International Friendlies Discussion v2.0

[Adi]

England manager Fabio Capello is expected to include David Beckham and Theo Walcott when he names his provisional squad tomorrow to face France next week; both missed out on Capello's first squad.

 :thumbsup:

[manutd.]

Awesome, that's great news!  :cheers:

[manutd.]

England v France

Goalkeepers: James (Portsmouth), Carson (Aston Villa), Kirkland (Wigan)
Defenders: Bridge, A Cole, Terry (Chelsea), Johnson (Portsmouth), Brown, Ferdinand (Man Utd), Lescott (Everton), Wheater (Middlesbro'), Woodgate (Spurs), Upson (West Ham)
Midfielders: Barry, Young (Aston Villa), Bentley (Blackburn), J Cole, Lampard, Wright-Phillips (Chelsea), Beckham (LA Galaxy), Gerrard (Liverpool), Hargreaves (Man Utd), Downing (Middlesbro'), Jenas (Spurs)
Forwards: Walcott (Arsenal), Agbonlahor (Aston Villa), Crouch (Liverpool), Rooney (Man Utd), Owen (Newcastle), Defoe (Portsmouth).

[Adi]

And yes... Beckham has been named in the squad. I'm thinking he'll come on as a sub in the second half on the right wing.

Hell, knowing how Beckham is, he'll probably go crazy in the pre-game training sessions and earn himself a starting spot.

[manutd.]

Predictions for March 26th;

England v France:
2-2

Brazil v Sweden
2-1 Brazil

[moby]

england will be out for revenge from last euros crasing defeat

[cigar omar]

France will stomp England. Brazil will do the same to Sweden.  :thumbsup:

[moby]

i like those predictions or should i say facts  :thumbsup:

[a;sdlfkjas;df]

USA 3 - 0 Poland

Bocanegra, Onyewu, Lewis

[cigar omar]

All International Friendlies so far

Bulgaria        2 - 1     Finland
Denmark      1 - 1   Czech Republic
Luxembourg  0 - 2  Wales
Austria       3 - 4  Netherlands
Portugal      1 - 2      Greece
Poland      0 - 3      United State
Sweden        0 - 1      Brazil
Northern Ireland 4 - 1 Georgia
Belgium      1 - 4      Morocco   :biggrin:
Switzerland   0 - 4      Germany
Ghana          1 - 2      Mexico
France      1 - 0      England
Scotland       1 - 1      Croatia
Spain      1 - 0      Italy
Colombia     1 - 2      Honduras
Jamaica       2 - 2      Trinidad & Tobago
Ecuador      3 - 1      Haiti
Venezuela      0 - 1      Bolivia
Peru      3 - 1      Costa Rica
Slovakia      1 - 2      Iceland
Bosnia-Herzegovina      2 - 2      Macedonia
Romania      3 - 0      Russia
Malta      7 - 1      Liechtenstein
Montenegro      3 - 1      Norway
Egypt      0 - 2      Argentina
Tunisia      2 - 0      Ivory Coast   :thumbsup:
Belarus      2 - 2      Turkey  :dontknow:
Israel      1 - 0      Chile
South Africa      3 - 0      Paraguay  :biggrin:
Ukraine      2 - 0      Serbia
Hungary      0 - 1      Slovenia
Algeria      0 - 1      Congo DR
Bulgaria      2 - 1      Finland

[manutd.]

Malta!

7-1? Wow!

 

[Adi]

Holland really surprised me. How the hell can you go down 3-0 to Austria? If they keep that up, they'll be out in the group stages of the EURO. No quality side is going to let you climb out of a 3-0 deficit.

US of A also put in a hell of a performance. I was definitely not expecting a 3-0 win over an improving Poland side. I guess people still underestimate the work-rate of the US. It was also nice seeing the formation work with Donovan and Dempsey playing out wide. Perhaps it will allow the US to take advantage of all its forwards. Nice new jerseys by the way.

Germany destroyed Switzerland. Great result... that should put us back on track.

Nice win for Spain. I think they'll be for real this summer... no early exit for them. I see them playing at least in the semi-final.