by adamnbarrett » Sat Jun 03, 2006 12:37 pm
Sven-Goran Eriksson hinted that England would return to 4-4-2 for their final World Cup warm-up game on Saturday.
Peter Crouch, who scored as a substitute against Hungary on Tuesday, starts up front alongside Michael Owen against Jamaica (kick-off 1400 BST).
"We will play a little bit different tomorrow from Tuesday," Eriksson told a news conference on Friday.
Gary Neville will miss the game because of a hamstring problem with Jamie Carragher likely to take his place.
Manchester United captain Neville is not expected to be a doubt for the World Cup opener against Paraguay seven days after the Jamaican game, however.
But he has been forced to sit out this game, with Eriksson confirming: "Gary Neville has a small problem with one leg so the doctor, together with me, took the decision to take him out of training.
"He will be OK on Monday, no problem."
Other than Carragher for Neville, England are expected to play the team which will face Paraguay in Frankfurt on 10 June.
Having used his World Cup Plan B against Hungary - with Michael Owen on his own up front - Eriksson suggested he would be going back to a tried and trusted 4-4-2.
"I don't want to talk about formations - but it will be maybe different from the last game," admitted the Swede.
"In those friendly games (Hungary and Jamaica) we are going to try two different ways of playing, which we are going to use during the World Cup."
David Beckham, speaking at the same news conference, admitted the players felt more comfortable in a 4-4-2 system, and Eriksson said that would be taken into consideration, "because they are the players and the ones who go out and do the work".
England (probable team): Robinson, Carragher, Cole, Terry, Ferdinand, Beckham, Lampard, Gerrard, Cole, Crouch, Owen.