England

2-2

Czech Republic

Brown 45, Cole 90+2

 

Baros 22, Jankulovski 48


International Friendly
8pm, Wednesday 20 August 2008
Wembley Stadium
Live on Setanta

90+4

The Referee blows his whistle and Joe Cole's late equaliser gives England a share of the spoils.

90+2' Michal Papadopulos replaces Jaroslav Plasil.

90+2

GOAL! England equalise in the second minute of time added on. Joe Cole prods home from close range after a goalmouth scramble from a Bentley corner.

89

The Fourth Official indicates a minimum of four minutes injury time.

89

As the full-time whistle nears ever closer, a Heskey knock down is met by Downing, but his shot skips past Cech's far post.

84

Joe Cole finds himself free in the Czech area, but the offside flag is raised by the Assistant Referee.

79' David Bentley comes off the bench for Frank Lampard and Jermaine Jenas replaces David Beckham.

 

76' Michal Kadlec replaces Radek Sirl and Jan Rajnoch replaces Radoslav Kovac.

 

69' Stewart Downing is introduced in place of Wayne Rooney.

66

Vaclav Sverkos has a low drive saved by James.

60

Radek Sirl should half extended the Czech's lead as he finds himself in acres of space down the left flank. He guides the ball beyond the on-rushing James, but fails to find the net from outside the box.

58' Jonathan Woodgate replaces Rio Ferdinand and Joe Cole takes over from Steven Gerrard.

57

A long range effort from Jarolim sails over David James' goal.

56

Rooney finds Heskey in the area, but his shot-on-the-turn is blocked by Ujfalusi.

48

GOAL! Marek Jankulovski finds the corner of the net with a neat free-kick from just outside the England penalty area.

46

A Jan Polak drive flashes wide of the England goal.

The Czech Republic get the second half underway.

45' Fabio Capello makes one substitution as Jermain Defoe is replaced by Emile Heskey. The Czechs make three half-time substitutions; Zdenek Pospech, David Jarolim and Vaclav Sverkos come on for Zdenek Grygera, Stanislav Vlcek and Milan Baros respectively.

 

45

Terje Hauge blows the whistle for half-time.

45

GOAL! England's persistance finally pays off as a Beckham corner is met at the near post by Wes Brown and his header finds the back of the net to score his first international goal and to make it 1-1.

44

With half time approaching, an inswinging Jankulovski free-kick is caught by David James.

39

Beckham plays the ball towards the middle of the park. Frank Lampard lets it run through to Gerrard and his curling, dipping shot is comfortably saved by the inspired Czech No.1.

37

Gerrard plays a ball for the lively Defoe to run on to, and he sees his strike parried by Cech for an England corner.

37

Chelsea 'keeper Petr Cech thwarts England once more, this time denying a Rooney drive from the edge of the area.

34

A drive by Jan Polak flashes wide of James far post.

31

England continue to push for the equaliser and another Defoe shot  from the edge of the box is once again saved by Cech.

31

A left-footed cross from Beckham is headed goalwards by Rooney. Cech stands tall and keeps the Czechs ahead.

27

Snap shot from Defoe well held by Cech on a wet surface.

22

GOAL! Radek Sirl breaks free from the advances of Wes Brown to feed the ball to Baros on the six yard box. A neat turn takes him away from John Terry and his shot is deflected beyond James.

16

Free-kick to England following foul on Steven Gerrard by Czech skipper, Tomas Ujfalusi.

15

Angled drive from Milan Baros palmed away by England stopper David James.

11' Barry booked following foul on Jaroslav Plasil.

7

Low, fizzing drive from Steven Gerrard, saved well by Cech.

6

Cross from David Beckham, punched clear by Petr Cech. Lampard unable to capitalise on a poor clearance.

4

England free-kick, following a trip on Gareth Barry.

1

England enjoy an early share of possession on a wet evening at Wembley.

After the singing of the national anthems, Jermain Defoe and Wayne Rooney get this friendly underway.

 

Teams

England
1 David James, 2 Wes Brown, 3 Ashley Cole, 4 Gareth Barry, 5 Rio Ferdinand (15 Jonathan Woodgate, 58), 6 John Terry (c), 7 David Beckham (19 Jermaine Jenas, 79), 8 Frank Lampard (17 David Bentley, 79), 9 Jermain Defoe (21 Emile Heskey, 46), 10 Steven Gerrard (20 Joe Cole, 58), 11 Wayne Rooney (18 Stewart Downing, 68)

Substitutes not used
12 Paul Robinson, 13 Glen Johnson, 14 Wayne Bridge, 16 Matthew Upson, 22 Theo Walcott, 23 Joe Hart.

Manager
Fabio Capello

Czech Republic
1 Petr Cech, 2 Zdeněk Grygera (12 Zdenek Pospech, 46), 21Tomaš Ujfalusi (c), 22 David Rozehnal, 6 Marek Jankulovski, 11 Stanislav Vlcek (14 David Jarolim, 46), 5 Radoslav Kovac, (3 Jan Rajnoch, 76), 8 Jan Polak, 20 Jaroslav Plasil (9 Michal Papadopulos, 90+2), 17 Radek Sirl, (Michal Kadlac, 76), 15 Milan Baros (19 Vaclav Sverkos, 46).

Substitutes not used
23 Daniel Zitka.

Manager
Petr Rada

Team Colours

England
White shirts, blue shorts, white socks

Czech Republic
Red shirts, red shorts, red socks

Attendance
69,738