Fabio Capello
Fabio Capello – distinguished football manager (and former Italian international), having won many league and cup titles, including Serie A, La Liga and the Champions League. Fabio Capello has a reputation for being totalitarian in training and for shunning ‘pretty football’ for the sake of results. He also has one of the most impressive art collections in Italy. He currently manages the England national team (Fabio Capello profile).
Jamie Carragher Set For Shock England Return?
Reports in this morning’s Daily Telegraph are suggesting that Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher may be poised to make a shock return to the England squad for this summer’s World Cup. Carragher declared his retirement from international football in the summer of 2007 (due to his frustration at the lack of opportunities handed to him by…
Final Call for South Africa: Who will be in Capello’s England Squad?
As the English Premier League season draws to a close there is still all to play for! The title race is still a close run race between Manchester United and Chelsea, the battle for fourth place sees four teams battling it out for a place in next season’s Champions League and at the wrong end…
Zamora for England
Up until last night Darren Bent could consider himself the unluckiest English striker in the country – despite bagging 22 goals this season Bent has continually been overlooked by Fabio Capello. But now he has a rival, Bobby Zamora’s stunning season has seen him score 19 goals so far, 8 of them in Europe, all…
Capello: The man behind England’s World Cup dream
“Except where otherwise noted, every quote in the book comes from a direct interview, conducted either by me or one of my researchers.” – Gabriele Marcotti in the Author’s Note section. That reference sums up why Gabriele Marcotti is one of the most prominent and respected voices in world football journalism. This book about England…
Everything’s Not Lost
Theo Walcott’s disappointing performance in England’s friendly against Egypt saw his World Cup hopes written-off by large sections of the media. Fabio Capello replaced the ineffective Arsenal youngster after 57 minutes with Shaun Wright-Phillips who went on to score England’s second goal and set up the third. Subsequently, Walcott’s below-par performance came in for scathing criticism from…
England win, but with food for thought
The final whistle, on this cold Wembley night, was greeted with smiles and cheers from England supporters. A win and three second half goals could at least leave a warm, glowing feeling for the journey home. But as the feeling returns to those supporters fingers, so might memories of the first hour of England’s performance…
Why Fabio Capello sacked John Terry
Fabio Capello has stripped John Terry of the the England captaincy, citing the need to do what’s best for the England team. At the time of appointing Terry as captain, he picked Rio Ferdinand as vice-captain with Steven Gerrard the third choice. Based on Capello’s comments, Rio Ferdinand is set to take over as England…
England’s World Cup Chances: The Class of 2010 v The Golden Generation
Whilst we are used to (endlessly irritated by?) the hype surrounding every build-up to an England World Cup campaign, it’s fair to say that in 2006 much of the hype held water. Here was the ‘Golden Generation’; players who were worthy of standing shoulder to shoulder with the best that rocked-up in Germany. Yes, we…
England’s World Cup Chances: 23 into 11 Doesn’t Go
For the mathematicians out there you’ll instantly recognise the numbers 11 and 23 as ‘prime numbers’, meaning of course that they are only divisible by themselves and 1. For the football fans out there you will recognise 11 as the number of players you can have on the pitch at any one time and 23…
Capello’s England Squad – Filling in the blanks
Fabio Capello is not one to give too much away, his demeanour surly enough for ITV’s Clive Tyldsley to describe the Italian as “old poker face” during last night’s dead-rubber win over Belarus at Wembley. But prior to the game, the England manager had given the story-writers plenty to work with by suggesting that his…
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