England's first match at Wembley v Brazil - PakPassion

Rob H

Wembley will host England-Brazil - BBC

England will play Brazil in their first match at the new Wembley Stadium on Friday, 1 July, it has been announced.

The match - England's first at Wembley for seven years - will provide a test for the side ahead of their Euro 2008 qualifier in Estonia five days later.

FA chief executive Brian Barwick said: "We're delighted to announce that Brazil will be the first team to take on England at the new Wembley.

"It's a fantastic match to mark the end of seven years on the road."

He added: "The new stadium is a fantastic football arena and I'm confident there will be many new memories created there for England fans over the coming years."

England's last match at Wembley was the 1-0 World Cup qualifying defeat to Germany in October 2000.

But, following an England under-21 match against Italy last month, played in front of a 55,700 crowd, Wembley has been cleared to host matches again.

During Wembley's £757m reconstruction, England have played at various club grounds around the country.
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Well done to the FA for getting such a big game for England's first match at the new ground.

Medic

Yeah, finally the FA do something right. Looking forward to this match.

Amir

Oh wow! Its on Canada day

Come on Engerlandddddddd, do it for the commonwealth! (Ok I lie, I hope Brazil eats England up!)

Oxy

I'm hoping to go to that if I can into the public ballot after the Eng. fanclub members have bought theirs.

I envisage a sell out in an hour though...