• England 1-0 Belgium (Welbeck 36) Given that most people feel the present Belgium side is unlucky not to be involved in Poland and Ukraine this summer, and that there are unlikely to be 16 better sides competing at Euro 12, this was really quite encouraging from England. There were plenty of royal lookalikes in the crowd for the cameras and giant screens to pick out before kick-off, and though not exactly majestic, England looked much more like the real thing. People will say it is unwise to read too much into eve of tournament friendlies, yet critics would have been doing exactly that had Roy Hodgson’s team lost

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