Archive for the 'Fabio Capello' Category

October 8th, 2008

Team England Trains for Kazakhstan

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. Image via Kickette
August 31st, 2008

Jimmy Bullard In For England World Cup Qualifiers

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 ...
August 18th, 2008

The Fabio Cannavaro Show – Nike Live

Basically getting roasted by his boys, Cannavaro seemingly takes it pretty well.
August 16th, 2008

Capello Names England Squad

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 ...
August 11th, 2008

Capello And His Captain

Fabio Capello is set to name his England Captain in a meeting two days before next weeks friendly match against the Czech Republic. "I will announce the captain two days before the game," said the Italian.  "I will speak with the captain just a moment before I tell the rest of the squad, then everyone else will find out." image via DailyMail
March 20th, 2008

Becks Gets His Recall

And so it goes...the Beckham - Capello saga takes another turn. Only a couple years ago Capello famously banished Beckham to training alone after Becks made his announcement to come the LA Galaxy. Then, Beckham gets recalled to the squad and goes on to help Real Madrid win La Liga before both Beckham and Capello bounce out. Now Capello has recalled ...
February 6th, 2008

The Psychologist

image via SkyRock When purchasing Zlatan Ibrahimovic from Ajax, Fabio Capello knew the talent the young Swede had, but also  his temperament.  Since then, Zlatan has gone on to star at Inter as Capello, who won last year at Real Madrid is now the manager of England after Juventus' drop to Serie B in 2006 .  In today's SkySports, Ibrahimovic gives ...
February 5th, 2008

You’ll never walk alone

It might be for only one match, but when England is walking out of the tunnel at Wembley tomorrow, Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard will be at the front. While John Terry has to be dissapointed, Gerrard's pure work ethic and attacking ability is the perfect example of the type of two way players England will need to succeed under Fabio "The Don" ...