The English national football team represents England in international association football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football in England. England , one of the four nations of the United Kingdom, has its own football team. Traditionally, England’s greatest rivals have been Scotland in football history who were their opponents in the first-ever international football match in 1870.

The England team had won the FIFA World Cupin 1966 when Geoff Hurst completed the only World Cup Final hat-trick to date right at the end of extra time by running onto a long ball by Bobby Moore and shooting past the German goalkeeper into the roof of the net. That great victory will always be remembered in the history of England Football team. After that England has been unable to win the title again.

Talking about the England team and its preparations for the World Cup one can say that since the responsibility of been the Manager of the team is given to Fabio Capello’s, it has given some hope to the team, the real redemption began with the February friendly where Capello took charge of England for the first time. His brief was to firstly qualify for, and secondly get as close as possible to winning, the 2010 World Cup. He has been able to fulfil the first task to qualify for the World Cup, now England team is preparing for the World Cup.

John Terry was confirmed as the England captain in August, and will captain England in qualifying for the 2010 World Cup. During his first match after being reinstated as the permanent England captain he was given a torrid time by Milan Baros and was turned far too easily when Baros scored the first goal for the Czech Republic. The match ended 2-2 with Joe Cole scoring a fortunate equaliser for England in the 92nd minute of the game.

Now when England has qualified for the World Cup, Capello has nine months to prepare to deliver England’s first major title since the 1966 World Cup.

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