Capello unsure how to improve players
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August 11, 2010, Wednesday
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AFTER blaming England's early World Cup exit on his players' lack of confidence, Fabio Capello shrugged his shoulders and conceded he didn't know how to restore their mettle.
Then, the Italian tried to prove that his reputation within football hasn't been tarnished by England's second-round humiliation by revealing that three clubs had tried to poach him since the tournament.
"They were from important clubs," Capello said on Monday. "But I don't want to speak about them because I respect the managers who are working there now."
The 64-year-old Capello had half-expected to be fired after England lost 1-4 to Germany in South Africa, but instead the Football Association backed him to lead the team into qualifying for the 2012 European Championship.
"I'm here because the FA said I had to carry on with this job," Capello said. "When you lose something you want immediately to do something better."
However, the dilemma of how to transform underachieving players into title winners remains a mystery to Capello.
The former Real Madrid coach continues to make excuses for England's poor showing at his first tournament - insisting the team could have beaten Germany had Frank Lampard's legitimate second goal not been disallowed in Bloemfontein and damaged his players' mental strength.
"The mind of the players is key to everything," Capello said. "I don't know what we have to do to improve the minds of the players. At this moment I do not know. We did not play with confidence, we played with fear."
Capello is already warning his players that they will likely be booed during today's friendly against Hungary even though only 10 players from the World Cup squad have been retained.
"The first XI will be players who were at the World Cup," he said. "This is sure because, like me, they have to take the booing. I expect boos. Why not? We win together, we lose together. Always, I respect the crowd but I am the boss. They have to boo me like the players."
Capello has called up three players for the first time: Arsenal duo Jack Wilshere, 18, and Kieran Gibbs, 20, who are set to appear in the second half, as well as 29-year-old Fulham striker Bobby Zamora, who is in line to start. Goalkeeper Joe Hart will be handed his first international start having not played at the World Cup.
Capello's plans to rebuild the team will go ahead without goalkeeper Paul Robinson and defender Wes Brown, who marked their international recalls by announcing on Sunday that they were quitting the team.
"The decisions to retire are individual decisions, which I respect," Capello said.
"Robinson said he prefers to stay at home. I spoke with Brown. I told him that I did not pick him in the squad for South Africa because he did not play in the two months before.
"I picked him in this squad because he had played all the games in preseason. He said, 'Thank you for everything but I prefer to stay at home and not play with the national team.'"
Then, the Italian tried to prove that his reputation within football hasn't been tarnished by England's second-round humiliation by revealing that three clubs had tried to poach him since the tournament.
"They were from important clubs," Capello said on Monday. "But I don't want to speak about them because I respect the managers who are working there now."
The 64-year-old Capello had half-expected to be fired after England lost 1-4 to Germany in South Africa, but instead the Football Association backed him to lead the team into qualifying for the 2012 European Championship.
"I'm here because the FA said I had to carry on with this job," Capello said. "When you lose something you want immediately to do something better."
However, the dilemma of how to transform underachieving players into title winners remains a mystery to Capello.
The former Real Madrid coach continues to make excuses for England's poor showing at his first tournament - insisting the team could have beaten Germany had Frank Lampard's legitimate second goal not been disallowed in Bloemfontein and damaged his players' mental strength.
"The mind of the players is key to everything," Capello said. "I don't know what we have to do to improve the minds of the players. At this moment I do not know. We did not play with confidence, we played with fear."
Capello is already warning his players that they will likely be booed during today's friendly against Hungary even though only 10 players from the World Cup squad have been retained.
"The first XI will be players who were at the World Cup," he said. "This is sure because, like me, they have to take the booing. I expect boos. Why not? We win together, we lose together. Always, I respect the crowd but I am the boss. They have to boo me like the players."
Capello has called up three players for the first time: Arsenal duo Jack Wilshere, 18, and Kieran Gibbs, 20, who are set to appear in the second half, as well as 29-year-old Fulham striker Bobby Zamora, who is in line to start. Goalkeeper Joe Hart will be handed his first international start having not played at the World Cup.
Capello's plans to rebuild the team will go ahead without goalkeeper Paul Robinson and defender Wes Brown, who marked their international recalls by announcing on Sunday that they were quitting the team.
"The decisions to retire are individual decisions, which I respect," Capello said.
"Robinson said he prefers to stay at home. I spoke with Brown. I told him that I did not pick him in the squad for South Africa because he did not play in the two months before.
"I picked him in this squad because he had played all the games in preseason. He said, 'Thank you for everything but I prefer to stay at home and not play with the national team.'"
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