England - Brasilien Over 2,5
English National team is coming home after almost seven years.
Match is very attractive not just because of two world class team but from two other reasons. First is Wembley. Wembley is finally ready for biggest matches and this is one of those. Second reason is maybe more important, Beckham and Owen are playing again for England. McClaren called Beckham for the first time after WC. He was forced to do so after not so great results in Euro Qualifiers and everybody expect big comeback. Owen was injured and he couldnt help till now.
Beckham will play from first minute. Still, England has a lot of problems. Ferdinand, Dawson, Gary Neville, Ashley Cole, Woodgate and Richards are injured in defense and will not play on this match and McClaren will have problems in the back. England will play very important match in Tallinn for few days, which they must win, and McClaren want to try all possibilities. Therefore, McClaren called some new faces. One of them is Shorey from Reading and he will play on left back from the first minute, because Bridge is injured. Carragher is going to play right back, with Terry and Brown in the middle. Beckham was called after Lennon withdrew from the squad because of injury. David will play on right wing, as usual, and Joe Cole will play on left wing. Hargreaves is injured too, so in the midfield will play Gerrard and Lampard together. Owen is back too and he will lead attack because Rooney is suspended for the match in Tallinn. Smith will play beside Owen in front line, but Crouch is one possibility too if they are going to play with two strikers. But McClaren could decide to play with lonely Owen in front and with defensive midfielder, maybe King.
Brazil is preparing for Copa America this summer. Last time they visited England, thay lost against Portugal on Emirates. Ronaldinho and Kaka will play on this match after all, behind Robinho and Vagner Love from CSKA Moscow. Gilberto will be in midfield, but Dunga decided to call some new guys too, mostly from Europe.
We are expecting interesting duel of two world class teams, but this match is just preparation for much serious games which are coming. What to expect from this match? England lately had lots of problems in front of opponent’s goal. That is big problem for them, like they don’t know how to attack and score. They have world class players in all lines of team, but something is missing. Maybe Beckham can solve that problem. He is in great form in Real and two very known and big coaches had admitted they were wrong about him and after kicking him out of team they called him back. He is keen to show to everybody he deserves a place in England and he could be a key of this match. Brazil must pay intention to him and that could open space for other players, mainly for Lampard and Gerrard in midfield and for Owen. Owen could be another important figure he didn’t play after WC because of injury and now he wants to score. He already stated that he don’t think he will score, he knows it.
England will attack, while Brazil must attack, they dont know different way. With problems which England have in defense we expect one or two goals for Brazil, but we don’t believe in easy victory for Brazil. Best choice is over 2.5 goals as attacks are better parts of these two teams and we think both teams will score.
