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England National Football Team Match No. 830

Wales 0 England 1  [0-0]

Saturday, 3 September 2005

Match Summary and Report

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


Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, 3 September 2005 - The team that faced Wales.
Back row - Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell, Jamie Carragher, Frank Lampard, Paul Robinson.
Front row - Wayne Rooney, Joe Cole, David Beckham (captain), Steven Gerrard, Luke Young, Shaun Wright-Phillips.
 

Match Summary
Status: World Cup 2006 UEFA Preliminary Group 6 qualification match.
Venue: 'Stadiwm Y Mileniwm' The Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, capacity 74,500.
Attendance: 70,715
Goals: England - Joe Cole, 54th min.
Cautions: Wales - John Hartson, 39th min., dissent;
Expulsions: None.
Officials:
(yellow)		 Referee - Valentin Ivanov, 44 (04-Jul-1961), Russia, FIFA-listed 1997;
Assistant referees - Nikolay Golubev, 34 (09-Nov-1970), & Tikhon Kalugin, 30 (03-Dec-1974), Russia;
Fourth official - Igor Egorov, 36 (04-Nov-1968), Russia, FIFA-listed 2003;
Notes: The Football Association and FIFA give the refereeing credit to Valentin Ivanov, it was thought that Nikolai Ivanov was referee, but this appears to be an error.
Conditions: Kickoff 3.00 p.m. BST;
Miscellany: None.
Statistics:

Type

Wales

England
Goal Attempts 7 13
Attempts on Target 1 7
Hit Bar/Post 0 0
Corner Kicks Won 2 4
Offside Calls Against 2 5
Fouls Conceded 9 6
Possession 35.2% 64.8%

Wales Team
Ranking:

83rd in FIFA ranking of 17 August 2005; =65th in Elo world ranking before this match and 63rd after this match.

Colours: Red shirts, red shorts, red stockings; made by Kappa.
Coach: John Toshack MBE, appointed 12 November 2004,
5th match, W 1 - D 1 - L 3 - F 2 - A 4.
Captain: Ryan Giggs

Wales Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
1-Coyne, Daniel 27-Aug-1973 32 G

Burnley FC, England

 10 0 1996-active
2-Duffy, R. Michael 30-Aug-1985 20 D Portsmouth FC, England 2 0 2005-active
3-Ricketts, Samuel 11-Oct-1981 23 D Swansea City FC 5 0 2004-active
4-Gabbidon, Daniel L. 08-Aug-1979 26 D West Ham United FC, England 21 0 2005-active
5-Page, Robert J., sub off 65th min. 03-Sep-1974 31 D Coventry City FC, England 40 0 1996-active
6-Partridge, David 26-Nov-1978 26 D Bristol City FC, England 4 0 2005-active
7-Fletcher, Carl N. 07-Apr-1980 25 M West Ham United FC, England 8 0 2004-active
8-Robinson, Carl P., sub off 55th min. 13-Oct-1976 28 M Sunderland AFC, England 24 0 1999-active
9-Hartson, John 05-Apr-1975 30 F Glasgow Celtic FC, Scotland 48 14 1995-active
10-Davies, Simon, sub off 69th min. 23-Apr-1974 31 M Everton FC, England 26 4 2001-active
11-Giggs, Ryan J. 29-Nov-1973 31 F Manchester United FC, England 52 8 1991-active

Wales Substitutes
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
17-Koumas, Jason, sub on 55th min. for Robinson 25-Sep-1979 25 M

West Bromwich Albion FC, England, on loan to Cardiff City FC

 15 1 2001-active
12-Collins, James M., sub on 65th min. for Page 23-Aug-1983 22 D West Ham United FC, England 7 0 2005-active
18-Earnshaw, Robert, sub on 69th min. for Davies 06-Apr-1981 24 F West Bromwich Albion FC, England 21 9 2002-active
Formation:

5-3-2
Substitutes
Not Used:		 14-Rob Edwards, 15-Gareth Roberts, 16-Joe Ledley, 21-Paul Jones.

England Team
Ranking:

7th in FIFA ranking of 17 August 2005; 5th in Elo world ranking before this match and 3rd after this match.

Colours: White shirts with red trim, navy shorts, white stockings -  The 2005 "home" uniform.
Coach: Sven-Göran Eriksson, 57, appointed 31 October 2000, took post 12 January 2001, 
55th match, W 31 - D 15 - L 9 - F 105 - A 53.
Captain: David Beckham, 47th captaincy

England Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
1-Robinson, Paul W. 15-Oct-1979 25 G Tottenham Hotspur FC 14 0 2003-active
2-Young, Luke P. 19-Jul-1979 26 D Charlton Athletic FC 3 0 2005-active
3-Cole, Ashley 20-Dec-1980 24 D Arsenal FC 43 0 2001-active
4-Gerrard, Steven G., sub off 84th min. 30-May-1980 25 M Liverpool FC 36 6 2000-active
5-Ferdinand, Rio G. 07-Nov-1978 26 D Manchester United FC 40 1 1997-active
6-Carragher, James L.D. 28-Jan-1978 27 D Liverpool FC 19 0 1999-active
7-Beckham, David R.J. 02-May-1975 30 M Real Madrid CF, Spain 83 16 1996-active
8-Lampard, Frank J. 20-Jun-1978 27 M Chelsea FC 34 8 1999-active
9-Rooney, Wayne M. 24-Oct-1985 19 F Manchester United FC 25 10 2003-active
10-Wright-Phillips, Shaun C., sub off 68th min. 25-Oct-1981 23 M/F Chelsea FC 5 1 2004-active
11- Cole, Joseph, J., sub off 76th min. 23-Nov-1981 23 M Chelsea FC 25 4 2001-active

England Substitutes
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
17-Defoe, Jermain C., sub on 68th min. for Wright-Phillips 07-Oct-1982 22 F Tottenham Hotspur FC 14 1 2004-active
15-Hargreaves, Owen L., sub on 76th min. for J Cole 20-Jan-1981 24 M FC Bayern München AG, Germany 28 0 2001-active
16-Richardson, Kieran E., sub on 84th min. for Gerrard 21-Oct-1984 20 M Manchester United FC 3 2 2005-active
Formation: 4-1-2-2-1, [officially 4-5-1].

Robinson -
Young, Ferdinand, Carragher, A Cole -
Beckham -
Gerrard (Richardson), Lampard -
Wright-Phillips (Defoe), J Cole (Hargreaves) -
Rooney.
Substitutes
Not Used:		 12-Matthew Upson, 13-Chris Kirkland, 14-Phil Neville, 18-Darren Bent.

Match Report

 

Joe Cole's second-half winner sank Wales and kept England on course for World Cup qualification.  Cole broke the deadlock after 53 minutes when his shot from Shaun Wright-Phillips' cross was deflected past Danny Coyne by Danny Gabbidon.  England dominated throughout, but goalkeeper Paul Robinson needed to produce a brilliant save from John Hartson to stop Wales taking the lead.  Goalscorer Cole and Wayne Rooney were both guilty of bad misses for England.  England, as expected, fielded a five-man midfield, with Charlton's Luke Young replacing the injured Gary Neville.  And Sven-Goran Eriksson's side exerted almost total domination in the opening stages, pinning Wales back in their own territory for long periods.

Rooney almost ended the stalemate after 20 minutes, exchanging passes with Steven Gerrard, but the youngster was foiled by Coyne's block.  Wales' main threat was coming from Hartson's aerial power, and twice he came close to making England pay for failing to take advantage of their supremacy.  Ashley Cole's brave headed clearance halted Hartson as he closed in on Giggs' cross - then it took a magnificent save from Robinson seven minutes before the interval to keep England on level terms.  Hartson rose to meet another Giggs cross, but Robinson somehow dived low to his left to turn the ball to safety.

Joe Cole missed a great chance to put England ahead on the stroke of half-time, but he headed David Beckham's cross wide from only six yards.  He made amends - and underlined the value of Robinson's save - when he put England ahead after 53 minutes.  Beckham found Wright-Phillips on the right and his cross was met by the incoming Cole, who scored via a big deflection from Gabbidon.

Rooney then almost added a second instantly with a clever chip that was tipped over by Coyne.  Wales were having no impact on England's defence in the second half, despite sending on Robert Earnshaw for Simon Davies.  England had made a change of their own, mystifyingly replacing the lively Wright-Phillips with Jermain Defoe.

Wales managed to exert some pressure in the closing minutes, forcing England into some scrambling defence, but John Toshack's side lacked a real cutting edge.

 

Source Notes

Sources

BBC Sport

Official FIFA Match Report

Sky Sports

 

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