London 2012 Olympics: Great Britain v Brazil: live Sturridge starts for Great Britain A word on the women's international which was played here at the Riverside earlier today. Great Britain and Sweden played out a cautious 0-0 draw, which gives coach Hope Powell plenty to be working on before their opening Olympic encounter against New Zealand on Wednesday. Rachel Yankey hit the post in the second half, which was the closest either side came to breaking the deadlock. Thanks, Ed. As is customary in a friendly, we have brought off our starter to be replaced by a young gun (me). One way traffic at the Riverside, and the wrong way from Team GB's point of view. Stuart Pearce is going to have to give a mighty fine pep talk with the half time oranges if his side is going to get back into this one. Half time - One sided. Two words to sum up that half. Brazil look superb but Britain certainly look like it's the first time they have played together. Anyhow, in fine friendly style it's time for a substitution and I'm going to hand you over to the Welshman out of the pairing, Huw Silk, to take you through the second half. 45 mins Just one minute of injury time to be played and the British lads look like they have gone 10 rounds with Vitali Klitschko. Micah Richards has looked particularly shocking at the back. I wonder how many are still saying he should have gone to the Euros for England on that first half performance. 44 mins And another attack from the Samba boys. I've restrained from using that phrase too much but I feel their play has deserved it. The sweat on Sturridge's face just shows how much effort the British team are putting in, but so far it has been all to no avail. 42 mins It looks like the British boys are willing the half-time whistle to come. Maybe some of them hope Stuart Pearce will look at them and say, take a bath. Another chance for Brazil. This time the effort ripples the side netting. They are finding so much space in the British half. 37 mins Neymar is through on goal again down the right hand side but his drilled effort is saved by Jason Steele's legs. This is certainly looking ominous now. It was a matter of when they scored, now it's a matter of how many. Where's Becks when you need him... 34 mins GOAL Great Britain 0 - 2 Brazil (Neymar Pen) The resultant penalty is cooly slotted home by Neymar past Jason Steele's right-hand. The Middlesbrough keeper guessed the right way but it was struck firmly and positioned perfectly. In his celebration, Neymar decides to wind up the crowd. Has he ever been to Middlesbrough? You just don't do antagonise the Smoggies. 33 mins Penalty to Brazil And just as a penalty shout is turned down, there is no referee in the country who wouldn't have decided Micah Richards committed a foul in the area then. He was turned with pace by Hulk and stuck out a leg from behind his man. The Manchester City man is lucky to escape a red card and maybe the word 'friendly' in the title of the game saved him there. 30 mins And just as that happens, Neymar performs his best Tom Daley impression inside the box after a tackle by Ryan Bertrand. It's never a penalty and it's an absolutely horrid piece of play-acting from him. To be fair to the little fella his tricks before those antics were pretty special. If only he could've accepted being tackled. The crowd duly decide it's time to make him the villain of the match. 29 mins Somehow Ryan Giggs gets away with a blatant foul on Neymar a yard outside the box. He clearly bundled the forward over and that would've been a free-kick in a very dangerous position. 26 mins Another shot for GB.Daniel Sturridge gets the ball outside the area and you can tell he only has eyes for goal, despite a line of yellow shirts in front of him. Inevitably it hits one of them but the bobble spins out for a corner. Unfortunately, the set-pieces which were thought to be GB's best chances of scoring have yet to produce anything of real promise and again, the foray forward fizzles out. 25 mins It appears that not many people are getting involved with this game on Twitter. But we have found a tweet from former player Nicky Forster, yes it certainly is an example of scraping the barrel at it's finest. 23 mins Great Britain are having some success against Real Madrid's Marcelo down the right-flank. They force a corner after a run by Craig Bellamy but Giggs' delivery can only be headed wide by Micah Richards. 21 mins Another long ball searching for the pace of Sturridge fails to reach the target. Brazil certainly look the most dangerous and are certainly, as most coaches tell you as a child, 'treating the ball like it's your friend'. 18 mins The game has died down a little since the goal. Brazil looking superb in possession and Britain looking for the early ball a bit too much. The crowd get a bit excited as Sandro squares up a little top Bellamy after fouling him. Nothing really in it in truth. 16 mins Resident Welshman, Huw Silk who will be taking the reins for the second-half of the blog said on the earlier issue of the anthems: Not an overwhelmingly positive reaction on social media to the failure of the Welsh players - particularly captain Ryan Giggs - to join in with God Save the Queen. It is perhaps understandable, considering the slating they had got from certain groups in Wales for making themselves available for Great Britain in the first place. God Save the Queen is, of course, the British anthem - but its association with England makes it something of a minefield for the non-English players to negotiate. Time for a new anthem for English sports teams? 14 mins Great Britain look to hit back straight away and with their own free-kick they nearly grab an equaliser straight away. The ball in from the right looks like it is heading out of play but Micah Richards leaps like a salmon to head it back across the goal. The ball evades the star-jump of Rafael Barbosa in the Brazilian goal but there is no fellow Brit following up to stick it in and it's duly cleared. 11 mins GOAL: Great Britain 0 - 1 Brazil (Sandro 12 mins) Well, that was extremely poor defending. Something which Stuart Pearce will be raving about. Firstly, Tom Cleverley gifts a free-kick away outside the area. It looks like Neymar will shoot but instead a ball is drifted to the far post and no British defender goes towards it. Tottenham midfielder Sandro found himself on his own in the area and duly headed the ball over Jason Steele into the far corner. 8 mins That was the first major scare for the British outfit. The Brazilians are certainly exploiting the English centre-back pairing of Richards and Tomkins and have managed to get in behind a few times in the first few minutes. 5 mins Glorious chance for Neymar. In fact, how on earth has he missed it? He's played through the middle and looks odds on to score but his effort is skewed horribly, and I mean horribly, wide of the goal. 2 mins Craig Bellamy plays a nice ball down the right and Ryan Bertrand streches his legs to grab the first corner of the game. Ryan Giggs' delivery fails to clear the front man. 19.47 Brazil in their famous yellow and blue get the game underway. They are kicking from left to right if you are watching it on television. If you are by any chance reading from the other side of the stadium, it's right to left for you. 19.46 So here we go, the players are ready out on the pitch. One last thing to make you tremble, all the Brazilians have a full international cap... 19.45 The players all stand to acknowledge the national anthems. It appears not many of the Brazilian's know the words to theirs, a couple of the British players make the effort to sing God Save The Queen but notably that didn't include any of the Welsh members. Stuart Pearce on the other hand looked like he was thrashing out an Oasis song at one of their gigs. 19.40 The teams are walking out onto the pitch as thousands of British flags are waived vicously. I'm pleased to say a couple of extra people have decided to take their seats, but like several Middlesbrough games when they were in the Premier League, this is by far not a sellout. 19.37 So, to look at the British side in a little more detail. Aaron Ramsey has been left on the bench with his fellow Welshmen Ryan Giggs and Joe Allen picked in midfield alongside Tom Cleverley. Interestingly, Pearce has chosen to go for plenty of pace up front with Rose, Bellamy and Sturridge all packed with plenty of turbo power in their legs. Interestingly local lad Jason Steele is picked in goal ahead of Jack Butland, the youngster who somehow went to the Euros for England. 19.35 Ok, we are less than 10 minutes before kick-off. There is plenty of music blaring out around the stadium. To say the stadium is looking a little empty is perhaps being a little kind. It's empty. I do hope that people are just leaving it late to make their appearance or the Samba atmosphere could turn out to be a bit sombre. 19.32 Confirmation of the Brazil team for tonight. Rafael Barbosa (GK), Rafael Da Silva, Thiago Silva (capt), Juan, Sandro, Marcelo, Romulo, Leandro Damiao, Oscar, Neymar, Hulk. 19.25 For Brazil the team news is that wonderkids Neymar and Oscar both start, as does Hulk. But AC Milan's Alexandre Pato will have to watch the first half at least from the bench. 19.17 We have some team news for you. Team GB line up as follows: Jason Steele, Ryan Bertrand, Micah Richards, Sam Tomkins, Neil Taylor, Joe Allen, Ryan Giggs, Craig Bellamy, Tom Cleverley, Daniel Rose, Daniel Sturridge. 19.15 A little history lesson for you, don't worry it won't be a double lesson and I won't be handing out homework. Here goes. Great Britain have won Olympic glory twice in the past, in 1908 and 1912. Their first success, at the home Olympics in 1908 saw them win all three of there matches, beating Denmark 4-2 in the final. Four years later, they denied Denmark gold again in the final, winning the five-team competition with a 2-0 success in the final. Brazil on the other hand have never, yes you read that right, the five time World Cup winners have never won an Olympic gold medal. Despite names such as Romario, Ronaldo, Bebeto, Alex and Ronaldinho having taken part in the past, the South American's have only taken home a silver medal. They have also not reached an Olympic football final since the Seoul Games in 1988. Four years ago they were left disappointed, with an Olympic bronze medal, after losing 3-0 in the semi-finals to fierce rivals and Lionel Messi-inspired Argentina. 19.09 TEAM NEWS: 38-year-old Ryan Giggs, picked as one of the three allowed over-23 players in the squad, will captain the GB side tonight, and throughout the competition. The midfielder will be joined by Craig Bellamy and Micah Richards as the so-called old-timers of the squad. They have been selected alongsode fit again striker Daniel Sturridge, who has passed a late fitness test to play. 19.05 Tonight's match is a friendly, so do expect frequent substitutions, relaxed one-two's between central defenders and the crowd to perform an ill-fated Mexican wave after about 30 minutes. But don't let that put you off, with the Brazilian's involved, the match should involve some highlights at least. They have included in their 18-man squad a range of talented individuals such as AC Milan's Alexander Pato, Santos wonderkid Neymar and likely Chelsea-bound duo Hulk and Oscar and it seems a question less of if they will score, but when. 19.00 Good evening one and all and welcome to live text coverage of Great Britain's warm-up friendly against the samba kings, Brazil. Tonight's match marks the first time in over 40 years a Great British side will play together and acts as the only preparation game prior to the start of their Olympic competition in just six days when they will walk out at Old Trafford to face Senegal. Their Olympic journey will also see them face the United Arab Emirates at Wembley on July 29 and Uruguay at the Millennium Stadium on August 1.