Brazil were back in form as they thrashed Portugal by six goals to two in the International Friendly that took place in Brazil yesterday. This was the first win for Brazil in front of their home fans for more than a year. Interestingly it has taken almost a year for Brazil to score a goal at home. The last three matches they played were a draw and this included a match against Argentina, Columbia and Paraguay. The match did not start well for the Americans as they were down by a goal in the fourth minute of the game. But they managed to comeback quick within four minutes of scoring by Portugal. The match was going on normally untill Brazil turned energetic and scored four goals in a gap of twenty minutes in the second half to put the match beyond all doubts and after that Portugal could do nothing to make things right. Portugal were playing their full strength and the team included the player of the year Cristiano Ronaldo, Deco, Nani, Bosingwa and Maniche who have all been cruising in their respective clubs this season but failed to work out as a collective unit. Luis Fabiano scored his first hat-trick for Brazil as they were without Ronaldinho in the match. This win has boosted the confidence of the players much and with the world cup qualifications coming up in short period of time this must prove to be doing good for Brazil.
A second string England team that was without most of its regular player won against Germany in Berlin yesterday. Germany coach had previously said that the English players were no match for his but I believe that he didn’t mean it this way. The German players were totally outbeaten in the encounter and it was Terry’s late goal that made England fans happy. This win has made Capello’s winning streak to five and he is yet to lose a match after taking over the reign at England. As expected Carrick and Johnson were in the starting lineup as the regular players were unavailable for the match. Germany started with a powerful team as Klose and Gomez were the attackers and Podolski was in the bench. It was the visitors who drew the first blood as Upson netted in the first half in a corner from Gareth Barry. The score was the same at half time and Helmes equalized in the second half. The match seemed like it was going towards a draw eventhough England was attacking well but they couldn’t score a goal. Then came the saviour of England, John Terry who scored a header in the 84th minute to seal the match. The goal proved the commitment of the captain with the country as he scored couple of matches back when he played for England.
Tottenham striker Frazier Campbell is in form as the former Manchester United player who is on loan to the Whitelane Harley is serving to be in the form of his career. The young player who scored three goals in his last two games for the Spurs today scored yet another goal to help the England U-21 team to beat Czech Republic U21 by two goals to nil. The scoreline could have been even worser had the English lads had not missed their penalty in the second half and also failed to convert the long number of chances that they recieved in the game. The Czech Republic U21 were no match for the English boys as England was in full domination of the game right from the start of the game and continued to dominate till the end of the game. The home side drew first blood when the visiting defence failed to deal with an aerial ball, which allowed Campbell to sneak in on the right and finish well from an acute angle. The result of the other Under-21 international which took place, Josh McQuoid scored a brace and an Andrew Little strike gave Northern Ireland’s Under-21s their first win in Scotland at New Douglas Park.
England and Germany are to face each other in what is said to be an international friendly and the teams are clashing with vengance in their mind. Germany are having the advantage of playign at home and England are without most of the players as the players are injured. England will be missing out Rooney, Gerrard and Lampard who are out with an injury and to the shock of much England fans David Beckham has been left out of the squad. Capello has said that David Beckham has been left out of the squad as he is out of normal football in the time as the league in America has ended. Also Walcott is out with injury. The 19-year-old was taken to hospital in agony after suffering the dislocation in a freak accident as he fell in the rain. With the midfielders absent there are chances for new lads to get the nod. It will be a big time for Michael Carrick who has been the star for Manchester United to prove something for the country as he is sure to get the nod today in the match. Seeing the Germany team they are way stronger than their opponents. There are absentees there too like the names Michael Ballack and Torsten Frings but still the team has a lot of experience within it. Bastian Schweinsteiger will be the key person to watch for them.
David Beckham has decided to move to the Italian side Milan on loan in the winter transfer window that is due to come in a couple of months. This was a move totally unexpected by the sporting world as the player is the highest paid sports person in America and also there are a number of players in the Italian side and hence they did not need extra power to add to the team. Beckham has been playing less football right when he left Real Madrid for the high paying L.A.Galaxy as the number of matches in the American league is very less compared to the matches in the European nations. To add this David Beckham also become a non regular starter for the national team as his place in the team was captured by the youth powers like Wright Philips and Theo Walcott but still the class and the style in the player’s game play hasn’t vanished and his last couple of matches for the nation proves this. He played for just under half an hour and he was flourishing with his passes and crosses which the forwards failed to convert into goals. This wasn’t spoken much as England won the match commandingly with a 5-0 win. Beckham assisted one of the goals in that.
