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Wednesday, 6 February 2013
FA's 150th Year Celebration Match


England 2 Brazil 1 [1-0]
 

The National Stadium, Wembley, Brent, Greater London
Kick-off (GMT): 7.34pm

Attendance: 87,453

94 minutes 46:02 & 48:20 Luis Fabiano kicked-off


[1-0] Wayne Rooney 26 25:44
Theo Walcott: FORTUNATE
 18-yard right-footed placed strike after Júlio César saved Walcott's shot
[0-0] Ronaldinho 19 18:18
 Hart dived to his left to save the penalty and then stopped the loose ball afterwards
(Wilshere handled Ronaldinho cross 17:24 awarded 17:26)

 

[2-1] Frank Lampard 60 59:26
Wayne Rooney: CREATIVE
 18-yard right-footed placed strike in off the post after Rooney's lay-off
[1≡1] Fred 48 47:48
18-yard left-footed strike out of Hart's left reach following Cahill's mis-clearance
[1-1] Fred 18 yard shot hits the crossbar
49:01
no yellow or red cards
Commentator: Clive Tyldesley with Andy Townsend
 

Match Summary

Officials from Portugal

England Squad

Type

Brazil Squad
Referee (black) - Pedro Proença Oliveira Alves Garcia
42 (3 November 1970), Lisboa, FIFA listed 2003.

Assistant Referees - Bertino Cunha Miranda, 38 (18 May 1972) and José Tiago Garcias Bolinhas Trigo, 38 (2 July 1972).
Fourth official -
Duarte Nuno Pereira Gomes, 40 (16 January 1973), Funchai.

A minute's silence was held, and black armbands worn, as a mark of respect for the former England captain, Bobby Moore, as well as those that died in the recent nightclub fire in Brazil and the 55th anniversary of the Munich Air disaster.

Steven Gerrard was awarded his Golden Cap by Peter Shilton.
12 Goal Attempts 15
6 Attempts on Target 5
0 Hit Bar/Post 1
7 Corner Kicks Won 2
1 Offside Calls Against 1
12 Fouls Conceded 7
44% Possession 56%

England Team

 

Rank:

FIFA (14 January 2013) 6th
EFO ranking Group 2 to 1 (2)
ELO rating 6th
Colours: The 2012 home uniform - White v-neck collared jerseys with red piping on collar, white shorts with red trim, white socks with two-tone red hoop.
Capt: Steven Gerrard
(26th (38) captaincy (3))
Manager: Roy Hodgson, 65 (9 August 1947), appointed 1 May 2012,
13th match, W 8 - D 4 - L 1 - F 25 - A 11.
Roy Hodgson is now the oldest England manager
England Lineup
1 Hart, C. Joseph J. 25
293 days
19 April 1987 G Manchester City FC 28 21ᵍᵃ
28th penalty kick missed
     
2 Johnson, Glen M. 28
167 days
23 August 1984 RB Liverpool FC 45 1
3 Cole, Ashley, off 46th min. 32
48 days
20 December 1980 LB Chelsea FC 100 0
England's seventh centurion, & first time two have been on the field
4 Gerrard, Steven G. 32
252 days
30 May 1980 DM Liverpool FC 101 19
5 Cahill, Gary J. 27
49 days
19 December 1985 CD Chelsea FC 13 2
6 Smalling, Christopher L. 23
76 days
22 November 1989 CD Manchester United FC 4 0
7 Walcott, Theo J., off 76th min. 23
327 days
16 March 1989 RF Arsenal FC 31 4
8 Wilshere, Jack A.G. 21
36 days
1 January 1992 LM Arsenal FC 7 0
9 Welbeck, Daniel N.T.M., off 61st min. 22
72 days
26 November 1990 CF Manchester United FC 15 5
10
Rooney, Wayne M. 27
105 days
24 October 1985 LF Manchester United FC 79 32
11 Cleverley, Thomas W., off 46th min. 23
178 days
12 August 1989 RM Manchester United FC 7 0
England Substitutes
scoreline: England 1 Brazil 0
18 Lampard, Frank J., on 46th min. for Cleverley 34
231 days
20 June 1978 DM Chelsea FC 94 80 26
14
73rd substitute goal most experienced player (so far) to score a goal as a substitute
     
14 Baines, Leighton J., on 46th min. for Cole 28
57 days
11 December 1984 LB Everton FC 14 11 1
3
scoreline: England 2 Brazil 1
17 Milner, James P., on 61st min (60:15) for Welbeck 27
33 days
4 January 1986 LF Manchester City FC 35 22 1
13
20 Lennon, Aaron J., on 76th min (75:04) for Walcott 25
296 days
16 April 1987 RF Tottenham Hotspur FC 21 10 0
11
final app 2006-12
result: England 2 Brazil 1
unused substitutes: 12-Kyle Walker, 13-Jack Butland, 15-Phil Jagielka, 16-Joleon Lescott, 19-Leon Osman, 21-Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
team notes: Ashley Cole becomes England's seventh centurion, following Billy Wright, Bobby Moore, Bobby Charlton, Peter Shilton, David Beckham and Steven Gerrard.
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain's father, Mark Chamberlain, also played for England against Brazil in 1984.
records: This is England's first victory over Brazil since a Gary Lineker header in May 1990 secured victory.
It is the first time they have scored twice against them since May 1984.
Stadium records: Steven Gerrard equals Gareth Barry's record of making 24 appearances at the National Stadium. Four ahead of Frank Lampard and Ashley Cole.
Both Wayne Rooney and Frank Lampard score their eleventh goals at the National Stadium. Five of Lampard's have come from the penalty spot.
The thirteenth substitute goal at the new National Stadium.
 
4-3(1-2)-3 Hart -
Johnson, Cahill, Smalling, Cole
(Baines) -
Gerrard -
Cleverley
(Lampard), Wilshere -
Walcott
(Lennon), Rooney, Welbeck (Milner)
Averages (Starting XI): Age 26 years 48 days Appearances/Goals 39.0      5.6

 

Brazil Team

 

Rank:

FIFA (14 January 2013) 18th
EFO ranking Group 1 (2 to 3)
ELO rating 2nd
Colours: Made by Nike - Yellow crew neck collared jersey with green collar/thick cuffs and yellow v-panel, blue shorts with white side trim, blue socks with white calf-band.
Capt: David Luiz
Julio Cesar 78th minute.
Manager: Luiz Felipe Scolari, 64 (9 November 1948) appointed 29 November 2012, previously managed June 2001- August 2002.
1st
match, W 0 - D 0 - L 1 - F 1 - A 2.
fifth match against England, W 1 - D 3 - L 1 - F 6 - A 6.
Brazil Lineup
12 Espíndola, Júlio César S. 33
156 days
3 September 1979 G Queen's Park Rangers FC, England 65 46ᵍᵃ
2 da Silva, Daniel Alves 29
276 days
6 May 1983 RB FC Barcelona, Spain 60 5
3 Moreira Marinho, David Luiz, off 79th min. 25
290 days
22 April 1987 CD Chelsea FC, England 18 0
4 Costa Santos, Dante B. 29
111 days
18 October 1983 CD FC Bayern München, Germany 1 0
5 Ramires, off 46th min. 25
319 days
24 March 1987 CM Chelsea FC, England 34 3
6 Claro, Adriano C., off 70th min. 26
103 days
26 October 1984 LB FC Barcelona, Spain 12 0
7 dos Santos Emboaba Júnior, Oscar 21
150 days
9 September 1991 LF Chelsea FC, England 13 4
8 Paulinho, off 62nd min. 23
196 days
25 July 1988 RM SC Corinthians Paulista 9 2
9 Clemente, Luis Fabiano, off 46th min. 32
179 days
11 August 1980 CF São Paulo FC 45 28
10 Ronaldinho, off 46th min. 32
322 days
21 March 1980 LM Clube Atlético Mineiro 95 34
80th penalty kick against England
     
11 da Silva Santos Júnior, Neymar 21
1 dy
5 February 1992 RF Santos FC 28 17
Brazil Substitutes
scoreline: England 1 Brazil 0
19 Fred, on 46th min. for Luís Fabiano 29
126 days
3 October 1983 CF Fluminense FC 20 8
16 da Silva, Marcos Arouca, on 46th min. for Ramires 26
179 days
11 August 1986 AM Santos FC 4 0
18 da Silva, Lucas R. Moura, on 46th min. for Ronaldinho 20
177 days
13 August 1992 LM Paris-Saint Germain FC, France 23 3
scoreline: England 2 Brazil 1
17 Moreira, Jean R.V., on 62nd min (61:10) for Paulinho 26
227 days
24 June 1986 RM Fluminense FC 2 0
13 Kasmirski, Filipe Luís, on 70th min (69:10) for Adriano 27
181 days
9 August 1985 LB Club Atlético de Madrid , Spain 2 0
15 de Souza Filho, J. Miranda, on 79th min (78:04) for David Luiz 28
152 days
7 September 1984 CD Club Atlético de Madrid , Spain 7 0
result: England 2 Brazil 1
unused substitutes: 1-Diego Alves, 14-Leandro Castan, 20-Hulk.
records: This was the third penalty that Brazil had been awarded against England since 1969, and the third missed. It was the eightieth penalty that has been awarded against England.
Coach Scolari had managed Brazil in the 2002 World Cup Finals and Portugal in the 2004 European Championship Finals against England.
 
4-3-3 Júlio César -
Daniel Alves, David Luiz (Miranda), Dante, Adriano (Filipe Luis) -
Paulinho (Jean), Ramires (Arouca),  Ronaldinho (Lucas Moura) -
Neymar, Luís Fabiano (Fred), Oscar.
Averages (Starting XI): Age 27 years 264 days Appearances/Goals 34.5 8.5

 

    Match Report by Mike Payne

There is nothing like a game against the mighty Brazil to start a new year's fixtures and this match at Wembley was a cracker.  It was perfect as part of the English F.A.'s 150th Anniversary celebrations, and the capacity crowd were thoroughly entertained by a marvellous game of football.

Roy Hodgson would have been pleased to gather his players together again, especially as we will be playing some vital games in the next few weeks.  the evening belonged, to some extent, to Ashley Cole, who became the seventh England player to reach the coveted 100 cap mark.  Some people say that he has possibly been lucky to reach that landmark, but I don't agree and over the past few years he has been arguably our best and most consistent performer, so many congratulations to him.

The game began tentatively but on two minutes Jack Wilshere showed just why he is so highly rated with a good run that produced a corner.  Brazil's current hot property, Neymar, also showed up well in the early exchanges.  But it took until the ninth minute before the first real chance arrived.  Steven Gerrard's cross was met by Wayne Rooney and his header was brilliantly tipped away by Julio Cesar in the Brazil goal.  Unfortunately it wouldn't have counted because of a push by Rooney.  Then a breakaway by Neymar set up Oscar for a shot that flew over as Brazil retaliated.  It was nip and tuck at this stage and Cleverley's cross had to be punched away by Cesar on 14 minutes.  Four minutes later though Brazil were awarded a penalty.  It was a slightly contentious decision as Ronaldhinho's cross struck Wilshere at close range and the referee deemed it had hit Wilshere's hand.  Surely it had been ball to hand rather than hand to ball?  A penalty it was, but to the delight of the crowd, Joe Hart got down well to block Ronaldhinho's spot-kick, saved the follow up attempt and then was relieved when a brilliant touch by Cleverley took the ball off Neymar's toes.  It was a let-off for England, but probably a deserved one.

On 22 minutes a superb pass from Wilshere to Theo Walcott ended with a shot too high and then a good pass from Gerrard to Cole ended with another good effort just wide.  That would have been a great moment had Cole scored on his big night!  Overall the game was fairly even and on 25 minutes England created another opening as the marauding Glen Johnson shot over after good interplay with Walcott.  But in England's next attack they took the lead.  Great passing between Wilshere and Rooney gave the Arsenal player the chance to drive at the Brazil defence.  His vision is superb and he spotted Walcott's run with a wonderful pass into the winger's path.  Cesar came out and managed to block the shot but the ball ran loose to the edge of the area where Rooney followed up to shoot low, hard and true into the open net for a fine goal.

Almost immediately Wilshere sent Walcott away again and only some desperate Brazilian defending stopped that attack.  On 34 minutes another good break by the lively Walcott almost brought another chance for England and the confidence was now high from the home side.  But on 37 minutes they were almost brought back down to earth when Oscar broke down the right before sending a superb pass to the far post.  Inexplicably the onrushing Neymar somehow shot over from close range when it seemed he must score.  The excellent Johnson headed another dangerous cross clear but then Rooney hit back with a good shot that flew past Cesar's post.  Just before the break Danny Welbeck combined with Walcott and the winger's cross-shot was palmed away ungainly by Cesar.  The half ended with England just about deserving their lead.

Right at the start of the second half Rooney combined with Gerrard and the skipper fired in a fierce shot that Cesar palmed out again, this time Wilshere almost managed to convert the rebound.  What is it with goalkeepers this season that they want to keep pushing the ball back into the danger areas rather than hold on to the ball?

Several substitutes had come on for both sides at the start of the half including Leighton Baines for Cole and Frank Lampard for Cleverley.  Just when it seemed Brazil were running out of ideas, England gave them a lifeline.  Gary Cahill came striding out of defence with the ball but his attempted pass struck a Brazilian and bounced right into the path of substitute Fred.  The magnificently named forward took one touch and then rifled a terrific shot wide of Hart.  Cahill was distraught as he realised the significance of his mistake.  Almost immediately Brazil almost made England pay for another mistake.  Smalling's attempted back pass had Hart at full stretch to kick clear, the ball struck Cahill and again bounced invitingly for Fred.  This time the striker's shot just clipped the bar, much to the relief of the England fans.  The mistakes had Gerrard and Rooney, in particular, seething and they both barked out instructions to 'get a grip', or words to that effect.  To be fair to the two central defenders, who had done well up to that point, they managed to regain their composure for the remainder of the game.

Indeed, Cahill almost made amends on 55 minutes, when his powerful header from a corner was tipped over the bar by Cesar.  But there was no doubt that Brazil had been lifted by their equaliser and they had also upped the pace after the break.  However they were not firing on all cylinders, like they usually do, and Wilshere and Gerrard worked tirelessly to wrestle the midfield back again.  On 58 minutes another fine run and cross by Walcott was only just scrambled away by Cesar and his defence.  Two minutes later and England regained the lead.  Walcott and Rooney combined, and as Brazil looked as though they had cleared the situation, Rooney made a vital touch of the ball to Lampard.  The Chelsea maestro, in a rich vein of goalscoring lately, didn't hesitate and clipped a first time shot that flew past the diving Cesar to go in off the post.  It was a brilliant goal and if a Brazilian had scored it we would have been talking about it forever!  The placement of the shot was sublime.

England comfortably held Brazil through the remaining half-hour with only a few half chances falling to the visitors.  The Brazilians are not as strong these days, and the flair seemed to be missing from their play to some extent.  Although England sat back too much for most people's liking, they looked in command, and Brazil had neither the guile nor skill to penetrate again.  In the last quarter, both sides put together some useful approach play but there were no other real scares in front of goal.  England deservedly won the game and it was good to report that everyone chipped in with positive performances.  And it also was great to see the England players looking as though they were really enjoying playing for their country again.  This squad is quietly developing into something rather special under Roy Hodgson's stewardship.  Now though, the big tests lie ahead.
   

Source Notes

TheFA.com
BBC Sport
ITV.com football

André Do Nascimento Pereira - Brazilian contributor

CBF.br
RateTheRef.com

Mike Payne - football historian and contributor
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