Match No. 804 - Wednesday, 11th June 2003, 8:00pm
"The penalty for the equaliser awarded by the referee Wolfgang Stark after an hour [60:11] was dubious, since Marian Zeman barely made contact with Owen, who looked eager to hit the turf. Undisturbed by his conscience, the Liverpool forward sent the goalkeeper the wrong way from the spot." Michael Owen21st of 40 goals. Right-footed from 12 yards., 62' 61:02 (pen)- Assist: Steven Gerrard. "After 71 minutes, Owen dodged his wearying markers to rise freely and head Gerrard's cross from the left crisply into the net." Michael Owen22nd of 40 goals. Header from 8 yards., 73' 72:07
- 1
- David JamesWest Ham, 16th of 53 caps
32 years, 10 months, 10 days
Goalkeeper
- 2
- Danny MillsLeeds, 17th of 19 caps
26 years, 0 months, 24 days
Right Back 
'4342:27
- 3
- Ashley ColeArsenal, 19th of 107 caps
22 years, 5 months, 22 days
Left Back
- 4
- Steven GerrardLiverpool, 18th of 114 caps
23 years, 0 months, 12 days
Midfield
- 5
- Matthew UpsonBirmingham, 3rd of 21 caps
24 years, 1 month, 23 days
Centre Back
- 6
- Gareth SouthgateMiddlesbrough, 55th of 57 caps
32 years, 9 months, 8 days
Centre Back
- 7
- Frank LampardChelsea, 11th of 106 caps
24 years, 11 month, 20 days
Midfield
- 8
- Paul ScholesMan Utd, 57th of 66 caps
28 years, 6 months, 25 days
Midfield
- 9
- Wayne RooneyEverton, 5th of 120 caps
17 years, 7 months, 18 days
Centre Forward - '5857:14
- 10
- Michael OwenLiverpool, 50th of 89 caps
23 years, 5 months, 28 days
Centre Forward (c)6th captaincy
- 11
- Phil NevilleMan Utd, 40th of 59 caps
26 years, 4 months, 21 day
Defensive Midfield
- 16
- Owen HargreavesBayern Munich, 13th of 42 caps
22 years, 4 months, 22 days
Right Back 
'4342:27
- 17
- Darius VassellAston Villa, 14th of 22 caps
22 years, 11 month, 28 days
Centre Forward - '5857:14
- "Even so, their goal was not a matter of strategy. The Vladimir Janocko free-kick in the 31st minute that pained David James also distributed embarrassment generously among the defenders in front of him. Sometimes the unintentional threat is the hardest to counter and the midfielder, bending the ball in from a remote position on the left, imagined he was hitting a simple cross." Vladimír Janočko, 31'30:19
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- 1
- Miroslav KönigMiroslav König.
Born 1st Jun 1972, Nitra.
- 3
- Michal HanekMichal Hanek.
Born 18th Sep 1980, Trenčín, Slovakia.
60:20 Arguing against the penalty.
- 7
- Vladimír LabantVladimír Labant.
Born 8th Jun 1974, Čadca, Slovakia.
- '3938:34
- 4
- Marián ZemanMarián Zeman.
Born 7th Jul 1974, Bratislava.
- 2
- Martin PetrášMartin Petráš.
Born 2nd Nov 1979, Bojnice.
- 6
- Igor DemoIgor Demo.
Born 18th Sep 1975, Nitra.
(c) - '5554:52
- 5
- Radoslav ZabavnikRadoslav Zabavnik.
Born 16th Sep 1980, Košice.
- 10
- Vladimír JanočkoVladimír Janočko.
Born 2nd Dec 1976, Košice.
- 8
- Szilárd NémethSzilárd Németh.
Born 8th Aug 1977, Komárno.
- '7675:03
- 11
- Róbert VittekRóbert Vittek.
Born 1st Apr 1982, Bratislava.
62:58 Two things happen almost at once; Vittek pulls back Hargreaves and when the Englishman shrugs him off, Debnár fouls him. It looks like the referee allows play on after the first incident but as Hargreaves is upended, blows for the second foul. He then books Vittek, but not Debnár.
- 9
- Rastislav MichalíkRastislav Michalík.
Born 14th Jan 1974, Staškov, Slovakia.
- 14
- Ondrej DebnárOndrej Debnár.
Born 18th Jun 1972, Zvolen.
88:31 Pulling back Vassell after he had skipped past him. - '3938:34
- 15
- Marek MintálMarek Mintál.
Born 2nd Sep 1977, Žilina, Slovakia.
- '5554:52
- 17
- Ľuboš ReiterĽubomír Reiter.
Born 3rd Dec 1974, Stropkov.
- '7675:03
Notes
- Penalty: Michael Owen1st scored from 1 taken (100.0%). England's 88th overall. 62nd minute. "The penalty for the equaliser awarded by the referee Wolfgang Stark after an hour [60:11] was dubious, since Marian Zeman barely made contact with Owen, who looked eager to hit the turf. Undisturbed by his conscience, the Liverpool forward sent the goalkeeper the wrong way from the spot [61:02]."
- Player MilestoneMichael Owen's 50th Cap
Sources
- englandstats.com Digital Archive
- BBC Football "Owen inspires England", Wednesday 11th June 2003.
- The Guardian "Caps off to two-goal Owen", Thursday 12th June 2003.
- YouTube
Referee
Germany Wolfgang Stark
ELO Ratings
- Up 1 place, gaining 4 ranking points to 1961 points
England - 5th - 1 
Slovakia - 43rd
Euro 04 Qualifying
(Group 7)
- England
- 20
- +9
- 0
- 2
- 6
- 8
- Turkey
- 19
- +12
- 1
- 1
- 6
- 8
- Slovakia
- 10
- +2
- 4
- 1
- 3
- 8
- Macedonia
- 6
- -3
- 4
- 3
- 1
- 8
- Liechtenst...
- 1
- -20
- 7
- 1
- 0
- 8
