While the rest of Europe prepare in earnest for the upcoming European Championships, the English are wondering what activities to indulge themselves as they licked their wounded pride. England failed to qualify so it is hard to foresee a nation gripped by football fever.
Amid this depression, nobody paid much attention to to Fabio Capello’s friendly [...]
February 5, 2008 – 10:25 am
Steven Gerrard has been appointed England captain by Fabio Capello. Just the kind of uplifting news to sweep away the gloom as he saw the Premier League title slipping away from his embattled club. In fact, with the string of poor results recently, Liverpool is no longer a firm bet for Champions League qualification.
However, before [...]
January 25, 2008 – 5:29 pm
Who shall be the next England captain? Steven Gerrard wants the armband. He said: “Every England player wants to captain his country. It’s every player’s dream from a young age. Then you say ‘Yes of course’.”
As for David Beckham, he is a former captain who is now dispatched to the wilderness of Major League Soccer, [...]
January 18, 2008 – 7:19 pm
Just when we thought Fabio Capello can instill greater discipline into the England team and make role models out of the players. Yet his moral image has suffered a dent as he is now implicated in an investigation for tax fraud by prosecutors in the northern city of Turin.
Capello has assured the FA he [...]
January 15, 2008 – 9:33 pm
Meritocracy - that is the mantra of Fabio Capello as he lines up the first England squad, since succeeding Steve McClaren, to face Switzerland on Feb 6 at Wembley.
He has warned David Beckham that no privilege or sentiment will be extended even as the LA Galaxy midfielder yearns to win his 100th cap and become [...]
December 14, 2007 – 7:05 pm
Fabio Capello has been confirmed as England’s new messiah until 2012, on a contract reportedly worth 6.5 million pounds a year by the Football Association on Friday. It is not all cheer in England though.
A great debate has ensued: will Capello usher in a new dawn for England’s football or will he fail terribly like [...]
November 27, 2007 – 11:52 pm
And then there were two… The ink has barely dried from the discussions of England’s European Championships debacle, courtesy of Croatia who cruelly drove the final stake into the coffin, and fate has brought them together again.Last Sunday, the results from the preliminary 2010 World Cup draw revealed that both teams are now in Group [...]
November 19, 2007 – 1:43 am
With Euro 2008 qualification at stake, Italy showed the rest of European football why they were the reigning world champions. Right at the death, they snatched a 2-1 victory from Scotland, thanks to a header from Christian Panucci. The Azzurri made it through, along with France, and normal order is restored for a competition in [...]
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