Friendly Preps: England hosts Spain at Wembley

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With their qualification for Euro 2012 secure, the match against Spain at home is the biggest challenge for England now.

The two sides have had different fortunes of late with Spain winning Euro 2008 and the 2010 World Cup, while England has failed to set either tournament alight.

England's soccer team players Stewart Downing, left, John Terry, centre, and Ashley
Cole, right, pass the England team coach, which displays a poppy at a training session
at London Colney, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. England will play a friendly soccer match
against Spain on Saturday Nov. 12 at Wembley Stadium.

England has not beaten Spain in a decade and has failed to score in their last three matches against the World Champions.

Despite that, goalkeeper Joe Hart believes that is a great test for his team. Joe Hart, England Goalkeeper, said, "It is something you get in football to do. You want their position in first place, you want to be the best in Europe and we have not got that spot at the moment. It is something we want to be and it is a great opportunity to play against some great players and really test ourselves."

The last time England beat Spain was! in 2001 , when they won 3-0 in a friendly at Villa Park. Fabio Capello and his side are hoping to confound their critics and replicate something approaching that form at Wembley on Saturday.

England's soccer player John Terry, right, leads out the team for a training session
at London Colney, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. England will play a friendly soccer match
against Spain on Saturday Nov. 12 at Wembley Stadium. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

England national soccer team players John Terry, left, and Theo
Walcott, right, run during a training session at London Colney,
Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. England will play a friendly soccer
match against Spain on Saturday, Nov. 12 at Wembley Stadium.
(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

England's soccer team goalkeeper Joe Hart speaks at a ! press conference in Watford, Hertfordshire, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011.
England will play a friendly soccer match against Spain on
Saturday Nov. 12 at Wembley Stadium. (AP Photo/Kirsty
Wigglesworth)

Editor:Zhang Dan |Source: CNTV.CN



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