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Match No. 791 vs. Sweden Match No. 793 vs. Nigeria Match Results


England National Football Team Match No. 792

Argentina 0 England 1 [0-1]

Friday, 7 June 2002

Match Summary and Report

 

Match Summary
Status: World Cup 2002 Final Tournament Group F, First Phase, Game Four.
Venue: Sapporo Dome, Sapporo City, Japan
Attendance: 35,927.
Goals: England - David Beckham, 44th min. penalty.
Cautions: Argentina - Gabriel Batistuta, 13th min.
England - Ashley Cole, 29th min.
England - Emile Heskey, 50th min.
Expulsions: None.
Officials:
(yellow)		 Referee - Pierluigi Collina, 42 (13-Feb-1960), Italy, FIFA-listed 1995.
Assistant Referees - Hector Osvaldo Vergara, 35 (15-Dec-1966), Canada & Mohamed Saeed, 40 (14-Jan-1962), Moldova.
Fourth Official - Brian L. Hall, 41 (05-Jun-1961), USA, FIFA-listed 1992.
Conditions: Kickoff at 8.30 p.m. local time. 12.30 p.m BST.
Miscellany: -
Statistics:

Type

Argentina

England
Goal Attempts 11 11
Attempts on Target 5 6
Hit Bar/Post - -
Corner Kicks Won 9 3
Offside Calls Against 6 2
Fouls Conceded 21 20
Time of Possession 65% 35%
Statistics:

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Argentina Team
Ranking:

=2nd in FIFA ranking of 15th May 2002; 1st in Elo world ranking before this match and 5th after this match.
Colours: Sky blue and white striped shirts with sky blue sleeves, navy blue shorts, white socks; made by Adidas.
Coach: Marcelo Bielsa, 46, appointed December 1998.
Captain: Juan Sebastian Veron.

Argentina Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
12-Cavallero, Pablo O. 13-Apr-1974 28 G Real Club Celta de Vigo SAD, Spain 10 0 1996-active
13-Placente, Diego R. 24-Apr-1977 25 D Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Germany 8 0 2000-active
3-Sorín, Juan Pablo 05-May-1976 26 M Cruzeiro EC, Brazil 37 6 1995-active
4-Pochettino, Mauricio R. 02-Mar-1972 30 D Paris Saint-Germain FC, France 40 0 1999-active
14-Simeone, Diego P. 28-Apr-1970 32 M SS Lazio, Italy 106 11 1998-active
6-Samuel, Walter A. 23-Mar-1978 24 D

AS Roma, Italy

 32 3 1999-active
18-González, Cristian A., sub off 64th min. 04-Aug-1974 27 F Valencia CF SAD, Spain 32 4 1999-active
8-Zanetti, Javier A. 10-Aug-1973 28 M FC Internazionale Milano, Italy 68 3 1994-active
9-Batistuta, Gabriel O., sub off 60th min. 01-Feb-1969 33 F AS Roma, Italy 77 56 1991-active
10-Ortega, Ariel A. 04-Mar-1974 28 M Club Atlético River Plate 83 17 1993-active
11-Verón, Juan Sebastian, sub off 46th min. 09-Mar-1975 27 M Manchester United FC, England 49 8 1996-active

Argentina Substitutes
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
16-Aimar, Pablo C., sub on 46th min. for Verón 03-Nov-1979 22 M

Valencia CF SAD, Spain

 20 2 1999-active
19-Crespo, Hernan J., sub on 60th min. for Batistuta 05-Jul-1975 26 F SS Lazio, Italy 35 17 1995-active
7-López, Claudio J., sub on 64th min. for González 17-Jul-1974 27 F SS Lazio, Italy 51 10 1995-active
Formation:

3-4-1-2.
Cavellaro -
Pochettino, Samuel, Placente -
Zanetti, Simeone, Sorín, González (López) -
 Verón (Aimar) -
Ortega, Batistuta (Crespo).
Substitutes
Not Used:		 1-Germán Burgos, 5-Matías Almeyda, 15-Claudio Husaín, 17-Gustavo López, 20-Marcelo Gallardo, 21-Claudio Caniggia, 22-José Chamot, 23-Roberto Bonano.

England Team
Ranking:

12th in FIFA ranking of 15th May 2002; 7th in Elo world ranking before this match and 6th after this match.
Colours: Red shirts, white shorts, red stockings - The 2002 "away" uniform.
Coach: Sven-Göran Eriksson, 54, appointed 31 October 2000, took post 12 January 2001, 
17th match, W 9 - D 6 - L 2 - F 35 - A 15.
Captain: David Beckham, 15th captaincy.

England Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
1-Seaman, David A. 19-Sep-1963 38 G

Arsenal FC

 70 0 1988-2002
2-Mills, Daniel J. 18-May-1977 25 D Leeds United AFC 9 0 2001-active
3-Cole, Ashley 20-Dec-1980 21 D Arsenal FC 10 0 2001-active
21-Butt, Nicholas 21-Jan-1975 27 M

Manchester United FC

 19 0 1997-active
5-Ferdinand, Rio G. 07-Nov-1978 23 D Leeds United AFC 24 0 1997-active
6-Campbell, Sulzeer J. 18-Sep-1974 27 D Arsenal FC 48 1 1996-active
7- Beckham, David R.J. 02-May-1975 27 M

Manchester United FC

 51 7 1996-active
8-Scholes, Paul 16-Nov-1974 27 M Manchester United FC 46 13 1997-2004
10-Owen, Michael J., sub off 80th min. 14-Dec-1979 22 F Liverpool FC 38 16 1998-active
11-Heskey, Emile W.I., sub off 54th min. 11-Jan-1978 24 M/F

Liverpool FC

 26 3 1999-active
18-Hargreaves, Owen L., sub off 19th min. 20-Jan-1981 21 M FC Bayern München AG, Germany 8 0 2001-active

England Substitutes
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
4-Sinclair, Trevor L., sub on 19th min. for Hargreaves 02-Mar-1973 29 M West Ham United FC 6 0 2001-active
17-Sheringham, Edward P., sub on 54th min. for Heskey 02-Apr-1966 36 F Tottenham Hotspur FC 48 11 1993-2002
14-Bridge, Wayne M., sub on 80th min. for Owen 05-Aug-1980 21 D Southampton FC 6 0 2001-active
Formation: 4-4-2.
Seaman -
Mills, Ferdinand, Campbell, A Cole -
Beckham, Butt, Hargreaves (Sinclair), Scholes -
Owen (Bridge), Heskey (Sheringham).
Substitutes
Not Used:		 9-Robbie Fowler, 12-Wes Brown, 13-Nigel Martyn, 15-Martin Keown, 16-Gareth Southgate, 19-Joe Cole, 20-Darius Vassell, 22-David James, 23-Kieron Dyer.

Match Report

 

 

 

Source Notes

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