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England National Football Team Match No. 812

England 1 Japan 1  [1-0]

Tuesday, 1 June 2004

Match Summary and Report

Match Summary and Report Team Records England Pre-Match Japan Pre-Match

 

Match Summary
Status: Friendly match, second match in The FA Summer Tournament series.
Venue: The City of Manchester Stadium, Eastlands, Manchester, capacity 48,000.
Attendance: 38,581.
Goals: England - Michael Owen, 22nd min.
Japan - Shinji Ono, 53rd min.
Cautions: None.
Expulsions: None.
Officials: Referee - Roberto Rosetti, 36 (18-Sep-1967), Italy, FIFA-listed 2002.
Assistant Referees - Alessandro Stagnoli, 39 (02-Feb-1965), and Alessandro Griselli, 30 (31-May-1974), Italy.
Conditions: Kickoff at 8:00 p.m. BST.
Miscellany: England's first ever game at The City of Manchester Stadium.  It is also the provisional 2004 European Championship Squad first game together.  Guest of Honour is England legend Sir Tom Finney OBE.
Statistics:

Type

England

Japan
Goal Attempts 4 5
Attempts on Target 6 5
Hit Bar/Post - -
Corner Kicks Won 8 5
Offside Calls Against 0 3
Fouls Conceded 10 10
Time of Possession 58% 42%
Statistics:

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England Team
Ranking:

=12th in FIFA ranking of 20 May 2004; 8th in Elo world ranking before this match and 8th after this match.

Colours: red shirts, white shorts, red stockings - The 2004 "away" uniform.
Coach: Sven-Göran Eriksson, 56, appointed 31 October 2000, took post 12 January 2001, 
37th match, W 19 - D 12 - L 6 - F 66 - A 35.
Captain: David Beckham, 31st captaincy, handed to Sol Campbell in the 82nd minute.

England Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
1-James, David B. 01-Aug-1970 33 G

Manchester City FC

 24 0 1997-active
2-Neville, Gary A., sub off 86th min. 18-Feb-1975 29 D Manchester United FC 62 0 1995-active
3-Cole, Ashley 20-Dec-1980 23 D Arsenal FC 25 0 2001-active
4-Gerrard, Steven G., sub off 82th min. 30-May-1980 24 M Liverpool FC 23 3 2000-active
5-Campbell, Sulzeer J. 18-Sep-1974 29 D Arsenal FC 60 1 1996-active
6-Terry, John G., sub off 82nd min. 07-Dec-1980 23 D Chelsea FC 8 0 2003-active
7-Beckham, David R.J., sub off 82nd min. 02-May-1975 29 M Real Madrid CF, Spain 67 13 1996-active
8-Scholes, Paul, sub off 77th min. 16-Nov-1974 29 M Manchester United FC 61 13 1997-2004
9-Rooney, Wayne M., sub off 77th min. 24-Oct-1985 18 F Everton FC 12 3 2003-active
10- Owen, Michael J., sub off 77th min. 14-Dec-1979 24 F Liverpool FC 55 25 1998-active
11-Lampard, Frank J., sub off 82nd min. 20-Jun-1978 25 D Chelsea FC 18 1 1999-active

England Substitutes
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
21-Heskey, Emile W.I., sub on 77th min. for Owen 11-Jan-1978 26 F Birmingham City FC 41 4 1999-active
23-Vassell, Darius, sub on 77th min. for Rooney 13-Jun-1980 23 F Aston Villa FC 17 4 2002-active
20-Dyer, Kieron C., sub on 77th min. for Scholes 29-Dec-1978 25 M Newcastle United FC 21 0 1999-active
17-Butt, Nicholas, sub on 82nd min. for Lampard 21-Jan-1975 29 M Manchester United FC 34 0 1997-active
18-Hargreaves, Owen L., sub on 82nd min. for Gerrard 20-Jan-1981 23 M FC Bayern München AG, Germany 18 0 2001-active
19-Cole, Joseph J., sub on 82nd min. for Beckham 08-Nov-1981 22 M Chelsea FC 16 2 2001-active
14-Neville, Philip J., sub on 86th min. for G. Neville 21-Jan-1977 27 D Manchester United FC 46 0 1996-active
15-King, Ledley B., sub on 88th min. for Terry 12-Oct-1980 23 D Tottenham Hotspur FC 4 1 2002-active
Formation:

4-1-2-1-2
James -
G Neville (P Neville), Terry (King), Campbell, A Cole -
Lampard (Butt) -
Beckham (J Cole), Gerrard (Hargreaves) -
Scholes (Dyer) -
Owen (Heskey), Rooney (Vassell)
Substitutes
Not Used:		 12-Wayne Bridge, 13-Paul Robinson, 16-Jamie Carragher, 22-Ian Walker, 24-Jermain Defoe.

Japan Team
Ranking:

25th in FIFA ranking of 20 May 2004; 20th in Elo world ranking before this match and 20th after this match.

Colours: Beige shirts, dark blue shorts, beige stockings; made by Adidas.
Coach: Artur Antunes Coimbra - "Zico", 51, appointed manager 5 July 2002.
25th match, W 11 - D 8 - L 6 - F 32 - A 21.
Captain: Tsuneyasu Miyamoto.

Japan Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
1-Narazaki, Seigo 15-Apr-1976 28 G

Nagoya Grampus Eight

 44 0 1999-active
3-Tsuboi, Keisuke 16-Sep-1979 24 D Urawa Reds 19 0 2003-active
5-Miyamoto, Tsuneyasu 07-Feb-1977 27 D Gamba Osaka 31 1 2000-active
6-Inamoto, Junichi, sub off 75th min. 18-Sep-1979 24 M Fulham FC, England 50 4 2000-active
9-Kubo, Tatsuhiko, sub off 60th min. 18-Jun-1976 27 F Yokohama Marinos 24 7 1998-active
10-Nakamura, Shunsuke 24-Jun-1978 25 M Reggina Calcio, Italy 36 9 2000-active
14-Santos, Alessandro 20-Jul-1977 26 D Urawa Reds 32 4 2000-active
18- Ono, Shinji 27-Sep-1979 24 M Feyenoord, Netherlands 41 4 2000-active
20-Tamada, Keiji, sub off 60th min. 11-Apr-1980 24 M Kashiwa Reysol 5 1 2003-active
21-Kaji, Akira 13-Jan-1980 24 D FC Tokyo 7 0 2003-active
22-Nakazawa, Yuji 25-Feb-1978 26 D Yokohama Marinos 17 2 1999-active

Japan Substitutes
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
11-Suzuki, Takayuki, sub on 60th min. for Kubo  05-Jun-1976 27 F Heusden-Zonlder, Belgium 31 4 2001-active
13-Yanagisawa, Atsushi, sub on 60th min. for Tamada 27-May-1977 26 F UC Sampdoria, Italy 42 12 1999-active
15-Fukunishi, Takashi, sub on 75th min. for Inamoto 01-Sep-1976 27 M Jubilo Urawa 26 0 2002-active
Formation: 3-4-1-2
Narasaki -
Tsubol, Miyamoto, Nakazawa -
Kaji, Inamoto (Fukunishi), Ono, Santos -
Nakamura -
Kubo (Yanagisawa), Tamada (Suzuki)
Substitutes
Not Used:		 Makoto Tanaka, Yasuhito Endo, Mitsuo Ogasawara, Yoichi Doi, Toshiya Fujita, Atsuhiro Miura, Masashi Motoyama, Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi, Takayuki Chano.

Match Report

 

Japan recovered from Michael Owen's early goal to hold England 1-1.  Sven-Göran Eriksson fielded his first-choice line-up, including Frank Lampard, and England were given a stern test in a warm-up for Euro 2004.  Owen put England in front after 21 minutes when Seigo Narazaki fumbled Steven Gerrard's shot.  But Japan created chances and deservedly equalised seven minutes after half-time when Shinji Ono crowned a fine move with a crisp finish.

England ended with a couple of injury worries, David Beckham receiving treatment for an ankle injury and John Terry going off near the end with a hamstring problem.  Eriksson, as he hinted, played the team that is likely to start Euro 2004 against France, with Lampard getting the nod ahead of Nicky Butt.

And England almost got the perfect start after four minutes, when Japan goalkeeper Seigo Narazaki was fortunate to block Terry's header.  England's passing was impressive and they took a deserved lead after 21 minutes.  Gerrard's surging run from midfield ended with a shot that was only fumbled by Narazaki, which allowed the lurking Owen a simple tap in.

It sparked Japan into action, and David James was forced into saves from Keiji Tamada and Shumsuke Nakamura as they tried their luck from long range.  And Tsuneyasu Miyamoto should have levelled five minutes before the interval when he was allowed a free header from a corner but was wastefully off target.  Japan were unfortunate not to be awarded a penalty on the stroke of half-time when Paul Scholes hauled down Alex, but Roberto Rosetti waved away their appeals.

But there was no escape for England after 52 minutes when a slick Japanese passing move ended with Alex providing the perfect delivery for Ono to score through James' legs.  England responded when Wayne Rooney's pass released Owen, but he was denied by Narazaki's legs.  Eriksson made a triple substitution with 15 minutes left, sending on Emile Heskey, Darius Vassell and Kieron Dyer for Owen, Rooney and Scholes.  But it was Japan who continued to hold the upper hand, with James saving well from Alex's wicked drive.

Source Notes

Sources

BBC Sport

 

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