At 19:45 GMT on May 27, an international football friendly match was played at the Stadium of Light. England host the Kangaroos.

The two teams have met 6 times before, with England having the upper hand with 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. Australia's only defeat against England came on 12 February 2003, when they won 3-1 away. And this match is also the most recent meeting between the two sides, in other words, the two teams have not met for 13 years.

England have a record of 3 wins and 2 defeats in their last five matches and beat Turkey 2-1 during their last international event. Previously, they lost 1:2 to the Netherlands, 3:2 to Germany, 2:0 to France, and 0:2 to Spain. Australia have won all of their last four matches, with their last defeat coming on 8 October 2015, when they lost 2-0 to Jordan in the Asian qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

It was also Marcus Rashford's England debut, as he played as the lone arrow in England's 4231 formation.

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As a friendly match to examine the nature of the lineup, Hodgson made a significant adjustment to the starting lineup for this game. The goalkeeper is No. 1 Foster, and the back four are No. 2 Klein, No. 5 Smalling, No. 6 Stones and No. 3 Bertrand. Liverpool's No.4 Henderson and No.8 Drinkwater, nicknamed Drinkwater, from Manchester United's Academy teamed up in midfield, with No.7 in the middle, No.10 Sterling and No.11 Lallana on the wings, and Marcus Rashford in the No.9 shirt as the single arrow.

Four Manchester United players, captain Wayne Rooney and Kobayashi were all on the bench.

Marcus Rashford wasn't too excited about this game, because it was just a warm-up game, and because of the average strength of the opponent Australia, this game was only judged to be one star by the football emperor system. In this way, if you want to earn attribute points through competitions, don't count on it. Because as a one-star match, you have to score 4 goals to get an attribute point.

However, this is difficult, firstly, it is more difficult, and secondly, it is not necessary. After all, the relationship between the two countries is still good, you know, Australia was once a British colony, even after the founding of the country, it has always been a hardcore little brother attached to the British tail, and the diplomatic relations between the two countries will not let such a warm-up game play too ugly scores.

If Rashford had been too brutal, he might have been replaced by Hodgson before half-time.

Marcus Rashford felt a very different pace from previous Premier League and Europa League games as soon as the game began.

Although it seems that the Australian team is quite positive, in terms of confrontation, it is not at all comparable to the Europa League game. As for the Premier League, it's even worse.

After all, England's players don't want to be injured in this game because the European Championship is in sight, so saying goodbye to the European Championship is really worth the loss; As Australia's hardcore brother of the United Kingdom, the players will not deliberately target England's players.

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However, in such a relaxed atmosphere, England almost conceded a goal in the second minute of the game.

At that time, Manchester United sent a free-kick at the back, and after Stones received the ball, he was slightly pressed by the Australian player and passed it back to Smalling.

As soon as Smalling got the ball, he was forced by two Australian strikers, McClaren and Robbie, and he immediately passed it back to goalkeeper Foster.

Foster was a little flustered for a while in the face of McLaren's forward pressing, ready to clear the siege with a big foot, who knew that he kicked McLaren's body, almost allowing McClaren to form a steal not far in front of the small penalty area.

Fortunately, Foster's second reaction was very quick and he quickly controlled the ball that bounced back.

Foster's mistake scared the home fans into a cold sweat, and also scared many English players into a cold sweat.

Although it was only a warm-up game, the fans still wanted to see a victory. If they had fallen behind so early, and it was a low-level mistake, the fans would not have been happy.

Even, after the game, those domestic media may be overwhelmingly critical of the players on the field. An undisciplined tabloid like The Sun doesn't think about the purpose of the game, they can do anything for the sake of their own sales.

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Feeling a bit embarrassed, the England players immediately launched a counter-attack and scored first.

Foster then tossed the ball to Stones on the left, who took a few steps forward and passed to Bertrand near the halfway line on the left.

Bertrand made the break for the Australian midfield after a wall link with the Drinker, who played the ball forward to Raheem Sterling.

However, the short and thin Sterling, under the defense of Australia's tall central defender Jedinak, did not get the ball, after all, Jedinak is also a Premier League player and is very familiar with Sterling.

However, Jedinak did not get the ball either, and the ball was picked up by Rashford next to him.

Marcus Rashford didn't mean to break through the Australian defence, but sent a through ball forward to completely penetrate the Australian defence.

Raheem Sterling relied on his speed to get the ball ahead of Jedinak.

At this point, Raheem Sterling can choose to either invert a triangle pass to Rashford or cross as Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson has been outflanked in the middle.

It was clear that Sterling preferred his former team-mate Jordan Henderson to Marcus Rashford, a sworn striker in the city, and he didn't hesitate to cross in the way of setting up his former team-mate's goal.

However, as the saying goes, if you have the intention to plant flowers and flowers, you have no intention of planting willows and willows, and Sterling's cross actually hit the back of Jedinak, who kept up with the defense, changed direction and bounced into the penalty area.

At the point where the ball landed, Rashford's figure appeared there keenly, facing the ball that bounced off the ground again, swinging his leg was a volley.

The shot less than 20 yards from goal, albeit slightly off, was unmistakable, and the ball whistled into the goal of Ryan, Australia's No. 1 goal. And Ryan, who moved to the near corner and was ready to block Raheem Sterling's cross, did not react to the goal the whole time.

Marcus Rashford's goal gave England a dream start to the season and he carried over his good league form to his country, scoring his first goal for England. I want to talk about "The British Emperor" with more like-minded people, pay attention to "excellent reading literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find confidants~