‘England lost to them in the European Championship final in 2009 and they beat us 3-0 at Wembley this time last year. They secured a 10-1 victory over Ecuador, england football shirts but lost 1-0 to Japan and 2-1 to Cameroon. It proved that their 1-0 win over Europe’s most feared team in the third-place play-off at the World Cup was no fluke. ‘We have proved this year that we can compete with the best nation in the world or, if not the best nation, england football kit then one certainly in the top two,’ Aluko told Sportsmail. We have got results against them in the past – we drew 0-0 with them at the 2007 World Cup and it was considered an achievement at the time – but the key is the team doing it on a consistent basis.