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Michael Owen To Start For England

Last updated: 13/03/2008 17:00

Michael Owen will captain the England B team against Belarus.

 

Coach Sven-Goran Eriksson starts with Owen in attack alongside Peter Crouch to test out their partnership, while Theo Walcott will come off the bench.

 

Ashley Cole and Sol Campbell start in defence as they continue their return to full fitness after injury.

 

Owen Hargreaves is at right-back, while Michael Carrick and Jermaine Jenas play in central midfield and Aaron Lennon and Stewart Downing are on the wings.

 

David James has been given the nod over Robert Green in goal.

 

The game was originally organised to give England's fringe players a run-out, but with several players short of match fitness, Eriksson has revised his plans.

 

Owen said: "It's beneficial but if the World Cup was tomorrow I'd still feel I could play and you wouldn't notice I've been out for a while. I don't think in training that I've lost a bit of my touch or anything else. I know where the goal is and I've been scoring a few and playing well. It's a nice game and an important one for a lot of players. I'm not seeing it as a test or a trial or anything like that."

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