The photo above shows England footballer Nicky Butt and Brazilian
footballer Ronaldinho during the
2002 World Cup quater-final. Mexican
referee Felipe Ramos Rizo looks on intently.
ENGLAND 1:2 BRAZIL. 21.06.02 Shizuoka, Shizuoka Stadium ECOPA (47,436)
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ENGLAND: David Seaman, Danny Mills, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell, Ashley Cole (80 Teddy Sheringham), David Beckham,
Nicky Butt, Paul Scholes, Emile Heskey, Michael Owen (79 Darius Vassell), Trevor Sinclair (59 Kieron Dyer)
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BRAZIL: Marcos, Cafu (c), Edmilson, Lucio, Roque Junior, Roberto Carlos, Kleberson, Gilberto Silva, Ronaldo (70 Edilson), Rivaldo, Ronaldinho
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1:0 Michael Owen (22'43), 1:1 Rivaldo (+46'49), 1:2 Ronaldinho (49'03)
Referee - Felipe Ramos Rizo (Mexico).
The photo above shows England footballer Nicky Butt during the 2002 World Cup group match against Nigeria.
ENGLAND 0:0 NIGERIA
12.06.02 Osaka, Osaka Nagai Stadium (44, 864)
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ENGLAND: David Seaman, Danny Mills, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell, Ashley Cole (85 Wayne Bridge), David Beckham, Nicky Butt,
Paul Scholes, Emile Heskey (69 Teddy Sheringham), Michael Owen (77 Darius Vassell), Trevor Sinclair
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NIGERIA: Vincent Enyenma, Efe Sodje, Joseph Yobo, Isaac Okoronkwo, Ifeanyi Udeze, Augustine 'Jay-Jay' Okocha (c), Justice Christopher,
James Obiorah, Femi Opabunmi (86 Pias Ikedia), Julius Aghahowa, Benedict Agwuegbu
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Referee:Brian Hall (United States)
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ENGLAND 3:0 DENMARK (3:0)
15.06.02 Niigata, Niigata Big Swan Stadium (40, 582)
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ENGLAND: David Seaman, Danny Mills, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell, Ashley Cole (85 Wayne Bridge), David Beckham, Nicky Butt,
Paul Scholes (49 Kieron Dyer), Emile Heskey (69 Teddy Sheringham), Michael Owen (h-t Robbie Fowler), Trevor Sinclair
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DENMARK: Thomas Sørensen, Thomas Helveg (7 Kasper Bøgelund), Martin Laursen, René Henriksen (c), Niclas Jensen,
Dennis Rommedahl, Stig Tøfting (58 Claus Jensen), Thomas Gravesen, Jesper Grønkjaer, Jon Dahl Tomasson, Ebbe Sand
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1:0 Rio Ferdinand (4'04), 2:0 Michael Owen (21'52), 3:0 Emile Heskey (43'47)
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booked - Danny Mills / Stig Tøfting. Referee - Markus Merk (Germany)
The photo above shows England footballer Nicky Butt during the 2002 World Cup group match
against Argentina. Image by George Herringshaw. ©
ENGLAND 1:0 ARGENTINA (1:0)
07.06.02 Sapporo, Sapporo Dome (35, 937)
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ENGLAND: David Seaman, Danny Mills, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell, Ashley Cole, David Beckham, Owen Hargreaves (19 Trevor Sinclair),
Nicky Butt, Paul Scholes, Emile Heskey (56 Teddy Sheringham), Michael Owen (80 Wayne Bridge)
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ARGENTINA: Pablo Cavallero, Mauricio Pochettino, Walter Samuel, Diego Placente, Javier Zanetti, Ariel Ortega, Diego Simeone (2nd c),
Juan Veron (c - h-t Pablo Aimar), Juan Pablo Sorin, Gabriel Batistuta (60 Hernan Crespo), Kily Gonzalez (64 Claudio Lopez)
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1:0 David Beckham (43'18) penalty
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booked - Ashley Cole, Emile Heskey / Gabriel Batistuta. Referee:Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
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Referee - Pierluigi Collina (Italy)