World Cup favourites England have narrowly defeated Asian giants Japan 2-1 in an international friendly. Japan gave Fabio Capello's side a scare when they took the lead through Marcus Tulio Tanaka as early as the seventh minute, but Tulio and Yuji Nakazawa scored own goals in the second half.
It doesnt matter at all. A friendly doesnt count. Its the world cup that matters!
Did you se the match? England had big problems. They have a lot to deal with before it all starts. I guess they wont qualify for the 16th. finals
it was raining heavily. the pitch was slippery. probably affected their performance
The circumstances was equal for both teams. It might rain in South Africa as well. England needs to performe on any grass if they should have chances. Still, a trainee against Japan doesnt say anything about the team.