Football report on the England vs. Denmark world cup second phase match.

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Karl Buckroyd 103B 27/04/07

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Football report on the England vs. Denmark world cup second phase match

  As the build up to the big match between England and Denmark in the world cup second phase begins we took sometime to the fans out side the stadium who were all pleased to be their and expected England to win. The Danish supporters were drowned out by the chants of the England fans.

  England made a rocky start to their campaign with a one all draw with Sweden. It was truly a game of two half’s. With Sol Campbell scoring his first ever international goal. England then came up against one of the favourites to win the world cup and one of our arch rivals, Argentina. Their was no love lost in this match where there were still memories of 1998 when David Beckham was sent off after reacting to a foul by Diego Simeone. England won the match one nil after David Beckham converted the penalty kick that was given for a foul on Michael Owen. England defended for the majority of the match but reminded Argentina of their capabilities when two superb shots from Paul Scholes and Teddy Sheringham were saved. Two players that played to their potential that night were Rio Ferdinand and Nicky Butt, Nicky Butt got man of the match on his first ever world cup start. Next up was Nigeria; England needed a point out of it to be guaranteed a place in the second phase. This was delivered with a goalless draw But England should have had a goal which was denied by a superb save from the young Nigerian goalkeeper which will surely be a contender for the save of the tournament.

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  Denmark made a good start to the world cup with a 2-1 victory over Uruguay but Uruguay scored a magnificent Equaliser from a corner, the ball did not touch the floor once after the kick was taken and a volley from nearly 20 yards away into the top corner of the net from the right back put them back into the match.  Then came a 1-1 all draw with new comers Senegal who had all ready managed to beat the current world champions, France 1-0. Then came their last match with France. France had to win by two clear ...

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