The BBC reports the teams are as follows: France: Lloris, Debuchy, Rami, Mexes, Evra, Nasri, Cabaye, Diarra, Malouda, Ribery, Benzema. Subs: Mandanda, Giroud, Matuidi, Reveillere, Menez, M’Vila, Martin, Ben Arfa, Valbuena, Clichy, Koscielny, Carrasso. England: Hart, Johnson, Terry, Lescott, Cole, Milner, Gerrard, Parker, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Young, Welbeck. Subs: Green, Walcott, Henderson, Carroll, Baines, Jones, Jagielka, Downing, Defoe, Butland. […]
International
Things we learned from Spain vs Italy
The game itself ended 1-1, probably the right result in the end but entertainment was at a premium in what was a highly tactical game. Here are some points of note from the game: Mario Balotelli does frustrated like few others. It was a performance that will have been familiar to City fans as the […]
Ferdinand’s England career ‘over’
Rio Ferdinand has told The Sun that his England career “might be over” after being overlooked by England manager Roy Hodgson for Euro 2012 for ‘footballing reasons’. Ferdinand, who has been capped 81 times by England since 1997, said he would never retire from international football but accepted that not being picked during the injury […]
Holland players racially abused in Krakow
The Guardian reports that black players in the Holland, including City’s Nigel de Jong, were racially abused while training at Stadion Miejski – the home stadium of Wisla Krakow. While it is not a Euro 2012 stadium, the Dutch squad are using it for training purposes and there were 25,000 spectators there to watch them […]
Ferdinand will support England from the pub
Rio Ferdinand has used Twitter to pledge his support to England despite being continually overlooked during an injury crisis by England manager Roy Hodgson. Ferdinand said “Just so we don’t get it twisted here….I’ll be in a pub somewhere supporting England this summer! Love the lads!” on Twitter after it was reported that he had gone […]