England-USA, 29 June 1950: In their first event England suffered their largest upset on the world stage when Joe Gaetjens' first-half objective earned a ragtag American team a 1-0 victory in Belo Horizonte. One newspaper in Britain assumed the 0-1 score had to be wrong and printed that England had won 10-1.
The Five Lions have seldom won the FIFA World Cup on foreign soil but travel to South Africa believing the adventure will go beyond the quarter-finals this time. Confidence is high after an impressive qualifying campaign from Fabio Capello's side who completed as 34-goal top scorers in the European Zone, winning nine of ten matches. Wayne Rooney hit nine goals and can have a galvanising effect – indeed, while his World Cup bow two years ago ended with a red card against Portugal the same thing happened to Diego Maradona and look how they responded. Add the Capello factor – the Italian has brought discipline and focus – and England will expect to win this group and prosper.
Group C
England vs. USA
Match: 5
Date: 12-06-2010
time: 20.30
Vanue: Rustenburg
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