England begin training for Wembley friendly with Brazil

England stars get down to business in training as they prepare to face the boys from Brazil By Declan Warrington PUBLISHED: 11:16 GMT, 4 February 2013 | UPDATED: 14:16 GMT, 4 February 2013 England have begun preparations for Wednesday's illustrious friendly at Wembley with Brazil. The bad news for manager Roy Hodgson, however, is that only 11 outfield players were available to fully train today. The withdrawals of the injured Jermain Defoe and Michael Carrick and the absence of the unfit Daniel Sturridge had significantly contributed to the depleted numbers available to Hodgson to train, with others involved yesterday in the Premier League instead limited to a warm-down session.