Match No. 792 - Friday, 7th June 2002, 8:30pm
England 1 - 0 Argentina
World Cup Finals (World Cup 2002) Group F Game 2
Sapporo Dome, Sapporo
David Beckham, 44' (43:16) (pen)
- 18
- Owen Hargreaves
19'
- 7
- David Beckham (c)
- 9
- Emile Heskey
54'
- 10
- Michael Owen
80'
- 4
- Trevor Sinclair
19'
- 17
- Teddy Sheringham
54'
- 14
- Wayne Bridge
80'
- 12
- Pablo Cavallero
- 13
- Diego Placente
- 4
- Mauricio Pochettino
- 6
- Walter Samuel
- 14
- Diego Simeone
- 8
- Javier Zanetti
- 18
- Kily González
64'
- 3
- Juan Pablo Sorín
- 10
- Ariel Ortega
- 11
- Juan Sebastián Verón (c)
HT
- 9
- Gabriel Batistuta
60'
- 16
- Pablo Aimar
HT
- 19
- Hernán Crespo
60'
- 7
- Claudio López
64'
Notes
- Penalty: David Beckham2nd scored from 2 taken.
Sources
- englandstats.com Digital Archive
- Official FIFA report
- BBC Football "England's sweet revenge", Friday 7th June 2002.
- The Guardian "England 1 - 0 Argentina", Friday 7th June 2002.
Managers
England - Sven-Göran Eriksson
Argentina - Marcelo Bielsa
Referee
Pierluigi Collina
Attendance
- 35,927
Half Time Score
- England 1 - 0 Argentina
ELO Rankings
England - 6th
1
Argentina - 5th