Brazil 1-0 England

Wayne Rooney admitted England were outclassed last night in Doha as they were lucky to avoid a heavier defeat against the world's No1 team.

Brazil sealed victory with a wonderful goal two minutes after half-time by Nilmar. It could have been worse had Luis Fabiano not blazed a penalty - conceded by keeper Ben Foster - over the bar.

Rooney said: 'Brazil were the better team and they deserved to win. We created some chances and I thought we were unlucky not to have a free-kick on the edge of the box in the first half, when I was brought down.

'We're very disappointed with the goal. We should have put more pressure on the ball, and I'm not sure how he got between the defenders.

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'It was a difficult game, not just because of the conditions but Brazil are a very difficult team to play against. They make you chase the ball and you need to do that for 90 minutes. But we are better than we showed tonight.

'But still, captaining England was a proud moment for me and my family. I will treasure it for the rest of my life.'

England went into the desert shorn of a handful of first-team stars and a defiant Fabio Capello is convinced his team will be a match for the Brazilians when the likes of Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard, John Terry and Rio Ferdinand are wearing the Three Lions.

'This XI of Brazil is a very good team - but our first XI is a good team,' said the Italian.

'We played against the best team in the world and I find a lot of positives. We did some things well, but it is very difficult to play against Brazil because they are a very good team, the best we have played.'