V Record - Played 23 Won 3 Drawn 9 Lost 11 Last win - Wednesday, 28th March 1990. Wembley Stadium. England 1-0 Brazil (Lineker 37). Team - Shilton (Woods 11), Stevens, Pearce, McMahon, Walker, Butcher (c), Platt, Waddle, Beardsley (Gascoigne 78), Lineker, Barnes. Highlights - Pearce's handball That John Barnes goal in 1984 - Last match - Saturday, 14th November 2009. Khalifa International Stadium, Doha. England 0-1 Brazil (Nilmar 47). Team - Foster, Brown, Bridge, Barry (Huddlestone 82), Upson, Lescott, Wright-Phillips (Cr0uch 82), Jenas, Bent (Defoe 54), Rooney (c), Milner (Young 87). Highlights -
Detailed opening post there. I wonder what nicknames Brazil will be bringing out this time!! Hulk? Kaka? Dodo? Bismarck ?
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Lennon was impressive against Man U yesterday - like a jack-in-the-box. He should set that as his standard from now on.
No Lucas in the Brazil squad - http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...tml?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Our 20 for the game. Note that the CBF include in their statistics unofficial games - games against clubs sides for example. If Ronaldinho Gaucho plays it won't therefore be his 100th cap. http://imagens.cbf.com.br/201301/1743216330.pdf TV coverage in England is via ITV - both live and highlights thereafter. http://www.itv.com/sport/football/international-friendly/match/england-brazil-3556168/
Squad - This looks pretty much what Roy would deem his strongest squad. Why has Forster been dropped? Don't get why Butland is in the squad, especially if we are only picking two keepers.
Im perplexed why Forster isnt in there considering how well he played this season. Butland has done nothing to be selected . Caulker has been dumped after a good debut . Getting less and less impressed with Hodgson.
Just read that Forster is out injured. Shame. Guess with him out and Ruddy the options are minimal. Could have called up Steele at Boro aswell.
For those of us in the US, this is on live on Fox Soccer Channel. Watch party in Kansas City had 8 ex-pats lined up to attend already
...He's not Brazilian ...therefor cannot be selected for them....other than that he ain't good enough to play for England.