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title: "#RioChallenge Live Blog brought to you by Strongbow: Ecuador vs England"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/riochallenge-live-blog-brought-to-you-by-strongbow-ecuador-vs-england/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Taylor Williams"
section: "Arsenal Football Club"
published: "2014-06-04T18:02:28Z"
modified: "2014-06-04T18:02:28Z"
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# #RioChallenge Live Blog brought to you by Strongbow: Ecuador vs England

![ecuadorvsenglandliveblog](https://cdn.footballtransfertavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/4403530-500x334.jpg)Hello and welcome to the #RioChallenge Live Blog, brought to you by Strongbow. We’re following Roy Hodgson’s Three Lions over to Miami as England meet Ecuador in their penultimate warm-up game ahead of Brazil.

Fit-again duo Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Phil Jones are due to start from the off – recovering from the groin and shoulder problems that saw them miss the 3-0 trouncing of Peru. Hodgson has claimed that he plans to name an experimental line-up for the clash, meaning that Liverpool signing Rickie Lambert could team up with new club team-mate Raheem Sterling.

However, Roy’s boys aren’t the only footballers with the opportunity to prove themselves on the biggest stage over in Rio this Summer.

After a nationwide search to find a team up-to-scratch, Strongbow sent their #RioChallenge boys – marshalled by Chris Kamara – to take on one of Brazil’s best female five-a-side teams. Here’s how they got on: [http://bit.ly/riofinal](https://bit.ly/riofinal)

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