Eriksson backs Owen to make Brazil clash

Sven-Goran Eriksson is confident that England’s lethal weapon Michael Owen and key midfielder Paul Scholes will be fit to face Brazil in Friday’s World Cup quarter-final clash with Brazil in Shizuoka on Friday.

Liverpool striker Owen has been an injury concern since suffering a groin injury after two minutes of Saturday’s 3-0 win over Denmark in Niigata in the second phase which led to him being eventually substituted at half-time.