Croftsey v Kaka?

By Jack Nolan
September 4 2006

Gillingham's Andrew Crofts looks likely to play against Brazil tomorrow night. The Welsh manager claimed that he might play his young guns after seeing his first choice side go down 2.1 in the Cech Republic.

Crofts recently captained the Under 21 Welsh side, but now looks set to win his fourth full Welsh cap. Crofts has impressed whilst on international duty before, but it is a huge step up for the Gills midfielder who only two weeks ago played against Blackpool, and is now facing the stars of Brazil. Brazil beat Argentina yesterday by three goals to nothing, with a double from Ellano and a stunning goal by Kaka having ran all of 75 yards to slot home.

Speaking ahead of the friendly, Toshack told the BBC, "We'll keep four or five Under-21 players in the senior squad and they'll all have a chance of playing for 25 or 30 minutes."

To watch the game, those living in England have to tune in to BBC3 and the game starts at 19:30 and the game is held at Totenhams White Hart Lane stadium.

The probable Welsh squad is: Paul Jones (QPR), Mark Delaney (Aston Villa), James Collins (West Ham), Danny Gabbidon (West Ham), Lewin Nyatanga (Derby County), Sam Ricketts (Hull), Carl Fletcher (Crystal Palace), Carl Robinson (Norwich City), Simon Davies (Everton), Craig Bellamy (Liverpool), Ryan Giggs (Manchester United, capt), Jason Brown (Blackburn Rovers), Glyn Garner (Leyton Orient), Richard Duffy (Portsmouth), Rob Edwards (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Ryan Valentine (Wrexham), ANDREW CROFTS (GILLINGHAM), Joe Ledley (Cardiff City), David Vaughan (Crewe Alexandra), Robert Earnshaw (Norwich City), Gareth Bale (Southampton).