With Wayne Rooney suspended for all of England’s group matches at the 2012 European Championship, coach Fabio Capello is using the pre-tournament friendlies to assess his options up front, with Darren Bent preferred in Saturday’s 1-0 win over Spain.
Uncapped Daniel Sturridge and Bobby Zamora will be given chances against fellow Euro 2012 qualifier Sweden, which lost 2-0 to Denmark on Friday but is unbeaten against England in 12 matches, dating back 43 years.
Capello says “now Sweden think we’re good—they’ll want to play better here.”
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