The England thread

[Pesci]

Ibrahimovic is disgusting.

[Starvinho]

Can't believe they booked Ibrahimovic for taking his shirt off too. Ridiculous.

[brenchill]

Do I really have to say that A MILLION CAPS was hyperbole?

I thought you were trying to suggest he had 100+.

[Dan]

Someone get me a link.

[Colly]

ITV must be steaming about the theme from Grandstand playing in the stadium for some weird reason.

[Rafael]

With those four goals, Ibrahimovic surpassed Celtic's greatest player ever, Henrik Larsson in terms of goals for Sweden.

[Cheeky Hughes]

Give Zlatan some shares in IKEA for that one.

[brenchill]

Off topic: N. Ireland are losing at home to Azerbajajajajajjan .

[Gazz]

Give Zlatan some shares in IKEA for that one.

Shares?

They should crown him King.

[TCO]

We'll let Sweden and Ibrahimovic have their night at their new home though. (Y)

Yeah we'll let them have that, as if anybody will give a fuck about England tomorrow considering Ibrahimovic just got a goal that's ridiculous for FIFA street.

[Gazz]

Nobody gives a fuck about England anyway till the three weeks every two years we're in a tournament.

[Colly]

You mean two weeks, every two years apart from the occasional years where we decide to let someone else have a go instead. Its only fair.

[brenchill]

Nobody gives a fuck about England anyway till the three weeks every two years we're in a tournament.

THEN IT'S INGERLAND! INGERLAND! INGERLAND!

[Matt]

Fuck Joe Hart. I had Zlatan first scorer and Sweden 3-2 at 65/1.

[brenchill]

Woy just called Germany West Germany in his interview .

[Baddar]

How many mistakes is that from Joe Hart in the last month or so now?

You won't hear G. Nev utter a bad word about him though.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Excellent. Sunday night futsal is a perfect time to attempt to recreate the Imbrahimovic goal.

Best comment on youtube from some guy:

"I can do that, someone hold my pint".

[Lineker]

England will play Brazil in a friendly at Rio de Janeiro's Maracana Stadium next summer, local officials said.

The fixture will take place on 2 June at the arena which will go on to host both the 2014 World Cup final and the opening and closing ceremonies of the Rio Olympic Games two years later.

The friendly will be Brazil's first game at the 78,000-capacity Maracana after substantial modernisation work.

Brazil first travel to Wembley for a friendly against England on 6 February.

The renovation work at the Rio stadium, expected to be completed by 28 February, will expand the roof to cover all of the stands.

News of the friendly at the spiritual home of Brazilian football was confirmed by the Governor of Rio de Janeiro, Sergio Cabral.

But the Football Association declined to comment on the information released by Mr Cabral.

The game in Rio will take place just two weeks before the start of the Confederations Cup on 15 June, a tournament which is seen as a warm-up for the World Cup two years later.

Back in 1950, an estimated crowd of 200,000 people packed into the old Maracana to see Brazil lose the World Cup final to Uruguay.

England last played there in 1984, when John Barnes's mazy dribble and goal helped England to a famous 2-0 victory.

News of the fixture emerged just hours after Brazil coach Mano Menezes was sacked, two days after winning the Superclasico de las Americas against Argentina on penalties.

A successor is expected to be announced in January.

[Rafael]

Since 2002, I don't think I've ever seen Brazil lose to England. So....

[EddieG]

You have however lost to Venezuela since, so if they can beat you, so can England.