ENGLAND MATCH REPORTS

Miguel Pauleta 70

King 47
1. Ricardo
2. Jorge (Valente 46)
3. Couto (Beto, 84)
4. Andrade (Carvalho, 75)
5. Ferreira
6. Costinha (Deco 46)
7. Petit 66 (Viana, 83)
8. Figo (Boa Morte, 66)
9. Rui Costa (Tiago, 61)
10. Simao (Ronaldo 46)
11. Pauleta (Almeida, 79)
Substitutes
12. Quim
13. Miguel
14. Ricardo Carvalho
15. Nuno Valente
16. Viana
17. Tiago
18. Hugo Almeida
19. Deco
20. Boa Morte
21. Beto
22. Ronaldo

MATCH DETAILS

Match: International Friendly
Venue: Estadio Algarve, Faro
Date: 18th Feb 2004
Rankings: P17 E7

Att: 27,000
Ref: V Kassai (Hun)
Weather: Warm
Rating: 

MATCH STATS

  Shots on target  
  Shots off target  
  Blocked Shots  
  Corners  
  Fouls conceded  
  Offsides  
  Yellow cards  
  Red cards  
% Possession %
1. James
2. Phil Neville (Mills 46)
3. Ashley Cole (Bridge 17) (Hargreaves 86)
4. Butt (Carragher 86)
5. King
6. Southgate
7. Beckham (Jenas 86)
8. Scholes (Dyer 46)
9. Rooney (Smith 71)
10. Owen (Heskey 71)
11. Lampard (J Cole 46)
Substitutes
12. Mills
13. Robinson
14. Bridge
15. Carragher
16. Hargreaves
17. Joe Cole
18. Dyer
19. Smith
20. Heskey
21. Jenas
22. Kirkland
 
MINI REPORT

England earned a creditable draw in the Algarve Stadium against the Euro 2004 hosts. Tottenham defender Ledley King had a debut to remember after giving England a 47th minute lead and putting in a solid performance. King stabbed the ball home at the far post from a David Beckham free-kick. Pauleta curled a free-kick past David James to draw Portugal level on 70 minutes.

The second half was once again ruined by mass substitutions by both managers.

PRESS MATCH REPORTS

AFTER MATCH COMMENTS

Sven Goran Eriksson said: "If you talk about individual players, then of course there was Ledley King, who came in late but had an excellent performance. He showed that he's ready for big international games in a position that he hasn't played in for some time. He scored a goal so it could not have gone any better for him. He also did well alongside Gareth Southgate."

"Playing away in Portugal against one of the favourites for the Euro 2004 tournament, we did very well in both halves.

"Alan Smith came on and did well in the second-half, while Wayne Bridge put in some good crosses and Kieron Dyer also showed a lot of discipline when he came on."

England captain Beckham admitted it felt "weird" to return to his role on the wing for his country.

"It's a completely different game - I've got to get used to crossing the ball again. But if it's got to be done it's got to be done - anyone would give their right arm to play in the England team so I'm happy wherever I play."