ENGLAND MATCH REPORTS

Lampard 25
Rooney 27 , 38
Vassell 57, 77
Bridge 68		 Helguson 42
1. Robinson (Walker 62)
2. G Neville (P Neville 46)
3. Ashley Cole (Bridge 46)
4. Gerrard (J Cole 46)
5. Carragher (Defoe 84)
6. Campbell (King 46)
7. Beckham (Hargreaves 46)
8. Scholes (Butt 46)
9. Rooney (Vassell 46)
10. Owen (Heskey 46)
11. Lampard (Dyer 46)
Substitutes
12. Bridge
13. James
14. Phil Neville
15. King
16. Defoe
17. Butt
18. Hargreaves
19. Joe Cole
20. Dyer
21. Heskey
22. Walker
23. Vassell

MATCH DETAILS

Match: International Friendly
Venue: COM Stadium
Date: 5th Jun 2004
Rankings: E12 - I56
Att: 43,500
Ref: Jan Wegereef (Holland)
Weather: Mild
Rating: 

MATCH STATS

8 Shots on target 1
7 Shots off target 8
13 Corners 5
11 Fouls conceded 7
4 Offsides 0
0 Yellow cards 0
0 Red cards 0
56% Possession 44%
1. Arason
2. Ingimarsson
3. I Sigurdsson (J Gudmundsson 78)
4. J Gudjonsson (A Helgason 87)
5. Marteinsson (K Sigurdsson 46)
6. Helguson (T Gudmundsson 85)
7. Hreidarsson
8. Gretarsson
9. E Gudjohnsen
10. Thor Gudjonsson (H Jonsson 78)
11. H Sigurdsson (B Gudjonsson 69)
Substitutes
12. Finnbogason
13. Kristjan Orn Sigurdsson
14. Helgason
15. Jonsson
16. Tryggvi Gudmundsson
17. Bjarni Gudjonsson
18. Baldvinsson
19. Johann Gudmundsson
 
MINI REPORT
An excellent performance from England resulted in a moral boosting 6-1 win against Iceland before Euro 2004.

Frank Lampard gave England a deserved lead on 25 minutes shooting home from distance with the help of a deflection. Two minutes later Wayne Rooney side footed in number two from a Gary Neville pass. The third on 38 minutes was the best of the bunch, Rooney smashing the ball past Arason in the Finnish goal from outside the box.

Sloppy defending from England let Finland in to score on 42 minutes

Nine changes at half time gave the England second XI the chance for a run out and Aston Villa’s Darius Vassell wasted little time is adding to his international tally with a goal on 57 minutes.

Ian Walker replaced Robinson on 62 minutes to make his first appearance for the national team in seven years.


It was 5-1 on 68 minutes, Nicky Butt’s ball into the box was headed down by Emile Heskey to Wayne Bridge who finished well from a tight angle. Vassell got his second and England’s sixth on 77 minutes after good work by Heskey who’s lay off on the edge of the box was curled home superbly by the Aston Villa striker.

 

PRESS MATCH REPORTS

AFTER MATCH COMMENTS

Eriksson picked out the discipline shown by his side as the most pleasing aspect of the match.

He said: "It was a good result, it was a good performance for us. We showed discipline for 90 minutes, kept our shape in defending so it was very good. We defended well, there were good goals, good attacking play, good discipline which is the most important thing because in Portugal, if we don't have good discipline we will struggle."

"We know we can play 4-4-2 or 4-4-2 with a diamond so its up to us to decide what to do against France and Croatia and hopefully beyond that."