World cup final 16 time. The knockout stages are upon us. Fail to beat Ecuador on sunday and it's the plane home for the England team
Rumour has it, that Carragher will be dropped from the right back spot, to be replaced by Hargreaves. Apparently Carrick may play behind the midfield 4 of Joe Cole, Beckham, Lampard and Gerrard, with Rooney up fronrt on his own. Peter Crouch will be on the bench.
For a staunch 4-4-2 exponent, Sven sure has changed his tune if he lines up in the quarter finals of the "Fifa World Cup of Soccer" with a 4-1-4-1 formation.
Hopefully Lampard and Gerrard will be able to push forward at will when we have the ball in attacking positions, with Carrick playing the holding role in front of the back four.
We shall see - Come on England!
England V Ecuador
Sunday 25 June 2006
World Cup Second Round
Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart
4pm Kick Off Time (London Time)
5.00pm (Stutgaart, Germany), 10.00am (Quito, Ecuador), 11.00am (New York, USA), 12.00midnight, 25/26 June (Tokyo, Japan)
TV: Live on BBC
Referee: Frank DE BLEECKERE (BEL)
Assistants: Peter HERMANS (BEL) and Walter VROMANS (BEL)
Fourth Official: Oscar RUIZ (COL)
Fifth Official: Jose NAVIA (COL)
Kit Colours
England: White shirts, Navy shorts, White socks
Sweden: TBC
Posted at 4:04 AM, Saturday, June 24, 2006