright-Phillips, who scuffs his shot wide. |
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13 |
Shaun Wright-Phillips is fouled on the right touchline which Beckham steps up to take. |
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12 |
Holland's young side look very comfortable on the ball and are testing England in every department. |
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12 |
England counter-attack immediately through Rooney who makes a great run down the right wing before slipping a ball back for Gerrard on the edge of the area. However he shoots over the bar. |
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11 |
Castelen plays a ball in for Kuyt who connects well and strikes a great shot beyond Robinson only to see the ball cannon off the left-hand post. Great effort, unlucky Kuyt. |
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10 |
A slip from Brown so nearly gifts Holland an opening but before Kuyt can capitalise Brown recovers and clears. |
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9 |
A great pass from Gerrard nearly picks out Beckham. However Van der Sar comes out to claim as the flag goes up against the England captain. |
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8 |
Castelen is causing all sorts of trouble down England's left flank as Ashley Cole looks a little isolated against the pacy midfielder. |
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7 |
Van der Vaart's corner is cleared by Beckham but England don't clear the danger at the first attempt. |
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6 |
Romeo Castelen whips in a good cross from the right which Gary Neville heads behind for a corner. |
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5 |
A forward pass towards Kuyt is cut out by Wes Brown. |
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4 |
The game goes a little scrappy but Holland settle the ball down and try to build an attack down their left flank. |
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3 |
England nearly caught out on the counter attack with Gerrard and Gary Neville forward. Holland fail to capitalise. |
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2 |
David Beckham's corner is headed at goal by Steven Gerrard but the effort goes straight at Edwin van der Sar. |
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2 |
England force a corner on the right hand side after a good ball was played in to the feet of Wayne Rooney. |
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1 |
There's a great atmosphere inside Villa Park as England enjoy some early possession. |
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The match is underway and England are playing in their change kit of red and white and are playing from right to left. |