World Cup warm-up matches began for Chelsea players on Monday night as although none of our England four were in action at Wembley, our Portuguese three all started their country's game.
A 0-0 home draw will give some satisfaction to defenders Ricardo Carvalho and Paulo Ferreira, although the opposition was hardly the most testing. Cape Verde Islands were the visitors.
Carvalho was playing his first match since our 5-0 away win at Portsmouth two months ago and was replaced at half-time. Ferreira at left-back played 68 minutes with Deco subbed on 57 minutes.
The Czech Republic are not World Cup-bound but that didn't prevent them playing a friendly away to Guus Hiddink's Turkey over the weekend. Petr Cech was in goal for a 2-1 defeat. Turkey have also not qualified for the Finals.
At junior international level, Fabio Borini and Jacopo Sala were again in action for Italy Under- 19s as they booked their place in July's European Championship Finals by making it two wins out of two in a qualification tournament. Borini played the whole of a 3-2 win over Northern Ireland but unlike the first match did not find the net. Sala played the first half.
England Under-17s, already qualified for the semi-final of the on-going European Championships Finals, left Chelsea duo Josh McEachran and Nathaniel Chalobah on the bench for their final group game against Turkey on Monday evening. The pair had played the previous two matches and are likely to return for Thursday's semi against France.
A 0-0 home draw will give some satisfaction to defenders Ricardo Carvalho and Paulo Ferreira, although the opposition was hardly the most testing. Cape Verde Islands were the visitors.
Carvalho was playing his first match since our 5-0 away win at Portsmouth two months ago and was replaced at half-time. Ferreira at left-back played 68 minutes with Deco subbed on 57 minutes.
The Czech Republic are not World Cup-bound but that didn't prevent them playing a friendly away to Guus Hiddink's Turkey over the weekend. Petr Cech was in goal for a 2-1 defeat. Turkey have also not qualified for the Finals.
At junior international level, Fabio Borini and Jacopo Sala were again in action for Italy Under- 19s as they booked their place in July's European Championship Finals by making it two wins out of two in a qualification tournament. Borini played the whole of a 3-2 win over Northern Ireland but unlike the first match did not find the net. Sala played the first half.
England Under-17s, already qualified for the semi-final of the on-going European Championships Finals, left Chelsea duo Josh McEachran and Nathaniel Chalobah on the bench for their final group game against Turkey on Monday evening. The pair had played the previous two matches and are likely to return for Thursday's semi against France.
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