ENGLAND MATCH REPORTS

Gerrard 35
J Cole 82		 Jestrovic 45
1. James
2. Mills (Carragher 61)
3. Ash Cole (Bridge 46)
4. Gerrard (Jenas 46)
5. Upson (Barry 85)
6. Southgate (Terry 45)
7. Lampard (J Cole 61)
8. Scholes (Hargreaves 46)
9. Heskey (Vassell 61)
10. Owen (Rooney 46)
11. P Neville (Beattie 88)
Substitutes
12. Bridge
13. Robinson
14. Carragher
15. Barry
16. Terry
17. Jenas
18. Hargreaves
19. J Cole
20. Vassell
21. Rooney
22. Walker
23. Beattie

MATCH DETAILS

Match: International Friendly
Venue: Leicester
Date: 3rd Jun 2003
Rankings: E7 - S22
Att: 30,900
Ref: Paul Allaerts (Belgium)
Weather: Mild
Rating: 

MATCH STATS

  Shots on target  
  Shots off target  
  Blocked Shots  
  Corners  
  Fouls conceded  
  Offsides  
  Yellow cards  
  Red cards  
% Possession %
1. Jevric (Zilic 67)
2. Didic 81 (Kovacevic 82)
3. Mirkovic (Brnovic 46)
4. Stefanovic (Krstajic 50)
5. Dmitrovic (Trobok 46)
6. Duljac (Boskovic 47)
7. Ilic (Mijatovic 68)
8. Kovacedic (Malbasa 46)
9. Markovic (Njegus 67)
10. Jestrovic (Milosevic 74)
11. Vukic (Djordjevic 46)
Substitutes
12. Zilic
13. Djordjevic
14. Krstajic
15. Boskovic
16. Njegus
17. Trobok
18. Kovacevic
19. Mijatovic
20. Milosevic
21. Malbasa
22. Brnovic
 
MINI REPORT
England warmed up for the Slovakia game next week with a 2-1 win over Serbia & Montenegro at Leicester. England started brightly but had to wait until the 35th minute when Liverpool's Steven Gerrard gave Svens side the lead. Jestrovic pulled the score level just before half-time. The second half was a mass of substitutions and England sealed the win with 8 minutes left with Joe Cole scoring his first senior goal with a stunning free-kick.

PRESS MATCH REPORTS

AFTER MATCH COMMENTS

Joe Cole told Sky Sports: "I want to get in for Wednesday. I really want a chance to play in the important games. I just want to play Wednesday now. No disrespect to the under-21s but I don't ever want to be back there now."

"The boss pulled me in and told me not to try too hard. I've always done myself justice (for England), I've always felt I did good enough to be stuck in for the next game."

England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson thanked the fans for behaving during the game.

"It's always good to win even if it's a friendly," said Eriksson.

"It was very good football, there were very good individual performances from our players. It looks good for next week.Our fans were very good, I appreciate that. One of the reasons I took out Southgate, Ashley Cole, Steven Gerrard, Paul Scholes and Michael Owen was I did not want them injured for next week."