England beat Germany 2-1 last night.  It’s the first time Germany have lost in Berlin since 1973, when they lost to Brazil in a pre-World Cup hosting friendly.
This too was a friendly match, but as friendly matches go, it was very competitive, full of exciting, flowing football which was not interrupted by the commonly overused [...]

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Fabio Capello will take a youthful looking squad to Berlin for the England international against Germany on Wednesday night, due in part to the injuries to some of the regular first-team choices.
Wayne Rooney & Rio Ferdinand both missed Manchester United’s game against Stoke on Saturday through injury, and joined the list of others that were [...]

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Chelsea defender, 20 year old Michael Mancienne has been called up for the England squad for the upcoming friendly against Germany.
Fabio Capello named Macienne, an Under 21 player, despite the fact that the youngster has yet to make a first team appearance for Chelsea, he is currently on loan with Championship leaders Wolves.
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Spain’s midfielder Xavi Hernandez has been named the Castrol player of Euro 2008 by a nine man panel of UEFA experts.
The 28 year old Barcelona player appeared to be involved in every move  during last nights final, covering every blade of grass on the pitch, as he has done in every game he has played in [...]

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The first Euro 2008 semi-final took place last night and turned out to be a right old ding dong.
Possession was 50-50, but if anything Turkey appeared to have the slight edge. Considering injuries and suspensions, I really didn’t expect them to put up such a fight.
Turkey looked to attack from the kick-off which again [...]

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