England head coach Fabio Capello has given his usual pre - match interview in the build up to Saturday night’s Friendly against Slovakia. Touching on the form of his right sided midfielders, Capello admitted that he’s been keeping a close eye on both Beckham / Lennon and offered up his thoughts on the temper of Wayne Rooney.
While Ashley Young and Gabby Agbonlahor are left out, England head coach Fabio Capello called in Ledley King and 23 others ahead of their Friendly against Slovakia on Saturday and a World Cup Qualifier against Ukraine the following Wednesday.
With Wayne Rooney and Steven Gerrard out due to hamstring injuries, Fabio Capello has named an Aston Villa heavy 23 man roster ahead of England’s upcoming Friendly against Spain in Seville on February 11th.
The boss man looks a tad uncomfortable having a semi - lapdance on live television.
Shouts to Dave for the heads up.
Team England trains for their match against Kazakhstan (…paging Sascha Baron Cohen). Match will be live on FSC at 12pm Eastern.
Capello must run these guys hard, because no one looks happy here, save maybe Rooney.
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A bit of a surprise in Fabio Capello’s 23 man roster that will face Andorra and Croatia in World Cup Qualifiers was the first time inclusion of Fulham’s 29 year old midfielder Jimmy Bullard.
Bullard’s inclusion into the Full National Team completes a remarkable recovery from a career-threatening ACL injury that he suffered almost exactly two years ago and was out injured for 15 months before returning to play a crucial part in Fulham’s Premier League survival last season.
Capello has left out Michael Owen, Peter Crouch and Jonathan Woodgate while Michael Carrick, Owen Hargreaves and Steven Gerrard will miss out due to injury.
England play Andorra in Barcelona’s Olympic Stadium on Saturday evening (September 6th) and then travel to Zagreb for their second qualifier against Croatia on Wednesday, 10 September.
Goalkeepers: Paul Robinson (Blackburn), David James (Portsmouth), Robert Green (West Ham)Defenders: Joleon Lescott (Everton), Wayne Bridge (Chelsea), Ashley Cole (Chelsea), John Terry (Chelsea), Wes Brown (Manchester United), Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United), Glen Johnson (Portsmouth), Matthew Upson (West Ham)
Midfielders: Gareth Barry (Aston Villa), Joe Cole (Chelsea), Frank Lampard (Chelsea), Jimmy Bullard (Fulham), David Beckham (Los Angeles Galaxy), Stewart Downing (Middlesbrough), David Bentley (Tottenham), Jermaine Jenas (Tottenham)
Forwards: Theo Walcott (Arsenal), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United), Jermain Defoe (Portsmouth), Emile Heskey (Wigan).
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Basically getting roasted by his boys, Cannavaro seemingly takes it pretty well.
Fabio Capello has named his squad for England’s friendly against the Czech Republic.
No Dean Ashton, no Peter Crouch and surprisingly no Darren Bent, while Aston Villa’s Gareth Barry was named despite all the confusion over his on again / off again move to Liverpool.
Goalkeepers:
David James (Portsmouth), Paul Robinson (Blackburn), Joe Hart (Manchester City)
Defenders:
Wayne Bridge (Chelsea), Ashley Cole (Chelsea), John Terry (Chelsea), Wes Brown (Manchester United), Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United), Glen Johnson (Portsmouth), Jonathan Woodgate (Tottenham), Matthew Upson (West Ham)
Midfielders:
Theo Walcott (Arsenal), Gareth Barry (Aston Villa), Joe Cole (Chelsea), Frank Lampard (Chelsea), David Beckham (Los Angeles Galaxy), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Michael Carrick (Manchester United), Stewart Downing (Middlesbrough), David Bentley (Tottenham),
Strikers:
Wayne Rooney (Manchester United), Jermain Defoe (Portsmouth), Emile Heskey (Wigan)
