Showing posts with label England Team. Show all posts
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Sunday, August 8, 2010

Lesotho Soccer: Fabio Capello Called Up Arsenal Trio

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Fabio Capello Called Up Arsenal Trio

Fabio Capello, England manager has called up Arsenal Trio Jack Wilshere, Kieran Gibbs and Theo Walcott for the friendly match against Hungary on Wednesday.

The England squad to face Hungary on Wednesday, in full:

Goalkeepers: Ben Foster (Birmingham), Joe Hart (Manchester City), Paul Robinson (Blackburn Rovers)

Defenders: Wes Brown (Manchester United), Gary Cahill (Bolton Wanderers), Ashley Cole (Chelsea), Michael Dawson (Tottenham Hotspur), Kieran Gibbs (Arsenal), Phil Jagielka (Everton), Glen Johnson (Liverpool), John Terry (Chelsea)

Midfielders: Gareth Barry (Manchester City), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Adam Johnson (Manchester City), Frank Lampard (Chelsea), James Milner (Aston Villa), Ashley Young (Aston Villa), Theo Walcott (Arsenal), Jack Wilshere (Arsenal)

Strikers: Darren Bent (Sunderland), Carlton Cole (West Ham United), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United), Bobby Zamora (Fulham)

source: goal.com

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Monday, June 28, 2010

Lesotho Soccer World Cup: Fabio heckled by fans outside stadium

According to mirrorfootball: Fabio Capello was heckled by furious England fans after his side crashed out in their heaviest-ever World Cup defeat.

They turned on the hapless Italian after we were humiliated 4-1 by old foes Germany.

Three Lions followers pointed the finger of blame at our Italian manager after England’s worst performance in a World Cup match.

Capello had to take refuge inside a media tent after supporters vented their anger at him outside the stadium.

One fan could be heard shouting: “I’ve spent £5,000, £5,000 to watch that!”

Another fan shouted “What a load of rubbish” as FA media chief Adrian Bevington ushered Capello away.

Yet Capello - paid £6million a year by the FA - defiantly refused to resign and blamed a referee’s blunder for the shocking defeat.

But fans who dejectedly made their way from the Bloemfontein’s Free State Stadium - and millions more back home - questioned Capello’s future.

Plumber James Grainger, 29, of Wallsall, said the players and Capello had let the country down.

“I earn £30,000 a year and this has cost me £5,000. What a waste of time and money.

“I have been saving for a year to come here. It has cost me a fortune to watch that.

“It is just not good enough. I was hoping to stay for the final but I am going home because I am not earning while I am here.

“It is all right for the players - five grand is just about what they spend on a pair of jeans.

“The can go home to their mansions and trophy wives and girlfriends and forget about it.”

More than 25million England fans watching on TV saw their hopes shattered yesterday (SUN) as a woeful performance from the team enabled Germany to cruise to victory.

But 64-year-old Capello sparked further anger among fans and pundits just minutes after the match when he insisted England “played well”.

Furious BBC pundit Alan Hansen ridiculed the claim - slamming Capello’s efforts as “shambolic”.

He said: “They were abysmal.

“If you look at the back four, the midfield, the attackers, the system and the manager.

“Every aspect was rock bottom. The basics, the fundamentals weren’t there.”

Hansen also told millions of devastated TV viewers he expected Capello to quit as manager.

Capello recently signed an amendment to his contract with the FA which commits him to the top job in English football until after the European Championships in 2012.

Capello, who has faced criticism during the World Cup campaign for being stubborn and refusing to listen to suggestions from players, is paid more than any other manager at the World Cup.

Hansen added: “I think he will go. Ultimately they were that bad not just in this game but through the tournament.

“He’s under tremendous pressure.”

England’s woes were made worse when they were robbed of a clear goal by a blundering linesman.

At 2-1 down after a disastrous start, Chelsea star Lampard struck a superb 30-yard shot against the underside of the Germans’ cross bar.

TV replays showed it was a yard over the line - and yet the goal was not given.

Capello claimed Frank Lampard’s wrongly disallowed goal would definitely have changed the game – despite the fact England conceded four goals overall.

He said: “It was one of the most important things in the game.

“The goal was very important. We could have played a different style.”

But he insisted: “We played well. Germany is a big team. They played a good game.

“We made some mistakes when they played the counter-attack. The referee made bigger mistakes.

“Little things decide the result always.”

But Capello later said he would not be resigning as England manager following the crushing defeat.

Asked if he was going to quit, he said: “No, absolutely not.” Continue reading here...

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Saturday, June 26, 2010

Lesotho Soccer World Cup: Germany vs England preview.

World Cup 2010 - Stats and history point to Germans

Bookmakers are expecting over £30 million will be gambled on the outcome of England's match with Germany.

The previous biggest amount staked on a single game was just over £20 million pounds on the England v Portugal quarter-final in Gelsenkirchen in the 2006 World Cup.

It is expected over £1 billion pounds will be gambled for the first time on any one tournament, compared with about £750 million pounds in Germany.

And it is hard to split the teams with both sides odds against to win the match in 90 minutes with the draw at 2/1.

And there is good reason to think the match will finish in a stalemate after normal time:

- Their last World Cup meeting came 20 years ago with a 1-1 draw in the semi-final in Turin after 90 minutes.

- They drew 0-0 in the second group stage in 1982.

- In 1970, it was 2-2 in the quarter-final in Leon after normal time.

Read more at: http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/26062010/58/world-cup-2010-stats-history-point-germans.html


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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

World Cup 2010: Fabio Capello's 30-man England squad looks worryingly mediocre

By Rob Kelly

At long last the idle (and in many cases erroneous) speculation is over, and Fabio Capello has finally put us all out of our misery by announcing his provisional squad for the World Cup. And while there were certainly a few raised eyebrows over the Italian’s final selection, the dominant sensation I felt when studying the squad was one of being utterly underwhelmed.

Matthew Upson – solid, but essentially mediocre. Shaun Wright-Phillips – not even good enough to start for Manchester City. Emile Heskey – gone backwards at Aston Villa. Jamie Carragher – seriously, has it really come to that? Just what has Phil Jagielka done wrong to be excluded from this distinctly average squad?

Of course, there were some pleasing inclusions, too, and I am delighted to see the likes of Michael Dawson, Scott Parker and Adam Johnson rewarded for their impressive club form by being named in the 30-man squad. The former has been magnificent for Tottenham this term, and thoroughly deserves his space in the squad, while Parker has been the beating heart of a struggling West Ham team and would bring commitment, energy and bite to any midfield he graces. Johnson, meanwhile, has been one of the signings of the season, and could be England’s wildcard in South Africa.

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