International Matches: England v Germany - 22 Aug

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Wednesday, 22 August 2007

International Friendlies

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England v Germany - Ch 23 - 3:00am - (Live) - (Thur Morning)

England will be without Steven Gerrard, Owen Hargreaves and Darren Bent for the friendly against Germany on Wednesday.
Liverpool midfielder Gerrard will rest his broken toe while Manchester United's Hargreaves is still feeling pain from his knee injury.

Bent misses out because of a thigh injury he suffered in Tottenham's win over Derby on Saturday.

England have also confirmed Portsmouth defender Sol Campbell will play no part in the game because of a groin injury.

There was some good news for England coach Steve McClaren on Monday as David Beckham took part in the afternoon training session.

The 32-year-old, who has been struggling to recover from an ankle injury, played his first full game for new club LA Galaxy on Saturday before taking a flight from New York to London.

Beckham (fifth from left) hobbles through training with his few remaining fit England team-mates

The Squad
Paul Robinson (Tottenham Hotspur),David James (Portsmouth), Scott Carson (Aston Villa on loan), Micah Richards (Manchester City), Wes Brown (Manchester United), Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United), John Terry (Chelsea), Ashley Cole (Chelsea), Steven Taylor (Newcastle United), Phil Neville (Everton), Nicky Shorey (Reading), David Beckham (LA Galaxy), Frank Lampard (Chelsea), Joe Cole (Chelsea), Shaun Wright-Phillips (Chelsea), Michael Carrick, (Manchester United), Gareth Barry (Aston Villa), Stewart Downing, (Middlesbrough), Kieron Dyer (West Ham United), Alan Smith (Newcastle United), Michael Owen (Newcastle United), Peter Crouch (Liverpool), Andrew Johnson (Everton), Jermain Defoe (Tottenham Hotspur).

Other Matches

Albania v Malta
Austria v Czech Republic
Belarus v Israel
Bosnia-Herzegovina v Croatia
Brazil v Algeria
Bulgaria v Wales
Colombia v Mexico
Costa Rica v Peru,
Denmark v Rep of Ireland
Ecuador v Bolivia
FYR Macedonia v Nigeria
Greece v Spain
Hungary v Italy
Iceland v Canada
Ivory Coast v Egypt
Japan v Cameroon
Latvia v Moldova
Lithuania v Turkmenistan
Luxembourg v Georgia
Montenegro v Slovenia
Norway v Argentina
Romania v Turkey
Russia v Poland
Scotland v South Africa
Slovakia v France
Sweden v USA
Switzerland v Netherlands
Ukraine v Uzbekistan

Wednesday, 22 August 2007

European Championship Qualifying

Armenia v Portugal, Group A
Belgium v Serbia, Group A
Finland v Kazakhstan, Group A

Estonia v Andorra, Group E

San Marino v Cyprus, Group D

Northern Ireland v Liechtenstein, Group F

omgukilledkenny SG

Just reported that Andrew Johnson is also injured, maybe Owen will be given a start in the team.

omgukilledkenny SG

Frank Lampard’s early goal was not enough as Germany came from behind to beat England 2-1 at Wembley and heap more pressure on Steve McClaren.

zocoss SG

Oh dear. Typically rubbish goalkeeping from Paul Robinson and an appalling miss by Michael Owen conspired to turn what had threatened to be a decent England performance into a 2-1 defeat by Germany. Hardly the ideal preparation for next month's must-win qualifiers - but, remarkably, Steve McClaren managed to spot "many positives". Did you see any?

PAUL ROBINSON admits he fears for his England place after his latest blunder show at Wembley. The jittery keeper dropped a massive clanger on a disastrous night for the Three Lions against their arch-rivals. Spurs stopper Robbo let in a soft equaliser for Germany and now looks set for the chop in next months crucial Euro 2008 qualifier in Israel. England have now managed just two wins in their last nine matches and they were against Andorra and Estonia.

Robinson said: Do I worry about my place? Yes, definitely. Im very disappointed with the way I played. Im very disappointed with the first goal. I got myself in a reasonable position for the ball to be crossed. I was unlucky on two counts. But people wont show sympathy. You can understand why and Im hurting.

Robinson has been England No 1 for two years but a series of errors have put his place in jeopardy. His air-kick cock-up in Croatia last October led to a miserable 2-0 defeat and put England boss Steve McClaren under serious pressure.

David James replaced Robbo at half-time last night in his first international outing for two years. Now the Portsmouth keeper looks a decent bet to take over next time out.

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His air-kick co.ck-up in Croatia last October led to a miserable 2-0 defeat

ErikaChioBu SG

im expecting a new manager

Laughing

CKeer SG

Is it me or is Robinson really getting fatter and fatter these days? Laughing

Cheers.
CK

brokenluv SG

tho germany is missing several key players including ballack, barowski, schwenstiega ( izzit liddis ) klose, we have to give england some credit. i thought they played well and created many chances albeit to some poor finishing ( including owen ).

T.Ryousuke SG

England always have selection problem and end up blame on the injury. Their problem seem like their tactic is not always rite, the player mind set and the team spirit is not there. With or without Beck is still the same? I think the manager is the person that need to be replaced not any players here. whether is 4-4-2, 4-3-3 or 4-5-1 their problem is still the left flank that lack of back up players. The auto selection means Owen still a main man in the team? I will not choose him unless he can proof himself fit and back in top form.

This Auto selection causes a lot of negative problem on the players, any players who r selected will try to impress the boss instead of winning the game as a team. Those who r confirm sure will have a place in there will take it easy.

Nothing surprise me when England lost since Sven took over, they will never win any major trophy with this kind of management.

The man who was death SG

well this was england's best match in a long while.... Laughing

imprezaWRXSTi22B SG

wow paul robinson has certainly deproved....

and england always manages to underperform.... whether under SGE or mcclaren.

and for the record, its schweinsteiger.... Mr. Green