Easy for England? Not If We've Got to Beat Brazil to Win the World Cup, Says Capello ; Manager Fabio Does His Best to Stay Calm While the Nation Just Dreams of Glory [Edition 2]
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FABIO CAPELLO declined to be drawn on the merits of Brazil in the immediate aftermath of Friday night's extravagant World Cup draw in Cape Town, and with good reason. Not only does the Italian want to focus his English players on the task in hand for next summer's World Cup finals in South Africa, namely games against the United States, Algeria and Slovenia, he will not wish to elevate this Brazil team, which comprehensively outplayed England's reserves three weeks ago, into an insurmountable hurdle when they could be semi-final opponents.
In all likelihood, even with a fair wind, that is where England's World Cup would end, despite the ludicrous scenario of bookmakers installing them as second favourites behind Spain, presumably in response to obtuse patriotic punters.See the full content of this document
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Easy for England? Not If We've Got to Beat Brazil to Win the World Cup, Says Capello ; Manager Fabio Does His Best to Stay Calm While the Nation Just Dreams of Glory [Edition 2]
Were England to fail at the semi-final stage, and they would need an equal measure of skill and fortune to progress even that far, they would fall short of Capello's test for an acceptable World Cup.
'To play the final,' said Capello recently, when asked what would constitute a successful tournament in his eyes. But that wo...See the full content of this document
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