|
|
| 1. |
Robinson |
| 2. |
G Neville |
| 3. |
Ash Cole |
| 4. |
Gerrard |
| 5. |
Ferdinand (King 77) |
| 6. |
Terry |
| 7. |
Beckham 
42 (Defoe 84) |
| 8. |
Lampard |
| 9. |
Rooney (Dyer 77) |
| 10. |
Owen
55 |
| 11. |
Joe Cole |
| Substitutes |
| 12. |
Carragher |
| 13. |
James |
| 14. |
King |
| 15. |
Dyer |
| 16. |
Jenas |
| 17. |
Heskey |
| 18. |
Defoe |
|
| MATCH
DETAILS |
| Match:
World Cup Qualifier |
| Venue:
St James Park |
| Date:
30th Mar 2005 |
| Rankings:
E8 A116 |
| Att:
49,046 |
|
Ref: Paulo Costa (Portugal) |
| Weather:
Mild |
Rating:  |
| MATCH
STATS |
| 11 |
Shots
on target |
4 |
| 10 |
Shots off
target |
6 |
| 13 |
Corners |
0 |
| |
Fouls conceded |
|
| |
Offsides |
|
| 2 |
Yellow cards |
1 |
| 0 |
Red cards |
0 |
| 69% |
Possession |
31% |
|
| 1. |
Kramarenko |
| 2. |
Amirbekov (V Guliyev 45
57) |
| 3. |
Hadzhiev |
| 4. |
Hashymov |
| 5. |
Bahshiev |
| 6. |
Abdurahmanov |
| 7. |
Melikov |
| 8. |
Kerimov |
| 9. |
G Gurbanov (Ponomarev 76) |
| 10. |
Sadygov |
| 11. |
Nabiev (Ahtyamov 76) |
| Substitutes |
| 12. |
Hasanzade |
| 13. |
Abbasov |
| 14. |
V Guliyev |
| 15. |
K Guliyev |
| 16. |
Ponomarev |
| 17. |
Ahtyamov |
| 18. |
I Gurbanov |
|
| |
| MINI
REPORT |
| Azerbaijan
were never going to concede the eight goals they conceded against
Poland on Saturday and as expected they defended as deep as it is
possible. A frustrating first half ended scoreless as England were
limited to long range efforts and trying to get in behind the mass
of blue shirts, Frank Lampard smashed a long range effort off the
post and Michael Owen should have done better with a couple of headed
opportunities.
The opening goal finally came on fifty one minutes, a good ball
by David Beckham found Wayne Rooney out wide and the Manchester
United player burst into the box and crossed for Steven Gerrard
who shot into the ground and over the keeper into the net.
Beckham made it two on sixty-two minutes beating the offside trap
before calmly slotting the ball past the keeper. England had all
the possession by could not break through to increase the lead. |
|
PRESS MATCH REPORTS
|
|
|
|
AFTER MATCH COMMENTS
|
| David
Beckham said: "The manager is like that with every one
of the players, not just me because I am the captain and I came in
for a bit of stick, but I certainly appreciated his comments,"
revealed the Real Madrid star. It is not difficult [to deal with criticism]
because, if you choose not to listen to it, you carry on with your
life and football and carry on enjoying it. You know when you have
played well and when you haven't. My performance at Old Trafford was
all right and I was pleased with it at St James' Park. But it is all
about the team's performance.
"There was some satisfaction after hearing some of the comments
after the last game but that's football - you have to take the rough
with the smooth and play with a smile on your face."
Sven Goran Eriksson added: "David played
very well, excellent. I think he played well on Saturday but he
played even better here and scored a very important goal." |
