Gareth Southgate, England national team coach, announced the starting lineup for the friendly match against his counterpart Brazil national teamIt is scheduled to be held at nine o’clock in the evening today, Saturday, at Wembley Stadium in the English capital, London, as part of the teams’ preparations for the upcoming matches.
The formation of the England team against Brazil was as follows:
pickford; Walker, Stones, Maguire, Chilwell; Foden, Rice, Billingham; Callagher, Watkins, Gordon.
Formation of the England national team
The Brazilian national team lineup included:
bento; Danilo, Fabricio, Beraldo, Wendel; Bruno Guimarães, Joao Gomez; Rafinha, Paqueta, Vinicius Junior; Rodrigo.
Formation of the Brazilian national team
England vs Brazil
The Brazilian national team enters the confrontation in light of playing a group of friendly matches, as it will also play against Spain next Tuesday, in preparation for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers for the South American continent.
The Brazilian national team will play the match in the absence of its main goalkeepers Ederson (Manchester City, England), Alisson Becker (Liverpool, England), Marquinhos (Paris Saint-Germain, France), and Casemiro (Manchester United) due to injury, with the continued absence of its star Neymar, the best scorer in the history of Samba. , whose return to the field remains uncertain since his severe knee injury last October.
Dorival Junior, the new coach of the Brazilian national team, hopes to restore confidence to the five-time world champions, after a series of fluctuating results achieved by the Seleção in the recent period.
The Brazilian national team has lost the last three matches in the South American qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, where it occupies sixth place out of ten teams, two points ahead of seventh place after six stages, noting that the top six finishers qualify directly to the World Cup.
The Brazilian national team, with its new coach, needs to raise its level as quickly as possible, in view of its participation in the Copa America, scheduled for next June 20 and July 14 in the United States.
As for the England national team, it is preparing to participate in the European Nations Championship “Euro 2024” competitions scheduled to be held next summer in Germany, where the “Three Lions” come at the top of the third group with the teams of Slovenia, Denmark and Serbia.
The Brazilian team met its English counterpart in 26 previous matches on various occasions. Samba won 11 of them, compared to 4 victories for the “Three Lions” team, and 11 matches were tied. The Brazilian team scored 34 goals, while the England team succeeded in scoring 23 goals.
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