England V Wales Full Match ReportEngland - 2(Lampard 3) (Owen is claiming the deflected goal)
(Beckham 76)
Wales - 0Attendance - Att 65'224
Referee - Terje Hauge (Norway)
Sven's England Team beat Wales 2-0 in a pretty one sided game. A deflected goal from Frank Lampard that Michael Owen is claiming put England in the driving seat after 3 minutes and from there on in England looked in full control, but certainly not on fire.
David Beckham put away a top quality free kick with 15 minutes to go to pretty much seal the match and helped send England on their way to to the World Cup Final qualification.
Beckham got injured and booked playing silly buggers with Ben Thatcher and will miss the next game in Azerbaijan as a result. Some in the media are asking if Beckham fancied the away trip to Azerbaijan. I personally think that's unfair and pure speculation.
A good result in our next away game in Azerbaijan will set us right on track because our next 2 games to follow are both home ties against Northern Ireland and Azerbaijan respectively.
England Team Robinson, Gary Neville, Campbell, Ferdinand, Ashley Cole, Beckham (Hargreaves 85), Lampard, Butt, Rooney (King 86), Defoe (Smith 70), Owen.
Subs Not Used: James, Terry, Joe Cole, Wright-Phillips.
Booked: Beckham.
Welsh Team Jones, Delaney, Gabbidon, Thatcher, Davies, Koumas (Earnshaw 73), Speed, Pembridge (Robinson 59), Giggs, Bellamy, Hartson.
Subs Not Used: Collins, Crossley, Fletcher, Oster, Melville.
Booked: Pembridge.
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Posted at 7:12 AM, Sunday, October 10, 2004