England 2-1 Japan: Fabio Capello's side play their final World Cup warm-up match in the Austrian city of Graz but find themselves a goal down after only seven minutes when Tulio Tanaka fires home from a corner
The big Brazilian-born centre-back savours the moment as Takeshi Okada's team make an impressive start at the UPC Arena
Some good work by Wayne Rooney carves open Japan's defence and puts Aaron Lennon through on goal but his effort is blocked by goalkeeper Elji Kawashima as the Asian side maintain their lead
Arsenal winger Theo Walcott starts on the right and is repeatedly picked out by his team-mates in the hunt for an equaliser
At the other end, John Terry and his defensive colleagues look far from watertight as Shinji Okazaki becomes one of those who attempt to find a way through
After a fine season in the Premier League, striker Darren Bent is given the opportunity to impress but finds chances hard to come by and is substituted at half-time
England earn a great chance to equalise 11 minutes into the second half when Keisuke Honda handles to concede a penalty but Kawashima saves Frank Lampard's spot-kick
Undeterred, Capello's team continue to push and get back on level terms in the 72nd minute when substitute Joe Cole sees his testing cross headed into his own net by Tanaka
England are then gifted another goal when Ashley Cole's dangerous cross is turned past his own goalkeeper by Yuji Nakazawa and it proves to be enough to seal an unconvincing win
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