Match No. 820 - Wednesday, 8th September 2004, 8:30pm
"A brilliant through-ball carves open the England defence, Zurawski latches onto it and rifles the ball past Robinson into the top right-hand corner. A great strike." Maciej Żurawski, 48'47:12 -
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- Jerzy DudekJerzy Dudek.
Born 23rd Mar 1973, Rybnik.
- 2
- Sebastian MilaSebastian Stefan Mila.
Born 10th Jul 1982, Koszalin.
63'62:16
- 3
- Tomasz RząsaTomasz Mariusz Rząsa.
Born 11th Mar 1973, Krakow.
- 4
- Michał ŻewłakowMichał Żewłakow.
Born 22nd Apr 1976, Warsaw.
- 5
- Arkadiusz GłowackiArkadiusz Głowacki.
Born 13th Mar 1979, Poznań.
60:24 Tripping Carragher.
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- Jacek BąkJacek Bąk.
Born 24th Mar 1973, Lublin.
(c)
- 7
- Grzegorz RasiakGrzegorz Rasiak.
Born 12th Jan 1979, Szczecin.
- 69'68:40
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- Jacek KrzynówekJacek Krzynówek.
Born 15th May 1976, Kamieńsk, Poland.
- 9
- Maciej ŻurawskiMaciej Żurawski.
Born 12th Sep 1976, Poznan.
- 10
- Mariusz LewandowskiMariusz Michał Lewandowski.
Born 18th May 1979, Legnica.
- 11
- Kamil KosowskiKamil Kosowski.
Born 30th Aug 1977, Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski.
- 80'79:43
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- Mariusz KukiełkaMariusz Kukiełka.
Born 7th Nov 1976, Tarnobrzeg.
90:38 Dissent. Protesting against the referee's decision not to award a penalty after the ball struck Cole's hand. 
63'62:16
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- Andrzej NiedzielanAndrzej Zbigniew Niedzielan.
Born 27th Feb 1979, Żary, Poland.
- 69'68:40
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- Damian GorawskiDamian Gorawski.
Born 4th Jan 1979, Ruda Slaska.
- 80'79:43
- Assist: David Beckham. "Jermain Defoe puts England ahead with a wonderful piece of skill. Despite the close attentions of a Poland defender Glowacki, not to mention standing with his back to goal, he controls a good pass from David Beckham in the box, turns his marker inside out and tucks the ball past Jerzy Dudek." Jermain Defoe1st of 20 goals. Right-footed from 10 yards., 37' 36:06
- Assist: Ashley Cole. "England regain the lead with a simple enough goal. Ashley Cole crossed from the left, Owen and Glowacki both went for it at the near post and one of them turned it in. Difficult to tell who got the final touch..." Arkadiusz Głowacki, 58' (og)57:45
- 1
- Paul RobinsonSpurs, 6th of 41 caps
24 years, 10 months, 24 days
Goalkeeper
- 2
- Gary NevilleMan Utd, 70th of 85 caps
29 years, 6 months, 18 days
Right Back - 32'31:07
- 3
- Ashley ColeArsenal, 33rd of 107 caps
23 years, 8 months, 19 days
Left Back
- 4
- Steven GerrardLiverpool, 31st of 114 caps
24 years, 3 months, 9 days
Midfield
- 5
- John TerryChelsea, 14th of 78 caps
23 years, 9 months, 1 day
Centre Back
- 6
- Ledley KingSpurs, 10th of 21 caps
23 years, 10 months, 27 days
Centre Back
- 7
- David BeckhamReal Madrid, 75th of 115 caps
29 years, 4 months, 6 days
Right Midfield (c)39th captaincy - 90'89:14
- 8
- Frank LampardChelsea, 26th of 106 caps
26 years, 2 months, 17 days
Midfield
- 9
- Jermain DefoeSpurs, 5th of 57 caps
21 years, 11 month, 1 day
Centre Forward - 87'86:51
- 10
- Michael OwenReal Madrid, 63rd of 89 caps
24 years, 8 months, 25 days
Centre Forward 27:57 "Michael Owen gets a yellow card for kicking the ball away after the whistle had gone, although it may have been for dragging Rzasa to the ground while attempting to chase a Steven Gerrard through-ball."
- 11
- Wayne BridgeChelsea, 19th of 36 caps
24 years, 1 month, 3 days
Left Midfield
- 12
- Jamie CarragherLiverpool, 15th of 38 caps
26 years, 7 months, 11 day
Right Back - 32'31:07
- 15
- Kieron DyerNewcastle Utd, 25th of 33 caps
25 years, 8 months, 10 days
Attacking Midfield - 87'86:51
- 14
- Owen HargreavesBayern Munich, 23rd of 42 caps
23 years, 7 months, 19 days
Right Midfield - 90'89:14
Notes
- Player MilestoneDavid Beckham's 75th Cap
- Player MilestoneKieron Dyer's 25th Cap
- Goal MilestoneJermain Defoe's 1st Goal
Referee
Italy Stefano Farina
ELO Ratings
- Up 2 places, gaining 14 ranking points to 1979 points
England - 4th - 2 
Poland - 30th
World Cup 2006 Q
(Group 6)
- England
- 25
- +12
- 1
- 1
- 8
- 10
- Poland
- 24
- +18
- 2
- 0
- 8
- 10
- Austria
- 15
- +3
- 3
- 3
- 4
- 10
- Northern I...
- 9
- -8
- 5
- 3
- 2
- 10
- Wales
- 8
- -5
- 6
- 2
- 2
- 10
- Azerbaijan
- 3
- -20
- 7
- 3
- 0
- 10
