Saturday, 29 December 2007
Friday, 28 December 2007
Capello Relishing Greatest Callenge
New England manager Fabio Capello spoke Saturday of his joy at being presented with the greatest challenge of his career.
Capello is one of the most successful coaches in the modern era, having guided three Italian teams to the Serie A title - although the two titles he won with Juventus were later rescinded due to match-fixing - as well as leading Real Madrid to two La Liga crowns in the two seasons he spent in Spain, a decade apart.
Now he has been given the task of leading England to glory following the disastrous Steve McClaren tenure in which the country failed to qualify for Euro 2008.
"I've always been attracted by great challenges and I hope to end my career on a high," the 61-year-old told Rai television.
"The challenge that awaits me is more difficult than the others I've had but also one in which I have more preparation time.
"It's already time to start working. I want to do well and succeed. To succeed on the English bench would be the cherry on the cake for my career.
"It would be wonderful to go out on a high after many years working in football. I never thought I would one day coach England."
Capello was believed to be in the running for the job seven years ago before the English FA opted for Sven-Goran Eriksson.
"I came close once before but it didn't happen. This time it's become a reality," he said.
"I'm going to come up against a different way of working in a country where football is like a religion. Everyone in England is asking why the national team is not winning."
Former Chelsea and Portugal boss Jose Mourinho was the early favourtie for the job but when he ruled himself out of the running, all eyes turned to Capello.
His last job ended in June when he was fired by Real Madrid despite guiding them to their first title in four seasons.
Since then he had been working as a football commentator for Rai.
He has previously coached AC Milan, where he won four titles and the Champions League in six seasons, Roma and Juventus.
Capello is one of the most successful coaches in the modern era, having guided three Italian teams to the Serie A title - although the two titles he won with Juventus were later rescinded due to match-fixing - as well as leading Real Madrid to two La Liga crowns in the two seasons he spent in Spain, a decade apart.
Now he has been given the task of leading England to glory following the disastrous Steve McClaren tenure in which the country failed to qualify for Euro 2008.
"I've always been attracted by great challenges and I hope to end my career on a high," the 61-year-old told Rai television.
"The challenge that awaits me is more difficult than the others I've had but also one in which I have more preparation time.
"It's already time to start working. I want to do well and succeed. To succeed on the English bench would be the cherry on the cake for my career.
"It would be wonderful to go out on a high after many years working in football. I never thought I would one day coach England."
Capello was believed to be in the running for the job seven years ago before the English FA opted for Sven-Goran Eriksson.
"I came close once before but it didn't happen. This time it's become a reality," he said.
"I'm going to come up against a different way of working in a country where football is like a religion. Everyone in England is asking why the national team is not winning."
Former Chelsea and Portugal boss Jose Mourinho was the early favourtie for the job but when he ruled himself out of the running, all eyes turned to Capello.
His last job ended in June when he was fired by Real Madrid despite guiding them to their first title in four seasons.
Since then he had been working as a football commentator for Rai.
He has previously coached AC Milan, where he won four titles and the Champions League in six seasons, Roma and Juventus.
Sunday, 9 December 2007
Friday, 7 December 2007
ENGLAND 2 CROTIA 3 - england fail to qualify
England 2
Lampard (pen) 56
Crouch 65
Croatia 3
Kranjcar 8
Olic 14
Petric 77
Venue: Wembley Stadium.
Attendance: 88,091.
Referee: Peter Frojdfeldt (Sweden).
England have failed to qualify for the 2008 Euro's after a dismal display at Wembley in front of nearly 90,000 fans.
I am still baffled how young goalkeeper Carson jumped ahead of David James in the pecking order. OK, Robinson has played badly enough lately to warrant being dropped. Why James, who has been on the bench, presumably therefore England's number 2, for every qualifier, was overlooked in preference for a rookie, is beyond me.
I am still confused also, as to why England lined up with a 451 formation. Owen got injured in a meaningless friendly away to Austria, and McClaren saw fit to change the whole set up, rather than just put in a replacement (defoe).
I refuse to berate the England players, who aside Crouch, Joe Cole and possibly David Beckham, floundered helplessly in the mud, on a Wembley pitch that had been trounced by the American football players that recently tore our hallowed turf to shreds.
The problem with the England side, for me, is the old boys brigade that run the FA. Non football people, making footballing decisions, strikes me as an oddity. Tomorrow these non footballing people will have an emergency board meeting, to decide on Steve McClaren's future tenure as the England manager.
The blind leading the blind springs to mind.
England Team: Carson, Richards, Campbell, Lescott, Bridge, Wright-Phillips (Beckham 46), Gerrard, Barry (Defoe 46), Lampard, Joe Cole (Bent 80), Crouch.
Subs Not Used: James, Ashley Cole, Brown, Hargreaves.
Croatia Team: Pletikosa, Corluka, Simic, Robert Kovac, Simunic, Srna, Modric, Nico Kovac, Kranjcar (Pranjic 75), Olic (Rakitic 84), Eduardo (Petric 69).
Subs Not Used: Runje, Babic, Knezevic, Leko.
Lampard (pen) 56
Crouch 65
Croatia 3
Kranjcar 8
Olic 14
Petric 77
Venue: Wembley Stadium.
Attendance: 88,091.
Referee: Peter Frojdfeldt (Sweden).
England have failed to qualify for the 2008 Euro's after a dismal display at Wembley in front of nearly 90,000 fans.
I am still baffled how young goalkeeper Carson jumped ahead of David James in the pecking order. OK, Robinson has played badly enough lately to warrant being dropped. Why James, who has been on the bench, presumably therefore England's number 2, for every qualifier, was overlooked in preference for a rookie, is beyond me.
I am still confused also, as to why England lined up with a 451 formation. Owen got injured in a meaningless friendly away to Austria, and McClaren saw fit to change the whole set up, rather than just put in a replacement (defoe).
I refuse to berate the England players, who aside Crouch, Joe Cole and possibly David Beckham, floundered helplessly in the mud, on a Wembley pitch that had been trounced by the American football players that recently tore our hallowed turf to shreds.
The problem with the England side, for me, is the old boys brigade that run the FA. Non football people, making footballing decisions, strikes me as an oddity. Tomorrow these non footballing people will have an emergency board meeting, to decide on Steve McClaren's future tenure as the England manager.
The blind leading the blind springs to mind.
England Team: Carson, Richards, Campbell, Lescott, Bridge, Wright-Phillips (Beckham 46), Gerrard, Barry (Defoe 46), Lampard, Joe Cole (Bent 80), Crouch.
Subs Not Used: James, Ashley Cole, Brown, Hargreaves.
Croatia Team: Pletikosa, Corluka, Simic, Robert Kovac, Simunic, Srna, Modric, Nico Kovac, Kranjcar (Pranjic 75), Olic (Rakitic 84), Eduardo (Petric 69).
Subs Not Used: Runje, Babic, Knezevic, Leko.
brazil host 2014
Brazil, the country that has won the FIFA World Cup a record of five different times has been selected by the FIFA executive committee to host the next World Cup in 2014. FIFA president Sepp Blatter stated last Monday that Brazil was a strong and a single candidate after Colombia pulled out of the running in April also that Brazil "supplies tens of thousands of football players to the world, the best football players."
It was also mentioned the fact that there was no further competition from additional South American nations, therefore, FIFA's decision to implement the rotation system that gave each continent a turn at hosting the World Cup laid on Brazil for this time.
The entire country is in extreme joy as it will be the first time for Brazil to host a World Cup since 1950; even the Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva travelled to Switzerland to the FIFA headquarters for the announcement. Swiss foreign ministry officials said the delegation, which had flown in from Brazil overnight, arrived in Zurich on Tuesday morning.
Despite the fact, Blatter had recently questioned Brazil's infrastructure and proposal plans, FIFA stated last week a stadium-inspection trip in August showed the country was completely capable of giving "an exceptional" tournament, and in the mean time, improvements to the infrastructure could be made. Additionally, Brazil has 10 of the world's largest soccer stadiums.
The Brazilian soccer confederation has revealed that the construction work needed for the tournament will cost approximately US$1.1 billion. Brazilian soccer player, Pele, acknowledged that Brazil faces a tough challenge, but they are confident that all the work will be completed in time. "Of course there is a lot of controversy about the real situation in Brazil," he said. "Many people ask me if Brazil is prepared to host the World Cup. If you go to Brazil now and look at the stadium, no one is able to play in a World Cup."
"No doubt," Pele said. "In the seven years from now, Brazil will be prepared and in shape to have the World Cup."
On the other hand, Brazilian president Lula said "Soccer is not only a sport for us." "It's more than that: Soccer for us is a passion, a national passion." He promised Brazil "with great pride, he was to do its homework." And, he added, "if everything works out well, we will win once again a World Cup."
It was also mentioned the fact that there was no further competition from additional South American nations, therefore, FIFA's decision to implement the rotation system that gave each continent a turn at hosting the World Cup laid on Brazil for this time.
The entire country is in extreme joy as it will be the first time for Brazil to host a World Cup since 1950; even the Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva travelled to Switzerland to the FIFA headquarters for the announcement. Swiss foreign ministry officials said the delegation, which had flown in from Brazil overnight, arrived in Zurich on Tuesday morning.
Despite the fact, Blatter had recently questioned Brazil's infrastructure and proposal plans, FIFA stated last week a stadium-inspection trip in August showed the country was completely capable of giving "an exceptional" tournament, and in the mean time, improvements to the infrastructure could be made. Additionally, Brazil has 10 of the world's largest soccer stadiums.
The Brazilian soccer confederation has revealed that the construction work needed for the tournament will cost approximately US$1.1 billion. Brazilian soccer player, Pele, acknowledged that Brazil faces a tough challenge, but they are confident that all the work will be completed in time. "Of course there is a lot of controversy about the real situation in Brazil," he said. "Many people ask me if Brazil is prepared to host the World Cup. If you go to Brazil now and look at the stadium, no one is able to play in a World Cup."
"No doubt," Pele said. "In the seven years from now, Brazil will be prepared and in shape to have the World Cup."
On the other hand, Brazilian president Lula said "Soccer is not only a sport for us." "It's more than that: Soccer for us is a passion, a national passion." He promised Brazil "with great pride, he was to do its homework." And, he added, "if everything works out well, we will win once again a World Cup."
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