What Chelsea learnt from England vs Brazil.

It was a night of highs and lows for Chelsea fans as six of our first-team squad were in action in a thrilling friendly at Wembley last night.

England outplayed Brazil, who were simply not at the races first-half, their only shining light was our midfield genius, Oscar, who tormented the whole back four, but had most luck against our centurion Ashley Cole, who this seemed more like a training exercise if we must be honest.

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For nearly twelve years, Ashley Cole has been one of the first names on Englands team sheet. 99 caps, 99 starts, and tonight he is set to reach his century in enormously fitting fashion, against the five-time World Champions, Brazil, to the backdrop of a passionate Wembley crowd.

He sits seventh in the all-time capped England players list, and for a man who should be considered almost a national treasure, he is surprisingly scorned upon by a large portion of English fans. No-one can argue his passion, commitment, and quality on the pitch, and his ability to rise to almost any challenge put in his way.

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When it came to his retirement on Sunday evening, it definitely seems like Terry was jumping overboard before being pushed.

Despite being cleared in a court of law over the Ferdinand incident, the FA decided they were going to go ahead with pressing charges on the England captain, who won a massive 78 caps for the Three Lions between 2003 and 2012.

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With John Terry injured for England’s game tonight against Ukraine at Wembley, Frank Lampard believes Gary Cahill is the man to replace his Chelsea team-mate.

That’s likely to be the case, with national manager Roy Hodgson set to pick Cahill to partner Joleon Lescott in the heart of the defence, preferring him to Everton’s Phil Jagielka, and Lampard cites last seasons’ performances in the Champions’ League from Cahill as the main premise for his inclusion.

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England vs Ukraine (1945 GMT)

It is the final piece of the quarter-final jigsaw today, as Group D battle it out. France and England both know that a draw will put them through, whilst Ukraine need to beat England in front of their own fans to put themselves in the last eight.

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Evra: Man Utd man is part of a strong French backlineUkraine vs France (1700 GMT)
 

France play the hosts in their own arena as they travel to Donetsk on Friday, looking to upset the odds, and put a foot into the Quarter-Finals.

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England vs France (1700GMT)

England are battling a few big injuries, along with Wayne Rooney's suspension, leaving them short of experience in the final third for todays encounter with France.

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For those of you outside of Europe, or those that country hasn’t even qualified for Euro2012, who will you be supporting?

I will be giving you a helping hand, by looking at the players that are representing Chelsea, and their countries at Euro 2012, and their chances of doing well.

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Despite being stripped of the England captaincy John Terry is still keen to represent his country.

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Blues' manager Andre Villas-Boas has come out and said that he will not be selling Frank Lampard during the January transfer window.

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Hutchinson made his debut for the England under-18s in March 2007. On 14 November 2007, he was named England under-19 captain ahead of the friendly with Germany.

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Chelsea pair Frank Lampard and John Terry are all smiles after both playing their parts in England’s victories over world Champions Spain and Sweden respectively.

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Fabio Capello has confirmed that Daniel Sturridge will make his England debut on Tuesday against Sweden.

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Fabio Capello has announced that Frank Lampard will captain England against Spain on Saturday in John Terry’s absence.

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After being selected by Fabio Capello for the upcoming friendlies against Spain and Sweden, Daniel Sturridge will be keen to state a case for his place on the plane to Poland and the Ukraine next summer.

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