Date: 10-06-2006
Stage: first round
Place: FRANKFURT
Running time: 120 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: DVD
Commentary: italian
My rating: *
Notes:
MATCH SUMMARY
Saturday, 10 June 2006, 15:00
Commerzbank Arena, Frankfurt
Attendance: 48,000
Meteo: Sunny, 23°C
ENGLAND
Paul Robinson
Ashley Cole
Rio Ferdinand
Gary Neville
John Terry
David Beckham (c)
Joe Cole
Steven Gerrard
Frank Lampard
Peter Crouch
Michael Owen
Coach: Sven-Göran Eriksson (SWE)
18′ Steven Gerrard
63′ Peter Crouch
56′ ↓Michael Owen ↑Stewart Downing
82′ ↓Joe Cole ↑Owen Hargreaves
PARAGUAY
Justo Villar
Julio Caceres
Denis Caniza
Carlos Gamarra (c)
Delio César Toledo
Carlos Bonet
Carlos Paredes
Cristian Riveros
Roberto Miguel Acuña
Roque Santa Cruz
Nelson Valdéz
Coach: Aníbal Ruiz (PAR)
21′ Nelson Valdéz
8′ ↓Justo Villar ↑Aldo Bobadilla
68′ ↓Carlos Bonet ↑Nelson Cuevas
82′ ↓Delio César Toledo ↑Jorge Núñez
Referee: Marco Rodríguez (MEX)
Goals:
3′ Carlos Gamarra (own goal) ENG
Match overview
England opened Group B with a narrow 1-0 win in Frankfurt. The only goal was a third-minute own goal by Paraguayan defender Carlos Gamarra, deflecting a Beckham free-kick. England dominated possession but Paraguay posed threats in the second half.
Trivia
This was the first own goal of the 2006 World Cup. Sven-Göran Eriksson, the first foreign coach of England, had taken the team to recent World Cup quarter-finals
