ENGLAND v. DENMARK

England played Denmark in a friendly football match in Copenhagen this evening. England managed to win 2-1 without - paradoxically perhaps - managing to look either stretched or the better side. I suppose that that is the whole point with friendly games, they are just too friendly.

On the England side, Theo Walcott confirmed why he should have been taken to last summer's World Cup, and Darren Bent was muscular up-front. On the negative side, John Terry is looking a bit long in the tooth these days, and Michael Dawson seemed out of his depth. For Denmark, Christian Poulsen is past it in my view, while Christian Eriksen, 19 next week, looks like a great talent in the making.

Walter Blotscher