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Up-to-the-Second Score: England 1, Argentina 0 -- Final Match Report | Scene |
90'+2 - Final whistle. England makes Beckham's penalty kick stand for the 1-0 victory and revenge for their loss to Argentina in France '98. Sweden and England stand atop the Group of Death with four points, and Argentina drops to third with three. |
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90' - English defense doing well to withstand the late pressure from Argentina. |
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87' - Aimar sends another long shot well high. |
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83' - Argentina earns its eighth corner kick, but again can't convert. |
80' - Hoping to protect the 1-0 lead, England brings on an extra defender, Wayne Bridge, in place of striker Michael Owen, leaving Sheringham alone up top. |
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77' - Quick reaction by Seaman to save a point-blank header by Pocchettino on a corner kick. |
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74' - Aimar sends a freekick into the mixer, but Mauricio Pocchettino can't direct his header on target. |
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72' - Seaman catches a cross by Ariel Ortega. |
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68' - Sheringham header on a Beckham freekick misses right. |
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68' - Pablo Aimar sends an open shot from the top of the box high over the net. |
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66' - Sinclair shot saved by Cavallero. |
64' - Claudio Lopez replaces Kily Gonzalez. |
60' - Argentina makes a swtich up top: Hernan Crespo in for Gabriel Batistuta. |
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58' - Scholes lofts a pass to Sheringham, whose first touch is a blast that Cavallero manages to parry over the crossbar. |
56' - Teddy Sheringham replaces an ineffective Emile Heskey for England. |
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55' - Beckham fights past Diego Placente and pokes a shot wide of the near post. |
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54' - Batistuta off-balance shot from long distance sails high. |
50' - England's Emile Heskey cautioned. |
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49' - Cavallero punches away a swerving shot ripped by Paul Scholes on a half volley from over 20 yards. |
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48' - Owen gets loose in the box again and sends a shot wide. |
46' - Argentina kicks off the second half hoping to find more space for Gabriel Batistuta. |
46' - Pablo Aimar replaces Juan Sebastian Veron for Argentina. |
| Second Half |
45'+1 - Halftime whistle from Pierluigi Collina. |
44' - Goal England. David Beckham converts the penalty kick, launching a low rocket down the middle as Pablo Cavallero dives to his right. |
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43' - Mauricio Pocchettino clips Michael Owen as he dribbles by in the box, earning a penalty kick for England. |
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40' - Kily Gonzalez heads to the sideline with a bloody nose after catching an elbow from Beckham on an aerial challange. He returns to the match two minutes later. |
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37' - The pace of the match has slowed as halftime approaches. |
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31' - Kily Gonzalez puts a half volley well over the bar. |
29' - Ashley Cole booked for persistent fouling. |
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25' - Batistuta header saved by Seaman. |
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24' - Michael Owen, one-on-three in the box, rips a shot between the legs of Walter Samuel that beats Cavallero but bounces off the far post. |
19' - Trevor Sinclair replaces an injured Owen Hargreaves on the left wing for England. |
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18' - Pablo Cavallero soars to punch away a Beckham corner kick, taking a blow to the head from Rio Ferdinand in the process. |
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17' - Now England retaliates with three fouls, as both sides are keeping referee Pierluigi Collina of Italy busy on his whistle. |
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16' - Argentina commits its fourth foul in a span of three minutes, giving Beckham a series of freekicks on which England is unable to capitalize. |
13' - Gabriel Batistuta booked for a foul on Danny Mills. |
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12' - Argentina wins the ball after an England freekick from midfield and strings together a lengthy possession without reaching the England box. |
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10' - Michael Owen and David Beckham finally get their first touches for England. |
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8' - Argentina settles the ball in the box and plays it back to Kily Gonzalez, who blasts a low shot wide right. |
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4' - Seaman leaps in traffic to catch a hopeful cross by Juan Sebastian Veron. |
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3' - Gabriel Batistuta heads wide to Kily Gonzalez, who attempts to cross back to Batistuta, but David Seaman controls easily. |
1' - England kicks off. |
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Kickoff at 7:30 a.m. ET; 12:30 p.m. GMT |
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