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Wales v England
2012 European Champions qualifying Group G
Venue: Millennium Stadium
Kick Off 3pm ( Saturday 26th March )
England and Wales come together for the first time since September of 2004, when England came away from Cardiff with a 1-0 win in the World Cup Qualifiers. Most of the headlines for the build up has been about Fabio Capello’s pondering over whether or not to take the captaincy permanently from the injured Rio Ferdinand and hand it back to Chelsea’s John Terry.
This has courted all sorts of discussion, as Terry was stripped of the captaincy a year ago surrounding allegations about his personal life. Anyway, that’s all getting beyond the matter at hand, which is there are vital Euro 2012 qualifying points at stake. England drew the favourable group and were expected to go on and win it from the start.
After two strong opening wins against Bulgaria and Switzerland, England were halted in their tracks when an efficient and dogged Montenegro showed up at Wembley last October, and held England to a 0-0 draw. That has left England in second place in Qualifying Group G, three points behind Montenegro, but with a game in hand over them. This makes the trip to Cardiff even more vital for England, as they can’t afford realistically to fall any further behind Montenegro.
But Wales will equally be eager for points, as they look to start clawing their way back into contention in the group.
Wales v England
2012 European Champions qualifying Group G
Venue: Millennium Stadium
Kick Off 3pm ( Saturday 26th March )
England and Wales come together for the first time since September of 2004, when England came away from Cardiff with a 1-0 win in the World Cup Qualifiers. Most of the headlines for the build up has been about Fabio Capello’s pondering over whether or not to take the captaincy permanently from the injured Rio Ferdinand and hand it back to Chelsea’s John Terry.
This has courted all sorts of discussion, as Terry was stripped of the captaincy a year ago surrounding allegations about his personal life. Anyway, that’s all getting beyond the matter at hand, which is there are vital Euro 2012 qualifying points at stake. England drew the favourable group and were expected to go on and win it from the start.
After two strong opening wins against Bulgaria and Switzerland, England were halted in their tracks when an efficient and dogged Montenegro showed up at Wembley last October, and held England to a 0-0 draw. That has left England in second place in Qualifying Group G, three points behind Montenegro, but with a game in hand over them. This makes the trip to Cardiff even more vital for England, as they can’t afford realistically to fall any further behind Montenegro.
But Wales will equally be eager for points, as they look to start clawing their way back into contention in the group.
My Predictions
Score : 1-3 ( Wilshere , Rooney, Lampard )
Formation (4-4-2)
J.Hart
G.Johnson, J.Terry(C), P.Jagielka, A.Cole
M.Jarvis, J.Wilshere, F.Lampard, A.Young
W.Rooney, D.Bent
G.Johnson, J.Terry(C), P.Jagielka, A.Cole
M.Jarvis, J.Wilshere, F.Lampard, A.Young
W.Rooney, D.Bent
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