A draw to start and probably deserved, some people rated France as better than us but it didn't show, to be honest both teams cancelled each other out.
Lescott was probably England's best player and deserved the goal, Joe Hart had a mixed night with some great saves and a few errors and you would have expected him to save Nasri's goal.
Great to see Oxlade-Chamberlain in the starting line up although he didn't see too much of the ball but did ok, still not convinced Milner is an England player and he missed a sitter early on after doing the hard bit of taking it round the keeper, Gerrard still seems to lack the confidence he shows for Liverpool but was solid.
England played a bit defensively which meant Young and Wellbeck had limited chances to shine, but we looked more solid than we have in years.
Luckily the French didn't have any opportunities to go down in the box, as I'm sure the ref was dying to give them a penalty.
My Ratings -
Hart 7, Johnson 6, Cole 7, Terry 6, Lescott 8
Parker 7, Gerrard 7, Oxlade-Chamberlain 7, Milner 4
Young 6, Wellbeck 7
Subs - Henderson 5, Defoe 7, Walcott 5
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