Summary England beat Brazil 2-1 to end a 23-year wait for victory over the five-time world champions.
England beat Brazil 2-1 on Wednesday to end a 23-year wait for victory over the five-time world champions and consign Luiz Felipe Scolari to defeat in the first game of his second spell as Brazil coach.
On a chilly Wembley night that saw Ashley Cole win his 100th England cap, home goalkeeper Joe Hart saved an early penalty from the recalled Ronaldinho, before Wayne Rooney put Roy Hodgson s side ahead.
An error from Gary Cahill allowed half-time substitute Fred to equalise for Brazil early in the second half, but Cahill s Chelsea team-mate Frank Lampard gave England victory with a smartly taken goal on the hour.
The friendly game was being played to mark the start of the Football Association s 150th anniversary celebrations, and in Scolari s disjointed Brazil, England found unexpectedly generous opponents.
Hodgson s men will now approach March s World Cup qualifiers against San Marino and Montenegro in good heart, while Scolari must revisit his plans to craft a side capable of winning a sixth world title on home soil in 2014.
