sam-caddick
Well-Known Member
This could be interesting, it would be nice to see Roy go with the attacking flair we have shown in the past two games and see what it performs like against top opposition, if we lose playing that way we know what we need to do against better opposition, but it's pointless just setting up to defend in a friendly because it will teach us nothing.
Hopefully the non-European team will be Argentina.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...lies-Germany-non-European-team-confirmed.html
Hopefully the non-European team will be Argentina.
England have unveiled their plans for the build-up to the Brazil World Cup.
Next month they play two November friendlies before the World Cup draw is made on December 6.
The first will be on a Friday or Saturday night against a non-European team that is yet to be confirmed. The second will be against Germany at Wembley on November 19.
Club England managing director Adrian Bevington confirmed on Wednesday that England expect to play Germany, four days after another friendly, which will also take place at the national stadium.
'We are pretty well advanced (in negotiations for the November friendlies),' Bevington said in a joint interview with the BBC and Al-Jazeera.
'I expect to be in a position in the next 24 hours to confirm one of them. I don’t think it is any great secret that we are expecting to play Germany in the second of the two games next month.
'That would conclude the 150th anniversary celebrations of the FA so it would be a great way to end the year.
The opponents for the first fixture are to be confirmed, but it is thought that either Australia or Argentina could be the visitors to London.
Bevington added: 'We are in talks with non-European opponents at the moment with regards to the first game which would be on Friday (November 15) or Saturday (November 16), that is still to be confirmed.
'We had been looking to play Uruguay in the first game, but they are now in the play-offs so we are now speaking with other opponents.
'We expect to announce that on Thursday.'
Warm-up: England will also take on Daniel Agger, middle, and his Denmark team-mates in March
Warm-up: England could also take on Daniel Agger, middle, and his Denmark team-mates in March
Bevington also confirmed that England will then play Denmark in a friendly in March, before playing a final end-of-season game at Wembley - that will also serve as a World Cup send-off - against opposition that will be decided after the World Cup draw.
After the Premier League season is finished, the squad will fly to America to play the USA at a North American city yet to be confirmed as well as flying to Miami for a final training camp before playing one more warm-up game ahead of the World Cup in Brazil.
The Football Association (FA) has been planning for the build-up to the World Cup for some time and now they can make those plans public following the team’s qualification.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...lies-Germany-non-European-team-confirmed.html