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90+4 |
The referee blows for full-time and England have three crucial World Cup qualifying points. |
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90+2 |
Owen tries to lay the ball off for a shot from Cole but the pass is a little short and Wales can clear. |
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90+1 |
Cole plays a long ball up to Owen, who lays the ball off to Smith as England look happy just to pass the ball around. |
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90 |
The fourth official has indicated that there will eb four minutes of added on time. |
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89 |
Davies makes a good run forward but his shot hits Campbell and England break. |
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88 |
Owen very nearly gets his name on the scoresheet but once again Jones pulls off a good save after Owen connected well with Smith's cross. |
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87' Ledley King comes on for Wayne Rooney. |
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86 |
Good ball through to Speed but he can't get his cross in to the centre. |
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85' Owen Hargreaves is coming on for David Beckham |
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83 |
That wasn't the best of challenges from Beckham, and England will be without him on Wednesday. |
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81' David Beckham is booked and will miss England's trip to Azerbaijan. |
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80 |
Rooney cuts through the Welsh defence from deep, carving his way into the area but his shot is charged down by Gabbidon. |
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78 |
England looking very dangerous now as they look to get a third goal to kill the game off. Owen so nearly put through again - the Real man has played well this afternoon. |
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77 |
A mistake from Gabbidon gifts England a great chance but first Jones saves brilliantly from Beckham and then gabbidon recovers to clear Rooney's follow up off the line. |
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76 |
England 2-0 Wales
David Beckham deliveres a wonderful goal, curling the ball into the very top right-hand corner from 25 yards. Great stuff from the England captain. |
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74 |
Rooney passes in to Owen in the area. He turns and shoot firmly at goal only for delaney to deflect the ball out for a corner. |
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73' Robert Earnshaw is on for Koumas as Wales look to equalise. |
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71 |
Hartson accidently kicks Campbell in the face and the whistle goes for a free-kick, much to the chagrin of Davies who shoot flies in to the goal. |
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70 |
Lampard makes more great progress down the left-flank - he's done well there - but his cross is cut out, as is Cole's effort off the rebound. |
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69' Alan Smith comes on for Jermain Defoe. |
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69 |
Sol Campbell gets up above the rest of the players but he heads Beckham's corner over the bar. |
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68 |
England break away and launch an attack but good defence from Wales pushes England back. |
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67 |
Bellamy exchanges passes with Giggs and more by luck than by judgement the ball comes back to the Newcastle striker, but he shoots past the far post. |
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66 |
Rooney picks the ball up twenty yards outside the area but he slips on the surface before he can shoot. |
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64 |
Good attack from Wales but in the end Bellamy's cross is plucked out of the air by Robinson. |
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63 |
Defoe overhits a lofted pass forward as the match dies down. The crowd of 65,224 has also gone rather quiet. |
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62 |
A strong run from Lampard down the right is eventually ended when Delaney comes across to help out Davies. |
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60 |
Defoe plays Lampard in and the Chelsea man is through and unmarked. The assistant flags for offside - it's a marginal call. |
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59' Carl Robinson comes on for 34-year-old Mark Pembridge. |
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57 |
Owen charges at the Welsh goal once again but he looks to be yard short of the pace he needs to be able to beat his man. |
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56 |
Owen picks out Beckham a yard outside the area and his curling shot almost goes over Jones, who just backtracks enough to catch the ball. |
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55 |
Rooney gets ahead of Delaney and then shoots at goal from a tight angle rather than cut it back to one of three unmarked players in the box - Beckham, Defoe and Owen. |
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54' Pembridge is booked for a foul on Defoe. |
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53 |
Owen cuts through the entire Welsh defence but just as he looked to shoot, Gabbidon prodced a goal-saving tackle. Good play from the Welsh defender. |
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52 |
Pembridge stokes a nice out to Davies but he loses the chance to cross the ball and in the end his pass to Bellamy is poor. |
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50 |
Wales build up a little period of possession in the England half. They are still playing within themselves a little and will need to attack more sooner or later. |
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48 |
Mark Delaney covers well to cut out a long low pass forward that was destined for the feet of Rooney. |
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47 |
Defoe and Cole link up well on the left but the move comes to nothing as Davies sees the ball go out for a goalkick |
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Hartson nearly gets in after Ferdinand's backward header loses a touch too much pace. Robinson denies the celtic striker the opportunity. |
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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 |
Cole finds Butt in the centre but the Newcastle midfielder is fouled by Pembridge. |
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42 |
Giggs' cross is whipped in and Speed gets a firm head on the ball which flies straight at Robinson. |
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40 |
Rooney gives the ball away carelesly to Giggs who immediately launches a counter-attack and wins a free-kick. |
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39 |
England have enjoyed plenty of possession but haven't carves out too many goalscoring opportunities. |
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38 |
Wales are coping much better now. they will look to consolidate their position until half-time. |
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36 |
A dipping volley from Gary Neville is the final output of a lovely move by England which saw them move the ball around with great fluidity. |
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35 |
Lampard exchanges passes with Cole but he is brought down by Bellamy for a free-kick to England on the left touchline. |
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33 |
Rooney runs at goal from deep before finding Defoe. The 22-year-old twists and turns and shoots only for his shot to roll slowly at Jones' goal. |
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32 |
A long distance shot from Rooney is blocked and the deflection falls to owen who can't quite adjust his body in time to control the ball. |
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31 |
The Welsh attack breaks down when Jason Koumas fails to find Craig Bellamy. |
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30 |
Wales close ranks and see off the England defence before launching a counter-attack. |
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29 |
Lampard, Rooney and Beckham exchange passes in midfield - Rooney is dropping very deep at times. |
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28 |
Giggs floats a free-kick in towards Hartson but Sol Campbell is there to head the ball well out of the danger zone. |
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27 |
Beckham leads a break down the right wing, passes inside for Rooney but the Manchester United man's low shot is blocked. |
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26 |
A long ball is flicked on by John Hartson whose header goes towards Speed who controls the ball before volleying high and wide of Robinson's goal. |
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24 |
Pembridge recovers well to deny Defoe just as the youngster looks to shoot from range. |
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22 |
Gary Speed shows all his experience in midfield but England regain possession, pass the ball forward and Wales commit a foul on Owen. |
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20 |
Rooney plays a lovely pass in to the feet of Owen. He adavances inside the Welsh area but mishits his shot for Jones to save. |
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19 |
The ball is played around in midfield without either side coming forward. |
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18 |
Rooney can't quite control a pass knocked out to him on the right as Gabbidon comes across to defend. |
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16 |
Gary Neville swings a long cross from deep into the area but Owen can't quite keep the ball in. |
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15 |
The match is starting to settle down now but Wales are still looking to carve out their first chance. |
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14 |
Lampard flicks a ball over the Welsh defence more in hope than expectation and indeed the ball runs too far ahead of Owen for the forward to make any use of it. |
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12 |
Ashley Cole charges forward and passes superbly in to Jermain Defoe on the edge of the area. The Tottenham man turns his defender but lashes a right-foot shot wide. |
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11 |
Rooney makes another charge upfield but Pembridge tackles to send the ball out for a throw-in. |
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10 |
Wayne Rooney picks the ball up from deep and then unleashes a fierce shot from 30 yards which Robinson saves on to the post. |
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8 |
David Beckham tries to fool Paul Jones in the Welsh goal, dummying to float a free-kick into the area before shooting at goal. Jones reads the ball all the way. |
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7 |
Mark Pembridge finds himself on the edge of the area but has no support and the England defence recover to clear the ball to safety. |
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6 |
England settling down now and they look comfortable in possession but the defence invite some pressure on themselves by giving the ball away. |
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4 |
Ryan Giggs picks the ball up for the first time and makes his way down England's right flank. his cross deflects off Ferdinand into the arms of Paul Robinson. |
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3 |
GOAL! England 1-0 Wales
Nicky Butt plays a little ball through to owen who layed the ball off intelligently for Lampard, whose shot is deflected into the corner. |
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2 |
Owen is picked out by Frank Lampard and as the Real Madrid striker runs in to the box he momentarily loses the ball and the chance is lost. |
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1 |
Ashley Cole makes some headway down the England left but when Michael Owen picks the ball up he gives away a free-kick. |
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The match is underway and England are playing in their traditional kit of white/blue/white and are playing from right to left. |