England will participate in its 13th World Cup and a championship quality and outstanding players, the English had won in 1966. Since that mythical date, they have never won more major titles and their best performance was a semi-final of European Championship in 1996.

With the arrival of Fabio Capello's experienced (the highest paid coach in the competition) at the head of the English selection, the British began to dream of a World Champion and Eliminations have shown a great superiority of the national team with 9 wins and only one loss. The first preparation match ended with a narrow defeat against Brazil, 1 goal to 0.

The last two World Cup left a lot of regret to partner with David Beckham eliminations in the quarter finals against Brazil (1-2) in 2002 and against Portugal in 2006, after the penalty shoot-to goals.

The English group is one of the best on paper for several years, but they always stumble on small details. Fabio Capello can rely on titled players in their clubs like Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United), John Terry (Chelsea), Frank Lampard (Chelsea), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United), Theo Walcott (Arsenal) or Shaun Wright Phillips still (Manchester City).