A Capello is also the version B

* France disenchantment with a 0-0 tie with Uruguay

* Opponents of Spain: Turkey won in Austria (2-4) drew with Belgium and Luxembourg (1-1)

* Netherlands vs. Sweden with a 3-1 Ibrahimovic

* The results of the major encounters friendlies

An England full of new faces, 2-1 to beat Germany without a claw in a friendly encounter played in Berlin. The central Matthew Upson put the visitors advantage in the networks to send a German corner kick in the 23rd minute, and last time equaled the German striker Patrick Helmes. Scored the winning goal came on a header from captain John Terry.

The stock of Fabio Capello almost a selection "B" with the number of new names who replaced injured of the stature of Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard and Joe Cole gave a lesson in pressure across the field to the Germans during most Part of the collation.

The Olympic Stadium in Berlin, packed with 74,000 spectators, served as the framework for a match in which the Germans, who included only two beginners, they had great difficulty to stop an opponent fast and full of initiative. At 23 minutes, Upson took advantage of an error of goalkeeper Rene Adler to open the scoring.

Germany remained planted on the defensive and unable to connect to the front, accusing the absence of injured Michael Ballack owner of the game. After the break, the Germans became more aggressive but not great ideas. The arrival of Leverkusen's striker Patrick Helmes replacing Miroslav Klose managed to change the situation for 63 minutes with the goal of the tie.

Helmes exceeded in the area girl to captain John Terry, passed the ball between the legs of goalkeeper Scott Carson and again recovered to score the desired goal for the hosts. However, the superiority of the English game was reflected again on the scoreboard at the 84 minute when John Terry won the bid to Heiko Westermann to head to Germany a free kick goal.

This is the third defeat suffered by Germany in 2008. The selector Joachim Low had warned of the danger of rival English even without the big names, which was evident on the pitch in Berlin.

French disenchantment with a tie with Uruguay

Selections from France and Uruguay signed a tie with no goals in a friendly in Paris that puts an end to a painful years for table 'bleu', eliminated in the first phase of the last European Championship, with only one in his mind, while the Charrúa joined his fourth match without a win.

Raymond Domenech's France dominated, but did not find the goal defended by Carini, although it varied his attack on the two halves of the game and made his debut with the elastic tricolor striker Savidan. Start the selector bet on Anelka in a state of grace and the second offered the opportunity to Karim Benzema, one of the footballers alleged by the big European clubs, but none was able to mark.

A draw without meaning for a France that is not the flight back after his glorious years 1998 and 2000. Domenech got his team not to concede a goal, one of the great evils of the selection in the last five years, but neither managed to do neither.

Variations in the attack were unable to mark the difference against a South American team that was faithful to its traditional style. Pushed wide in the area and searched the counterattack, but the athletic Forlán also enjoyed opportunities to have broken a tie and tasteless disappointed that the stand of the Stade de France.

Van Persie pulled from Netherlands

Robin van Persie, Arsenal's Spanish striker, managed with a 'double' put a new victory for Holland, in this case to a Sweden that made many probaturas and threw in his absence to great figure, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who needed rest by the very tight schedule.

Bert Van Marwijk finally opted to give input on the offensive side to Van Persie, the Madrid Wesley Sneijder, Ryan Babel and Dirk Kuyt. And the Arsenal player became the hero of the match played in the Amsterdam Arena, to put the victory shortly after the half hour and nothing but the start of the second period.

Spain's rivals on the road to the World Cup also had a night's premiere at the event. Turkey won in Austria (2-4). Three of so many Tuncay Sanli ended the resistance of Central Europe. Belgium, for his part, left out the victory at Luxembourg (1-1) and Bosnian unveiled a remarkable spirit scorer in his duel in Slovenia, which solventó by 3-4.

Finally, Serbia today broke with a tradition of 25 years of losing against Bulgaria, imposed with the forcefulness to the selection of the neighboring country and win by 6-1 in a friendly which began with a ceremony of farewell from the great striker Savo Milosevic , Who was sacked even with a double.

Terry welcomes the friendly 1-2 to England in Berlin. (AFP)