England v Egypt Group F 21-06-1990

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00:00Yes, good evening to you from Calgary.
00:30A splendid, mild evening with a bit of breeze to it after a day of splendid sunshine.
00:37And really a showdown night for England now.
00:40Their victory would end all the arguments, all the need for those computers and calculators
00:46and would be sure of a place in the second phase of this 1990 World Cup.
00:51John Barnes on the ball on the far side, Stuart Pearce up there, Trevor Francis with me.
00:56How best should they set about this task tonight, Trevor?
00:59Well, undoubtedly with Burley Lineker up front and Waddle and Barnes pushing forward on the wings,
01:03it's an attacking formation.
01:05We definitely need to win, but I'm just concerned about the Egyptians
01:08because they've proved against the Republic of Ireland and also against Holland
01:12that they do know how to defend.
01:14And it concerns me that they may just try and defend today
01:16in the hope of getting the extra point and perhaps going into a draw.
01:20England can't afford to do that.
01:23Referee tonight from Switzerland, Kurt Roethlinsberger.
01:28Here's Barnes again, Gascoigne.
01:31Such a big influence on the midfield against the Dutch.
01:34Quickly with the free kick.
01:39Trevor suggesting Waddle and Barnes, real key men for England, getting to that byline,
01:45getting in behind this Egyptian defence.
01:49It was shown that they play with a lot of caution, but also with a lot of skill.
02:02To Yousef, who looks so comfortable on the ball
02:07and he's got a nice little ball played in there towards El Hamid, the number 10.
02:14And there were some real worrying moments there for England.
02:18As they hoisted in a really good ball for El Hamid.
02:22Yousef really a man to watch.
02:24Good crosser of the ball is Ibrahim Hassan.
02:33Barnes.
02:36Now Pearce getting in.
02:38Rams' first mistake is it.
02:40Can Lineker make him pay for it?
02:42Bull trying to get in there.
02:44England claiming a handball.
02:45Bull again, but it's gone wide.
02:49Well, for a moment, it looked as though it might fall nicely for Lineker
02:54and Bull strove might and main to make it fall for him.
02:58And another Egyptian's gone down.
03:00There'll be another delay and the referee looking at his watch.
03:03I hope he's going to add on time.
03:05What about this, Trevor?
03:07Well, that's England's first chance of the game
03:09and it wasn't through a chance that was created by a good play.
03:12It resulted from bad play by Ramsey.
03:14He should have cleared the ball here.
03:16Doesn't get his clearance away.
03:18Bull gets the shot in, but it goes well wide.
03:27Pearce getting a cross in
03:31and Ramsey for once making a mess of it
03:34under pressure from Lineker.
03:37And Bull getting a second bite at it.
03:41Struck it with some power
03:44for England.
03:47On the edge of the penalty area.
03:51Gascoigne's free kick floated in there.
03:54But Ramsey got the header in.
03:56Pearce again for England onto that left foot
03:58until Youssef got in there and made it difficult for him,
04:01but still with Lineker.
04:02Now with Gascoigne dribbling past one and past another.
04:05Still with Gascoigne, pulls it back
04:08and it goes behind for another corner.
04:11That's twice in the last two minutes
04:13that Gascoigne has raised English hopes
04:16with those mazy little dribbles of his getting to the byline
04:19and as yet is unable to find that finishing touch.
04:23England fans have found their voices at any rate
04:25as Gascoigne now takes another corner.
04:28A wider one this time towards Steve Bull.
04:31Can Wright keep the ball in play?
04:34Yes, he can.
04:35Just find Steve McMahon
04:38and now for Paul Parker.
04:39Crossed in once more again on the far side.
04:42Is Gascoigne again?
04:46Beats two, beats three, beats four.
04:49Finds Waddle.
04:51He beats one, but
04:53he runs into El Hamid.
04:58Abdel Ghani.
05:02But with three minutes to go to halftime,
05:05the signs gradually adjust a little more in Cologne.
05:07Nice little header here.
05:15Hassan.
05:16Abdel Ghani.
05:20And Shilton.
05:22Abdel Ghani
05:23hitting from something like 40 yards.
05:28And Shilton right at the end being forced to push that one away for the corner.
05:34Great strike this one
05:36and that would have just...
05:40Gascoigne.
05:42Parker.
05:44Getting it through to Lineker.
05:45Just come off the defender a little bit.
05:46Paul Parker in there.
05:47Parker's shot.
05:48Well saved.
05:49Corner for England.
05:58Which Horvath will take?
06:00Again the big men are forward in there.
06:02Mark Wright.
06:03Stuart Pearce has come in as well.
06:06Barnes at the near post.
06:08Lineker in there lurking in the six yard area.
06:11Waddle now curling it in towards that Egyptian goal.
06:14A flick on by John Barnes.
06:15It's gone over the top.
06:22Well that was certainly a good play by Paul Parker.
06:24He played the ball into Gary Lineker.
06:25Went for the one-two.
06:26Continued his run.
06:28Got a good shot and a goal.
06:29That was a good positive attitude.
06:30But what was disappointing was the corner.
06:32We are so good at set pieces, especially corners.
06:34But that was a complete waste.
06:41There's Wright.
06:45Here's Waddle.
06:48That's England's throw.
06:51Referee's played just...
06:5445 seconds so far of time added on.
06:58You'd trust there's a good bit more of that.
07:00Because there's been an awful lot of time wasting and injuries.
07:04There's Gascoigne.
07:05Tries a very ambitious ball towards Pearce on the far side.
07:08But it comes through to Barnes.
07:09Down he goes.
07:10That's a free kick.
07:12And looking in a certain amount of discomfort as well.
07:18Frustration there from Gascoigne.
07:22Wanting somebody, Paul Parker I think, to look where he's playing the ball.
07:26You can see the animation on the England faces
07:28suggesting there's a concern there as well.
07:31The foul by Hassan on Barnes.
07:34Trevor Francis.
07:35Yeah, we saw in the picture there that the moment that John Barnes collected that ball
07:39we could see three players actually there
07:41came in on John Barnes.
07:42There were four, just one outside the picture.
07:44They realised that John Barnes is the danger.
07:47But I think that John Barnes collecting balls in those areas
07:49he must be 40 yards from goal.
07:51He's not a danger there.
07:52He has to collect them nearer to the goal to cause problems.
07:56Incident again.
07:57The three players around him, one just out of the picture.
08:02Barnes is OK to go on.
08:16Pierce behind this.
08:17Gascoigne also.
08:19Referee looking at the watch.
08:22Gascoigne's free kick.
08:24Knocked in by Wright.
08:25Knocked away by Yakan.
08:28McMahon in there again.
08:29Now Wright.
08:31In an unaccustomed position on that far touchline.
08:34Gascoigne playing it into Barnes.
08:36Barnes.
08:38Getting it away and Ramsey
08:41with a heady clearance.
08:42Barnes again.
08:43Putting it into that danger area.
08:45No, he puts it to Pierce.
08:48That's a corner for England.
08:49Right on half-time.
08:50Referee's already played.
08:51Nearly three minutes of time added on.
08:55Can England snatch something now in the last minute?
08:58Can they do something now in the last seconds of this first half?
09:00Their form has improved in the last ten minutes or so.
09:03But that doesn't say an awful lot
09:05because the first thirty minutes was absolutely dreadful
09:07where they were so negative themselves.
09:09Gascoigne floating it in there.
09:11Should be a force to punch it away.
09:13Not very accurately.
09:14Wright with a header.
09:15And in the end the Egyptians take possession
09:18and Hassan gets it forward.
09:20Only Walker is up there though.
09:23And now Parker returning it once more
09:25towards John Barnes.
09:27Down for Pierce.
09:28Played in again towards Gascoigne who's gone in there.
09:30Bull's in there as well.
09:33Just look at the red shirts in that box.
09:35Eight of them at least.
09:36And only Hassan is forward for Egypt.
09:43And the half-time whistle.
09:46So England are still looking for that vital breakthrough.
09:51Welcome back then.
09:53As England now start this vital second half
09:56against Egypt here in Cagliari.
10:00Bobby Robson came out.
10:01The look on his face suggested that he might have had
10:03the paint peeling on the dressing room walls at half-time.
10:06I would have thought he just about read the riot act there
10:09needing a lot more aggression
10:13and a positive attitude from his players
10:15in this second half against Egypt.
10:17Steve Ball.
10:23Actually Bobby when you look at him
10:24he always looks to seem as if he is a worried man
10:26but the first two games against the Republic of Ireland
10:29against Holland he looked so relaxed.
10:31But really at this stage of this game
10:33he must be a very worried man.
10:36Well here's a free kick to Egypt.
10:39Wright the first to appear with a good power play
10:42and he's got it.
10:45Wright the first to appear with a good powerful header
10:47up to Gary Lineker.
10:50Barnes.
10:53Pearce played again towards Lineker
10:55who of course had this toe injury
10:57playing with an injection
10:59which has made it virtually I gather
11:01almost a frozen toe
11:02and he hasn't really to be fair
11:04looked quite as lively in this game
11:06as he had in the previous two.
11:09A free kick here for England.
11:12Pearce tracking his man there
11:14and lucky not to have conceded a free kick actually.
11:18Now Waddle
11:19finding Lineker.
11:21Bull is up ahead.
11:23Lineker
11:24finding Waddle
11:25getting the cross in now
11:27and well Bull was almost there.
11:33And obviously collided with goalkeeper Shabbir
11:36but a much more promising move from England
11:39a little bit of flowing movement about that one
11:42Lineker and Waddle
11:43the prime movers of course
11:45Lineker holding it up
11:46sensing that Waddle was making his run
11:48Waddle whipping in his cross
11:50and Bull just unable to finish it off
11:52and took a knock I remember
11:55in the game against the Republic of Ireland
11:57in a clash with John Aldridge.
12:00Very similar situation.
12:02As for Waddle
12:05Gascoigne now
12:06moving the ball a yard in
12:08so that he can get to it.
12:11Curled in well there
12:12and picked in well by Mark Wright.
12:20England go ahead
12:22the big defender
12:24nods in their free kick from Paul Gascoigne
12:27and the breakthrough that England sorely needed
12:30at last comes
12:33thanks to Wright.
12:36Trevor Francis
12:38Well you felt that if England were going to score
12:40it was going to be from a set piece
12:41the Egyptians are not the strongest at the back
12:43the keeper comes for it there
12:45doesn't get there
12:46he's badly at fault
12:47and Mark Wright puts it away.
12:51And as Wright doing a defending job at the other end
12:54it might even have just flicked off finally a defender
12:56but that was certainly Mark Wright's goal.
13:03Brian I can't help but think with no Egypt pushing forward
13:06it's a good time to bring on the sweeper system.
13:09Well they're looking ever more dangerous
13:12this is El Hamid
13:14little touch through again
13:16and
13:18that time Ahmed Ramsey
13:20not getting enough power on the shot
13:22and no problems there for Peter Shilton.
13:26Gascoigne
13:27some pace now
13:28as he sprints from the midfield
13:29he's gone round one
13:30he's gone round another one
13:32no he's brought down but
13:35maybe that was a little optimistic to expect
13:37that the referee would give anything there
13:38but at least he's given a throw to England
13:42which Stuart Pearce would have liked
13:44and he has
13:45and he's got it
13:46and he's got it
13:47and he's got it
13:48and he's got it
13:49and he's got it
13:50and he's got it
13:51and he's got it
13:52and he's got it
13:53and he's got it
13:54which Stuart Pearce will take
13:57certainly power and pace in Gascoigne's run
13:59and just for one glorious moment
14:01it looks as though he might have got clear of the last man
14:04it's with Barnes
14:06and now with Pearce
14:08cross coming in
14:09towards Lineker
14:10he lost the ball for a fraction of a second
14:13but his chip there
14:15is beyond the byline
14:17it's a goal kick
14:2514 minutes of the second half have gone
14:27when Mark Wright put England
14:291-0 into the lead
14:31England are not out of the wood yet by a long way
14:36leading 1-0
14:38the Egyptians
14:39can look
14:40very dangerous
14:41Adel Ghani
14:43oh and a great save by Shilton
14:50well Hassan
14:51is furious with that
14:52but it was a splendid save by Shilton
14:55and proving the point that England are
14:57by no means out of the wood
14:58Trevor
15:00well they're complaining
15:01because they thought it was a handball
15:03and if we just see the action here
15:09is this where it is
15:12there against Mark Wright
15:13but really
15:14he should have scored there
15:15there's a bad miss
15:16Egyptians will have done their homework
15:18that's for sure
15:19just three in their wall
15:22Shabir of course behind them
15:29Gascoigne floated in there
15:31oh and it needed a save
15:34super free kick by Paul Gascoigne
15:38and it earns England a corner
15:42perfectly flighted
15:43that would have just crept in
15:47so England still leading by a goal to nil
15:50with a little over 10 minutes of the game to go
16:00and it'll be a tense 10 minutes for them
16:04Mark Wright very nearly got in there again
16:08Parker does well
16:09wobble once more
16:10the cross coming in again
16:12Pearce lifting it
16:13Bull trying to get in there
16:14Shabir also
16:15Wright hitting the ball
16:16and hitting it straight at the goalkeeper
16:18and needs now to get back and do some defending
16:20Barnes trying to hold off Youssef
16:22in goes McMahon
16:23does it well
16:24but a free kick's been awarded to the Egyptians
16:29they look a good side the Egyptians
16:30and there's some
16:33plenty of work to get through in these last few minutes
16:38Hassan
16:40Wright with a head up
16:42had a storming game
16:43not only because of his goal
16:44played on once more
16:45here's Shilton
16:48they're a very good side to watch aren't they
16:50when they play in a positive way
16:51here's Stuart Pearce
16:52and got to be secure now
16:55as the Egyptians
16:57take this corner
17:05it's a well taken one as well
17:06Shilton didn't get there
17:09but happily for England
17:10it went over the top
17:14Abdel Ghani was right in there
17:15with a header
17:16and the referee
17:19you saw him stopping his stopwatch there
17:21to add time on
17:24Shilton in a bit of trouble
17:28but he came for that one and
17:30didn't really get very close to it
17:32no it was a bit worrying there
17:34because he came like the Egyptian keeper did
17:36for the goal of Mark Wright
17:37and completely missed his punch
17:40I think in a situation like this
17:41with just a few minutes left
17:42they're going to start throwing high balls in
17:44and it's the perfect time to bring on Terry Butcher
17:48up goes McMahon
17:49wins it in the air
17:50Lineker after this one
17:51heads it towards Platt
17:53needed Platt to go in and win that one though
17:56needs someone just to get this ball off the Egyptians once more
17:59as the referee again looks at his watch
18:01it's played in there again
18:04and England once again get it away
18:07up to Pearce Lee
18:08but the final whistle has gone
18:09and England reach the second phase
18:11no argument about that
18:13no need for calculators
18:14no need for lotteries
18:16the goal by Mark Wright
18:17his first for England
18:19has ensured that Bobby Robson's men
18:21go marching on in this 1990 World Cup
18:23victors here by one goal to nil
18:25against Egypt