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England v Brazil: Preview, Team News, Live Commentary

By:JEFF-BRODRICKS Published on: February 5, 2013 7:50 pm 2 Comments

LONDON (Sporting Alert) — Full-back Ashley Cole will be handed his 100th cap when he starts for England in Wednesday’s friendly international against Brazil, national coach Roy Hodgson confirmed.

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With Everton star Leighton Baines in outstanding form this season, it was believed that Hodgson may have been tempted to start the left-back ahead of Cole on Wednesday night.

However, the head coach confirmed that the Chelsea ace will become only the seventh player to make 100 England appearances – joining Peter Shilton (125), David Beckham (115), Bobby Moore (108), Bobby Charlton (106), Billy Wright (105) and Steven Gerrard (100), who will skipper the team against Brazil.

“Yes [Cole] will start the game, then I’ll have to see what to do with Leighton, who has been doing very well.

“But Ashley will definitely start.”

Asked if Cole would lead the England team out, Hodgson told reporters, “I don’t see any reason why the captain should let anyone else lead the team out.

“Ashley does his talking and work on the field and I don’t think he’s ever pushed himself forward during his 100 appearances as a potential captain of the team.

“I think he’s just very happy to be a key player in the team so I’m pretty certain he won’t be trying to rip the armband off Steven on Wednesday.”

Meanwhile, Hodgson is yet to decide on whether or not Theo Walcott will start as a striker in his formation, although sources say the England boss will go with Manchester United duo, Wayne Rooney and Danny Welbeck.

Brazil, in the meantime, will also field a challenging team, but it is still unsure if head coach Luis Felipe Scolari will start former Barcelona star Ronaldinho in his first XI.

Bayern Munich defender Dante has earned his first call up to the international team and could make his debut, while QPR goalkeeper Julio Cesar, the on form man at the moment, is set to start in goal.

Neymar, Oscar, Ramires and Dani Alves are all in line to start as well.

England are coming off a 4-2 defeat against Sweden, while Brazil were defeated 2-1 by Argentina in their last outing.

POSSIBLE STARTING TEAMS

BRAZIL: Cesar, Alves, Miranda, Dante, Adriano, Ramires, Oscar, Paulinho, Lucas Moura, Ronaldinho, Neymar

ENGLAND: Hart, Johnson, Cahill, Jagielka, Cole, Wilshere, Gerrard, Walcott, Cleverley, Welbeck, Rooney

Filed Under: International Soccer Tagged With: brazil, Neymar, roy hodgson, Sports News, steven gerrard, Team News, Wayne Rooney

About JEFF-BRODRICKS

Just like James, Jeff works hard at providing the best possible news and reports for football fans. Some of his work includes getting starting lineups and scores in England and around Europe.

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  1. Kamara Alphabakarr says

    February 6, 2013 at 11:41 am

    I would have loved to see England winning Brazil on this match, but…..

  2. Steven Njie says

    February 6, 2013 at 5:34 pm

    steven gerrard best player ever in football.

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