France 55-45 England

Donetsk - Donbass Arena will be the stage shows of England and France, which will undergo the first game Group D Euro 2012 tournament at 23:00 pm tonight. Both teams will fight each other to tackle three important points.

France has a big mission to restore their good name, having destroyed the last international tournament, the 2010 World Cup. Les Bleus squad at that time apart because of internal divisions, thus failing to qualify from the group phase.

England carrying the mission is no less great. Because they have never won an international trophy after the first and last time won the 1966 World Cup trophy. At Euro performances, the best achievement in English was in 1968, with a third place.

The meeting of two teams from countries that do not ever get on this is expected to run a tight and intense open passing game. Unfortunately the condition of both teams is inversely proportional to where the French were now in the best condition, while the British crisis of players, especially the back line.

France itself has never been unbeaten in 21 matches before Euro 2012. They become the top in the Euro 2012 qualifying group stage with six wins, three draws and one defeat so collect 21 points.

The team logo was also briefly rooster beat Brazil 1-0, 1-2 and thrash Germany 2-1 to win the UK. France also posted an unbeaten record of five meetings with the UK, recorded four wins and one draw.

Britain itself had cruised smoothly with good performances in Euro 2012 qualifying group stage. England lead the group at the top through five wins and three draws from eight games, so it took 18 points. For the record, this result is achieved by Fabio Capello era in the coaching chair.

The Three Lions squad never got valuable experience at the time of France lost 1-2 in test matches. They also had to bow 2-3 to the Netherlands, but managed to grab two wins in the last test against Norway and Belgium via the score 1-0.

Record of four defeats and a draw from France since 1999, plus the squad crisis make the UK is not favored to win from France. Problem does not seem to overshadow the team tired of menasbihkan state itself as the inventor of modern football.

Injury to be a major factor that makes the England squad porous. One by one the pillars of the UK falling from a groin injury Gareth Barry, Frank Lampard injury, fractured rehang Gary Cahill, a finger injury to John Rudy. Not only that, Wayne Rooney could also appear in two games because of a red card in last qualifying match against Montenegro.

The situation reversed in the French squad, where they simply lack midfielder Yann M'Villa injury. In addition, all players are the mainstay of the French in a condition ready for battle in the inaugural game.

Should be listened to whether the UK under new coach Roy Hodgson could overturn predictions of many observers with a victory over the French, or even Laurent Blanc's side who successfully exploited the critical condition of England became an important victory.Forecast Squad
 France: 4-5-1Hugo Lloris (C), Mathieu Debuchy, Adil Rami, Philippe Mexes, Patrice Evra, Yohan Cabaye, Alou Diarra, Samir Nasri, Florent Malouda, Franck Ribery, Karim Benzema

UK: 4-4-2Joe Hart, John Terry, Joleon Lescott, Ashley Cole, James Milner, Steven Gerrard, Scott Parker, Stewart Downing, Ashley Young, Andy Carroll

Last five meetings:
 (10 Februari1999) - England 0-2 France,
 (2 September 2000) France 1-1 England, 
(June 13, 2004) France 2-1 England 
(26 March 2008) France 1-0 England 
(17 November 2010) England 1-2 France

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