Arsenal's New Wales skipper confident of beating England in Euro qualifier today
Arsenal's New Wales skipper confident of beating England in Euro qualifier todayWales new skipper Aaron Ramsey of Arsenal feels that his side can overcome a John Terry-led England at the Millennium Stadium today to keep their dream of qualifying for Euro 2012 alive. Gary Speed's side have suffered a torrid start to their qualification campaign, having lost all of their matches against Montenegro, Bulgaria and Switzerland.
Wales' skipper Aaron Ramsey during a training session ahead of their
UEFA Euro 2012 qualifier against England in Cardiff, yesterday.
Pic/Getty ImagesCurrently 10 points behind group leaders Montenegro and seven behind England in the Group G playoff spot, Wales will almost certainly have to beat their neighbors in Cardiff if they are to have any chance of making it to Ukraine and Poland next summer. And despite not having many illustrious names in their ranks, Ramsey feels the hosts can upset Fabio Capello's side.
He said: "Hopefully Wales will come out on top because we want to qualify for a major championship and we believe we can beat England, even if they have some of the best players in the world playing for them.
"But if we have all our best players available, we can show what we are capable of doing. Any time is a good time to play against England."
The youngster is set to come up against Arsenal team-mate Jack Wilshere in the England midfield and has admitted that the pair have exchanged words over the clash. "There has been banter, a few words, between us because we could both start and it would be a good test for both of us. I haven't really thought about how to stop Jack, I need to concentrate on my own game," he added. Meanwhile, Capello said.u00a0 "It's one really, really dangerous game tomorrow."
