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Match No. 843 vs. Greece Match No. 845 vs. FYR Macedonia Match Results


England National Football Team Match No. 844

England 5 Andorra 0 [3-0]

Saturday, 2 September 2006

Match Summary and Report

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


Old Trafford, Manchester, 2 September 2006 - The team that faced Andorra.
Back row - Paul Robinson, Peter Crouch, John Terry (captain), Wes Brown, Owen Hargreaves, Frank Lampard.
Front row - Stewart Downing, Jermain Defoe, Steven Gerrard, Ashley Cole, Phil Neville.
 

Match Summary
Status: European Championship 2008 Preliminary Group E qualification match.
Venue: Old Trafford, Manchester, capacity 76,000.
Attendance: 56,290.
Goals: England - Peter Crouch, 5th min.
England - Steven Gerrard, 13th min.
England - Jermain Defoe, 38th min.
England - Jermain Defoe, 47th min.
England - Peter Crouch, 66th min.
Cautions: England - Wes Brown, 45th min., foul;
Andorra - Antoni Sivera, 69th min., foul;
Andorra - Manolo Jimenéz, 90th min., foul;
Expulsions: None.
Officials:
(yellow)		 Referee - Bernhard Brugger, 39 (25-Dec-1966), Austria, FIFA listed 1999;
Assistant referees - Norbert Scwab, 38 (30-Dec-1967), and Franz Maislinger, Austria;
Fourth official - Louis Hofmann, 41 (08-Jan-1965), Austria.
Conditions: Kickoff 5.00 p.m.
Miscellany: -
Statistics:

Type

England

Andorra
Goal Attempts 17 0
Attempts on Target 10 0
Hit Bar/Post 2 0
Corner Kicks Won 7 0
Offside Calls Against 7 1
Fouls Conceded 15 13
Possession 79.2% 20.8%

England Team
Ranking:

5th in FIFA ranking of 16 August 2006; 5th in Elo world ranking before this match and 5th after this match.
Colours: White shirts with red trim, navy shorts, white stockings - The 2005 "home" uniform.
Coach: Steve McClaren, 45, appointed 4 May 2006, took post 1 August 2006, 
2nd match, W 2 - D 0 - L 0 - F 9 - A 0.
Captain: John Terry, 2nd captaincy.

England Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
1-Robinson, Paul W. 15-Oct-1979 26 G Tottenham Hotspur FC 28 0 2003-active
2-Neville, Philip J., sub off 64th min. 21-Jan-1977 29 D Everton FC 53 0 1996-active
3-Cole, Ashley 20-Dec-1980 25 D Chelsea FC 53 0 2001-active
4-Gerrard, Steven G. 30-May-1980 26 M Liverpool FC 49 10 2000-active
5-Brown, Wesley M. 13-Oct-1979 26 D Manchester United FC 10 0 1999-active
6-Terry, John G. 07-Dec-1980 25 D Chelsea FC 31 2 2003-active
7-Hargreaves, Owen L. 20-Jan-1981 25 M

FC Bayern München AG, Germany

 36 0 2001-active
8-Lampard, Frank J. 20-Jun-1978 28 M

Chelsea FC

 47 12 1999-active
9-Crouch, Peter J. 30-Jan-1981 25 F

Liverpool FC

 13 10 2005-active
10-Defoe, Jermain C., sub off 72nd min. 07-Oct-1982 23 F

Tottenham Hotspur FC

 18 3 2004-active
11-Downing, Stewart, sub off 64th min. 22-Jul-1984 22 M Middlesbrough FC 7 0 2005-active

England Substitutes
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
15-Richardson, Kieran E., sub on 64th min. for Downing 21-Oct-1984 21 M Manchester United FC 6 2 2005-active
16-Lennon, Aaron J., sub on 64th min. for Neville 16-Apr-1987 19 M Tottenham Hotspur FC 6 0 2006-active
18-Johnson, Andrew, sub on 72nd min. for Defoe 10-Feb-1981 25 F Everton FC 3 0 2005-active
Formation:

4-4-2

Robinson -
Neville (Lennon), Brown, Terry, Cole -
Hargreaves -
Gerrard, Lampard, Downing (Richardson).
Defoe (Johnson), Crouch.
Substitutes
Not Used:		 12-Michael Dawson, 13-Chris Kirkland, 14-Michael Carrick, 17-Darren Bent.

Andorra Team
Ranking:

132nd in FIFA ranking of 16 August 2006; 176th in Elo world ranking before this match and 175th after this match.
Colours: Red shirts, red shorts, red stockings; made by Joma.
Coach: David Rodrigo, appointed May 1999.
Captain: Justo Ruiz

Andorra Lineup
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
1-Koldo 04-Sep-1970 35 G FC Andorra 56 0 -active
2-Ayala, José Manuel 08-Apr-1980 26 M FC Santa Coloma 22 0 -active
3-Sànchez, Javier, sub off 46th min. - - D FC Andorra - - -active
4-Sonejee, Oscar 26-Mar-1976 30 M FC Andorra 59 2 1998-active
5-Lima, Antonio 22-Sep-1970 35 D unattached* 47 1 -active
6-Sivera, Antoni, sub off 77th min. 13-Apr-1978 28 M unattached* 16 0 -active
7-Txema 12-Apr-1974 32 D FC Andorra 57 0 -active
8-Vieira, Marco 10-Oct-1980 25 M unattached* 2 0 -active
9-Silva, Fernando 16-May-1977 29 F CF Quintanar Del Rey* 18 1 -active
10-Pujol, Marc, sub off 48th min. 21-Aug-1982 24 F UE Santboià 22 1 -active
11-Ruiz, Justo 31-Aug-1969 37 M Ranger's Venecia FC 55 2 -active

Andorra Substitutes
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club App G Career
12-Sànchez, Juli, sub on 46th min. for Javier Sànchez 26-Jun-1978 28 F CF Balaguer* 54 1 -active
15-Jimenéz, Manolo, sub on 48th min. for Pujol 12-Aug-1976 30 M FC Andorra 48 1 -active
16-Garcia, Genís, sub on 77th min. for Sivera 18-May-1978 28 M Ranger's Venecia FC 22 0 -active
Formation:

4-1-4-1

Koldo -
Txema, Sonejee, Lima, Javier Sànchez (Juli Sànchez) -
Vieira -
Ayala, Pujol (Jimenéz), Sivera (Garcia), Ruiz -
Silva.
Substitutes
Not Used:		 13-Alfonso Sànchez, 14-Sergio Moreno, 17-Jordi Rubio, 18-Juli Fernández.

Match Report

 

England cruised to victory in their opening Euro 2008 qualifier against Andorra at Old Trafford.  Peter Crouch put England in front after four minutes and Liverpool team-mate Steven Gerrard quickly added a second with a brilliant finish.  Jermain Defoe was on target with crisp finishes either side of half-time as England dominated completely.  Crouch headed home his second from substitute Aaron Lennon's cross after 65 minutes to seal an easy win.

It was a good day's work for new England coach Steve McClaren, but Andorra were desperately poor and failed to mount a single attack in the entire 90 minutes.  Wes Brown, as expected, took injured Rio Ferdinand's place in defence, while Defoe kept his place alongside Crouch up front.  The combination was effective in the 4-0 win against Greece - and Crouch was in the goals again after only four minutes.  Defoe touched the ball inside to Ashley Cole, and when the new Chelsea defender found Crouch, he swept a composed finish past Koldo.

And Crouch's Liverpool captain Gerrard doubled England's advantage with a classic strike eight minutes later.  Cole's long cross arrived at the far post for Gerrard to chest down and fire a powerful drive high past Koldo.  England's superiority was overwhelming, and almost embarrassing, against an Andorra side so poor that it raised questions about the worth of the fixture.

It lulled England into a quiet spell until Defoe got England back on the goal trail eight minutes before the interval.  Gerrard was the creator with a superb right-flank cross that Defoe met with a crisp side-foot finish past the under-siege Koldo.  And Defoe added England's fourth in the 47th minute, latching on to Phil Neville's long header to score powerfully.  Owen Hargreaves had once again been highly effective and was twice denied by the woodwork.

McClaren made a double change after 63 minutes - sending on Lennon and Kieran Richardson for Neville and Stewart Downing.  And it reaped an instant reward as Lennon delivered a perfect cross for Crouch to head home his second.  Everton's Andrew Johnson replaced Defoe, and he looked sharp as he almost set up Crouch's third, but he shot wide.

 

Source Notes

Sources

BBC Sport
Football Association
UEFA
Andorra Football Federation website
Guardian Unlimited
FCSantaColoma.com
AFS

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