Denmark v England, 15 June 2002

Kick-off: 8.30pm local (12.30pm BST) Assistant referees: Heiner Müller (Germany) Evzen Amler (Czech Republic) Fourth official: Mourad Daami (Tunisia) Man of the Match: Rio Ferdinand (England) After five minutes, David Beckham launched a corner towards Rio Ferdinand, whose header was fumbled by Thomas Sørensen into the net. Michael Owen doubled England's advantage after Trevor Sinclair's pass was flicked to him by Nicky Butt. England made it 3-0 one minute before half-time when a throw-in by Danny Mills was missed by Niclas Jensen, with Beckham passing to Emile Heskey who swept the ball home. In the second half, England appeared to take their foot off the pedal. Possibly with a view to conserving energy for the next round, they were easily able to snuff out any rare Danish attacks as neither side coming particularly close to scoring again.