ENGLAND MATCH REPORTS

Brown 45
J Cole 90

     Baros 22
Jankulovski 48
1. James
2. Brown
3. A Cole
4. Barry 12
5. Ferdinand (Woodgate 57)
6. Terry
7. Beckham (Jenas 79)
8. Lampard (Bentley 79)
9. Defoe (Heskey 46)
10. Gerrard (J Cole 57)
11. Rooney (Downing 69)
Substitutes
12. Robinson
13. Johnson
14. Bridge
15. Woodgate
16. Upson
17. Bentley
18. Downing
19. Jenas
20. J Cole
21. Heskey
22. Walcott

MATCH DETAILS

Match: International Friendly
Venue: Wembley
Date: 20th August 2008
Rankings: E14 C8
Att: 69,738
Ref: Terje Hauge (Norway)
Weather: Wet
Rating: 

MATCH STATS

9 Shots on target 4
1 Shots off target 5
5 Blocked Shots 1
9 Corners 0
13 Fouls conceded 15
1 Offsides 1
1 Yellow cards 0
0 Red cards 0
57% Possession 43%
1. Cech
2. Grygera (Pospech 46)
5. Kovac (Rajnock 75)
6. Jankulovski
8. Polak
11. Vicek (Jarolim 46)
15. Baros (Sverkos 46)
17. Shirl (Kadlec 75)
20. Plasil (Papadopoulos 90)
21. Ulfalusi
22. Rozehnal
Substitutes
3. Rajnock
12. Pospech
13. Kadlec
14. Jarolim
19. Sverkos
20. Papadopoulos
23. Zitka
 
MINI REPORT

Same old England! A dreadful performance with only a late Joe Cole goal salvaging a draw on a wet night at Wembley.

The Czech’s took the lead on 22 minutes turning in the box and watching as his shot deflected of Ashley Cole into the net. England pulled level just before half-time Wes Brown powerfully heading home a David Beckham corner. Czech Republic regained the lead just after half time Jankulovski curling in a fantastic free-kick. Joe Cole scrambled home a late equaliser but it was a very poor performance and England will have to drastically improve if they are to have any chance against Croatia in a few weeks.

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