In recent football history, friendly matches have been considered as another avenue to try out fringe players and some up and coming talents.This was not the case as the Three Lions took on the seleção of Brazil ,leading to the match there was a lot of speculation about the match venue having safety as well as preparation challenges.
Only for the actual friendly match to celebrate the opening of the remarkable venue and the British F.A one hundred and thirty years of football.After all the exchange of pleasantries and photo shots , the game began with the three lions playing cautiously almost defensively all through the first 45 minutes.having very few opportunities to attack the Brazilians as we have all come to expect from a country with so elegant a football league. On the other hand, the host put up a pretty interesting start to the match with a formation that looked almost like an all attack strategically specking. The only challenge I had with the seleção is the fact that all their plans seem to rest on the shoulders of young Neymar whom had a pretty quite day,although, he had some brilliant moments. There was this lack of quality in the Brazilian team that football lovers have come to associate with the county.
In the second 45 minutes that the game finally comes alive as the combination of individual skills and technique gave Brazil the first goal from a rebound of the woodwork for Fred.Then came England-Arsenal's Alex oxlade Chamberlain. Then Wayne Rooney put England ahead again only for Paulinho to save the day for Brazil.
In all the ratings for both teams would look like England 40% and Brazil 60%
I look forward to watching Neymar in Europe
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