England against Switzerland

All academic now - England are coasting in a manner that doesn't match the general quality of their performance

Johan Vonlanthen is on for Switzerland, with Hakan Yakin making way

An England change - Dyer on for Rooney. Hargreaves runs at the Swiss area and fires a shot that dribbles tamely through to Stiel

...Neville looks up and crosses low for Gerrard, who swats the ball past Stiel to make it 3-0

Some nice passing here, and Beckham will look for Gary Neville on the right of the Swiss area...

Ten minutes to play - it hasn't been pretty, it hasn't been convincing, it hasn't been interesting, but here come England again...

Switzerland have a free-kick, which Cabanas makes a bit of a mess of

Meanwhile, Gygax crosses for Switzerland, but it's miles too high for anybody to get on the end of

The Swiss have a corner, which is cleared and chased by Vassell, who has done more in two minutes than Owen did in the rest of the game

As with the first goal, England don't deserve it - but the crucial points are surely safe now for Sven's men

Great work from Vassell, who wins the ball and finds Rooney. He takes a few steps inside the penalty area and shoots - it hits the post and flies into the net off the diving Stiel. It's 2-0 England!

It's crossed towards Gygax, but is too high for the substitute

Frei battles for the ball on the edge of the area and is crowded out - but here come the Swiss again...

Owen goes off, and Darius Vassell comes on. The Liverpool striker has been largely anonymous

Look, if there was anything going on here you'd be the first to know about it

Paul Scholes is off, Owen Hargreaves on for the last 20 minutes

A tune from the mice on the mouse organ would liven things up considerably here

...and then hits a shot which has all the menace of a heavily-sedated Bagpuss. Dear oh dear ...

Beckham finds Owen, who approaches the area in a menacing fashion...

Beckham then hits it long to Rooney, whose control is superb, but who is crowded out before he's able to get a meaningful strike in

Cole crosses. Had someone been waiting about eight feet behind the far post, on that nice astroturf area, it would have been perfect. They weren't, and it wasn't

England look no likelier to get a second goal than they did when they were playing against 11 men

Owen gets away down the left to cross, but the ball is headed clear

...not quite - the threat is snuffed out, and in the end the Swiss get a goal-kick

Gerrard tries to find Owen - for a second, it looks as though the Liverpool link might work...

Poor refereeing, really - surely England can take advantage of it?

Haas fouls Cole - it looks fairly innocuous, but the referee decides on a second yellow card for the West Brom man, and he's off. That looks like a poor decision, but it'll come as a relief to England

...it hits Rooney and goes behind, and a Swiss long ball is then clutched by David James

Beckham tries to come out from behind the clouds, moving down the right to cross...

Now the Swiss are offside. If this match were weather, it would be drizzle

...his cross is deflected into the arms of Stiel and it's still a ragged, frustrating affair

Lampard finds space on the left of the Swiss area after an excellent crossfield pass...

England need to try and get some passes together, assert themselves and find some shape. Unless they do, this game will remain very much in the balance

Hakan Yakin tries an over-ambitious pass when a simpler one would have done, and a promising Swiss attack breaks down

Now the free-kick - half-cleared, scuffed back in by Gygax, and then properly cleared

Swiss change - Celestini off, and Cabanas on

Having said that, Campbell tries to nod down a free-kick, but the Swiss break and win another dangerous dead ball situation near the England area...

Switzerland, as they did in the first half, are enjoying a good spell and looking the better side

Wicky makes an excellent run and hits an excellent long-ranger - it's very close. Nerves jangling for England once again

Rooney gets back to win the ball inside his own half - nice work, but not really where England need him to be...

Beckham whips the free-kick in, and it's scrambled away, a little uncertainly, by the Swiss defence

Haas crunches in on Gerrard, and gets a booking for his troubles. Those two will be facing each other in next season's Premiership

...as is Owen, a few seconds later, for England

England giving the ball away again - Switzerland look to Frei, but he's flagged offside

It's dangerous, and Gygax is able to get a header in, which flashes wide

The Swiss kick off, and quickly win a throw near the England area...

Chapuisat is off and Daniel Gygax on as Switzrland make a change for the second half

It's half-time in what is a pretty ragged and frustrating match. But all that matters from England's point of view is the scoreline - 1-0, thanks to Wayne Rooney

It's worked for Hakan Yakin, and is curled well - it goes wide, but not by much

Hakan Yakin is adjudged to have been fouled on the edge of the England area. Very dangerous...

They have a throw, near the England penalty area, but choose to go back and build slowly...

There's still plenty of time for the Swiss to find a way back into this game, and they've fired a few warning shots in this half

...again it breaks down, and suddenly there's a touch of raggedness in the England passing as the half comes towards its conclusion

England on the ball again - it's Owen on the right...

Five minutes to the break, and England, after that awful start, are now looking reasonably settled. They have, after all, a precious lead

It breaks down, and Wicky takes over. Frei tries his luck - wonder whether he's ever been to Peterborough? Or Barnet? Or Southend? Just curious, that's all

Campbell and Gerrard work the ball to Scholes - good passing from England. Now Beckham...

Alexander 'Barry' Frei is in the thick of the action again, crossing dangerously and forcing Beckham to hack clear

Campbell then ushers Chapuisat off the ball as another potentially worrying pass is arrowed into the England area

At the other end, Neville hooks a dangerous-looking cross out of harm's way as Switzerland try to find a response

In the end, Gerrard finds Cole, whose fizzing low cross only just eludes the waiting Owen. This is more like it...

Marat Yakin fouls Rooney midway inside the Swiss half: another free-kick for England, and Beckham, to try to create from...

Nice England move - Lampard hits it left to right, Beckham with the cross, and Rooney is just closed down. Much better football from Sven's side

It swings right across the area, with nobody able to get any sort of touch

Owen, chasing a ball from Beckham, is fouled on the left-hand side of the Swiss area by West Brom defender Haas - a free-kick, and a dangerous one...

Beckham squares the ball inside the area - Scholes has a shot that deflects out for a throw

...but they come back with a dangerous cross, which Frei nods wide

England just keeping possession, knocking the ball around at the back ... you can see that some of the Swiss confidence has drained away since Rooney struck

Scholes runs into space and hits a long-ranger, which flashes well wide of the mark

Swiss free-kick - a dangerous one, near the penalty area. It's a scramble, but England just about get away with it

...the Swiss defender gets a good challenge in to thwart the Liverpool striker

Scholes then finds Owen, who runs at Murat Yakin...

...and Rooney meets the ball with a header past Stiel from inside the six-yard box. England lead 1-0 - and totally, utterly don't deserve to

Beckham finds Owen on the left-hand edge of the area - he's got time and space to cross...

Gerrard frees Beckham, who crosses first time - but there's nobody near enough the ball for the Swiss to have anything to worry about

Rooney loses possession around the halfway mark, fouling Frei in his efforts to atone. This is poverty-stricken stuff from England

...who would do well not to maintain his protests. The Swiss break down the right again with Frei, whose cross is too deep

Lampard wins the ball and frees Rooney, who contests it with Stiel and follows through a bit ... the referee books the England man

...he shoots, and Terry blocks. The Swiss are well in control

England are just giving the ball away, with Frei taking abvantage just outside the area...

Again, Hakan Yakin sweeps a splendid ball into the area, and it flicks off Gerrard and fractionally over the crossbar. That's not going to help the England nerves

Cole fouls Haas near the corner flag, and looks peeved at the decision. No reason to - he fouled him. As simple as that

Neville hurls the throw long - straight into the arms of Stiel, who has had absolutely zero to worry about so far

Hakan Yakin is penalised for a foul on Cole as Switzerland come forward again. Rooney comes forward and makes room for himself on the right. His cross is blocked for a throw

Again, the delivery is excellent, and again it's only a fraction away from a Swiss touch. England are nervous - there's no question about that

Seconds later, Cole's in action at the other end, blocking the ball and conceding a corner from the Swiss right...

Rooney, very deep, finds Campbell - Cole's on the overlap and crashes into a Swiss defender, but the referee waves play on

Scholes plays it forward, but again it's not a great pass, and again Stiel gets there to claim

Haas and Chapuisat link on the right - Scholes gets in to block the ball, but the Swiss passing is that little bit sharper and their general approach that little bit more coherent

The Swiss are looking the better and more coherent side in these - admittedly very early - stages

Then Frei makes another good run - Lampard knocks him over and Switzerland have another free-kick. It's delivered deep - too deep, and out for a goal-kick

Beckham's flattened by Wicky just inside the Swiss half - free-kick

Chapuisat and Yakin link neatly to play the ball forward to Frei - Campbell is there to thwart what was developing into a dangerous move

The move, though, breaks down - patience will be key for both sides here

Gerrard wide to Cole, and now it's switched to Beckham...

Beckham tries a through ball for Owen, who races towards it but is beaten to the bounce by Stiel

...but this corner is well dealt with. Good early pressure from the Swiss

Hakan Yakin takes an excellent one - Sol Campbell flicks it behind. The Swiss have plenty in the England area...

Chapuisat is challenged by Terry - free-kick, which can be swung in from the other side...

Switzerland come straight back, and Gary Neville is forced to put a deep cross behind for a corner on the Swiss left...

England get the ball back and get a throw just inside the Switzerland half - Cole has space on the left and crosses, but Jorg Stiel is there to make a confident claim

Here we go - Campbell on the ball, and it's wide to Neville and then won back by Switzerland

Another scorching afternoon, and England are about to get the action started

...but first, the moment everyone loves and treasures - it's anthems time!

Here come the teams - a huge sound, a huge sea of England flags and shirts. Just a few minutes remaining until kick-off now...

Both Sven Goran Eriksson and his players have been saying that spirits remain high despite the Zidane-induced traumas of the opening game - well, we're about to find out. Stay tuned

...then it's all down to Monday against Croatia. Interesting times, as fortune cookie manufacturers are wont to say

This is the big one: England, after the still unbelievable saga of injury time against France, have to bounce back with a victory...

John Terry is back in the England defensive line-up at the expense of Ledley King, who can consider himself a bit unlucky not to be starting after a superb performance against France

Look, if there was anything going on here you'd be the first to know about it

Paul Scholes is off, Owen Hargreaves on for the last 20 minutes

A tune from the mice on the mouse organ would liven things up considerably here

...and then hits a shot which has all the menace of a heavily-sedated Bagpuss. Dear oh dear ...

Beckham finds Owen, who approaches the area in a menacing fashion...

Beckham then hits it long to Rooney, whose control is superb, but who is crowded out before he's able to get a meaningful strike in

Cole crosses. Had someone been waiting about eight feet behind the far post, on that nice astroturf area, it would have been perfect. They weren't, and it wasn't

England look no likelier to get a second goal than they did when they were playing against 11 men

Owen gets away down the left to cross, but the ball is headed clear

...not quite - the threat is snuffed out, and in the end the Swiss get a goal-kick

Gerrard tries to find Owen - for a second, it looks as though the Liverpool link might work...

Poor refereeing, really - surely England can take advantage of it?

Haas fouls Cole - it looks fairly innocuous, but the referee decides on a second yellow card for the West Brom man, and he's off. That looks like a poor decision, but it'll come as a relief to England

...it hits Rooney and goes behind, and a Swiss long ball is then clutched by David James

Beckham tries to come out from behind the clouds, moving down the right to cross...

Now the Swiss are offside. If this match were weather, it would be drizzle

...his cross is deflected into the arms of Stiel and it's still a ragged, frustrating affair

Lampard finds space on the left of the Swiss area after an excellent crossfield pass...

England need to try and get some passes together, assert themselves and find some shape. Unless they do, this game will remain very much in the balance

Hakan Yakin tries an over-ambitious pass when a simpler one would have done, and a promising Swiss attack breaks down

Now the free-kick - half-cleared, scuffed back in by Gygax, and then properly cleared

Swiss change - Celestini off, and Cabanas on

Having said that, Campbell tries to nod down a free-kick, but the Swiss break and win another dangerous dead ball situation near the England area...

Switzerland, as they did in the first half, are enjoying a good spell and looking the better side

Wicky makes an excellent run and hits an excellent long-ranger - it's very close. Nerves jangling for England once again

Rooney gets back to win the ball inside his own half - nice work, but not really where England need him to be...

Beckham whips the free-kick in, and it's scrambled away, a little uncertainly, by the Swiss defence

Haas crunches in on Gerrard, and gets a booking for his troubles. Those two will be facing each other in next season's Premiership

...as is Owen, a few seconds later, for England

England giving the ball away again - Switzerland look to Frei, but he's flagged offside

It's dangerous, and Gygax is able to get a header in, which flashes wide

The Swiss kick off, and quickly win a throw near the England area...

Chapuisat is off and Daniel Gygax on as Switzrland make a change for the second half

It's half-time in what is a pretty ragged and frustrating match. But all that matters from England's point of view is the scoreline - 1-0, thanks to Wayne Rooney

It's worked for Hakan Yakin, and is curled well - it goes wide, but not by much

Hakan Yakin is adjudged to have been fouled on the edge of the England area. Very dangerous...

They have a throw, near the England penalty area, but choose to go back and build slowly...

There's still plenty of time for the Swiss to find a way back into this game, and they've fired a few warning shots in this half

...again it breaks down, and suddenly there's a touch of raggedness in the England passing as the half comes towards its conclusion

England on the ball again - it's Owen on the right...

Five minutes to the break, and England, after that awful start, are now looking reasonably settled. They have, after all, a precious lead

It breaks down, and Wicky takes over. Frei tries his luck - wonder whether he's ever been to Peterborough? Or Barnet? Or Southend? Just curious, that's all

Campbell and Gerrard work the ball to Scholes - good passing from England. Now Beckham...

Alexander 'Barry' Frei is in the thick of the action again, crossing dangerously and forcing Beckham to hack clear

Campbell then ushers Chapuisat off the ball as another potentially worrying pass is arrowed into the England area

At the other end, Neville hooks a dangerous-looking cross out of harm's way as Switzerland try to find a response

In the end, Gerrard finds Cole, whose fizzing low cross only just eludes the waiting Owen. This is more like it...

Marat Yakin fouls Rooney midway inside the Swiss half: another free-kick for England, and Beckham, to try to create from...

Nice England move - Lampard hits it left to right, Beckham with the cross, and Rooney is just closed down. Much better football from Sven's side

It swings right across the area, with nobody able to get any sort of touch

Owen, chasing a ball from Beckham, is fouled on the left-hand side of the Swiss area by West Brom defender Haas - a free-kick, and a dangerous one...

Beckham squares the ball inside the area - Scholes has a shot that deflects out for a throw

...but they come back with a dangerous cross, which Frei nods wide

England just keeping possession, knocking the ball around at the back ... you can see that some of the Swiss confidence has drained away since Rooney struck

Scholes runs into space and hits a long-ranger, which flashes well wide of the mark

Swiss free-kick - a dangerous one, near the penalty area. It's a scramble, but England just about get away with it

...the Swiss defender gets a good challenge in to thwart the Liverpool striker

Scholes then finds Owen, who runs at Murat Yakin...

...and Rooney meets the ball with a header past Stiel from inside the six-yard box. England lead 1-0 - and totally, utterly don't deserve to

Beckham finds Owen on the left-hand edge of the area - he's got time and space to cross...

Gerrard frees Beckham, who crosses first time - but there's nobody near enough the ball for the Swiss to have anything to worry about

Rooney loses possession around the halfway mark, fouling Frei in his efforts to atone. This is poverty-stricken stuff from England

...who would do well not to maintain his protests. The Swiss break down the right again with Frei, whose cross is too deep

Lampard wins the ball and frees Rooney, who contests it with Stiel and follows through a bit ... the referee books the England man

...he shoots, and Terry blocks. The Swiss are well in control

England are just giving the ball away, with Frei taking abvantage just outside the area...

Again, Hakan Yakin sweeps a splendid ball into the area, and it flicks off Gerrard and fractionally over the crossbar. That's not going to help the England nerves

Cole fouls Haas near the corner flag, and looks peeved at the decision. No reason to - he fouled him. As simple as that

Neville hurls the throw long - straight into the arms of Stiel, who has had absolutely zero to worry about so far

Hakan Yakin is penalised for a foul on Cole as Switzerland come forward again. Rooney comes forward and makes room for himself on the right. His cross is blocked for a throw

Again, the delivery is excellent, and again it's only a fraction away from a Swiss touch. England are nervous - there's no question about that

Seconds later, Cole's in action at the other end, blocking the ball and conceding a corner from the Swiss right...

Rooney, very deep, finds Campbell - Cole's on the overlap and crashes into a Swiss defender, but the referee waves play on

Scholes plays it forward, but again it's not a great pass, and again Stiel gets there to claim

Haas and Chapuisat link on the right - Scholes gets in to block the ball, but the Swiss passing is that little bit sharper and their general approach that little bit more coherent

The Swiss are looking the better and more coherent side in these - admittedly very early - stages

Then Frei makes another good run - Lampard knocks him over and Switzerland have another free-kick. It's delivered deep - too deep, and out for a goal-kick

Beckham's flattened by Wicky just inside the Swiss half - free-kick

Chapuisat and Yakin link neatly to play the ball forward to Frei - Campbell is there to thwart what was developing into a dangerous move

The move, though, breaks down - patience will be key for both sides here

Gerrard wide to Cole, and now it's switched to Beckham...

Beckham tries a through ball for Owen, who races towards it but is beaten to the bounce by Stiel

...but this corner is well dealt with. Good early pressure from the Swiss

Hakan Yakin takes an excellent one - Sol Campbell flicks it behind. The Swiss have plenty in the England area...

Chapuisat is challenged by Terry - free-kick, which can be swung in from the other side...

Switzerland come straight back, and Gary Neville is forced to put a deep cross behind for a corner on the Swiss left...

England get the ball back and get a throw just inside the Switzerland half - Cole has space on the left and crosses, but Jorg Stiel is there to make a confident claim

Here we go - Campbell on the ball, and it's wide to Neville and then won back by Switzerland

Another scorching afternoon, and England are about to get the action started

...but first, the moment everyone loves and treasures - it's anthems time!

Here come the teams - a huge sound, a huge sea of England flags and shirts. Just a few minutes remaining until kick-off now...

Both Sven Goran Eriksson and his players have been saying that spirits remain high despite the Zidane-induced traumas of the opening game - well, we're about to find out. Stay tuned

...then it's all down to Monday against Croatia. Interesting times, as fortune cookie manufacturers are wont to say

This is the big one: England, after the still unbelievable saga of injury time against France, have to bounce back with a victory...

John Terry is back in the England defensive line-up at the expense of Ledley King, who can consider himself a bit unlucky not to be starting after a superb performance against France