Puyol and David Villa are injured for Spain but they still have a really strong team.
I have been supporting England all my life, though I am not expecting much from them. No Rooney for the first 2 games.
Wonder if Roy Hodgson would field Andy Carroll up front ?
Ya, me too. The 2 teams I supported donkey years ago were Italy & England. Two different league, one playing defensive football (mostly) and one has the (most, IMO) exciting football league in the EPL.
But this time around, Italy will be represented by a young team. I don't expect much from them, maybe in another 3-5 years from now.
England - always the "mishits" team in any tournament. They may boast to have the most exciting league in the world, but to make the English players to gel like a team is like puttiung a square peg in a round hole. Hope Roy Hodgson would solve this puzzling thing called the English football team. I think Rooney and Andy Carroll will be fielded up front, Rooney playing deeper in front of the midfielders and Carroll as the main Center Forward.