England’s Italian manager Fabio Capbello would love to see an ‘England vs. Italy’ World Cup final this summer. Capello took over from Steve McLaren after England failed to qualify for Euro 2008, losing 3-2 to Croatia at Wembley in November 2007. Marcello Lippi has recently claimed that he would like to see the Anglo Italian clash so that he can see his rival’s reaction to the Italian national anthem.
The former AC Milan, Real Madrid, Roma and Juventus manager is more than up for the challenge. “I would sign up straight away for an Italy-England final, like Lippi says,” the England manager said during a lecture in sports management at Parma University. He went onto add: “The main difference between coaching a national squad and a club is that when you coach a national squad you have a nation behind you. And you feel it. You really feel it,”
Although England qualified with ease for the 2010 World Cup finals, Capello has had a bit of a headache over the past few week regarding former captain John Terry. Terry relived of his captaincy due to an affair with the ex partner of team mate Wayne Bridge going public. Capello decided that Terry could not continue as captain and passed the duty onto Rio Ferdinand. Recently, Ashley Cole is in danger of missing the tournament due to a broken foot sustained against Everton. The injury could well see the inclusion of Wayne Bridge in the starting lineup, alongside disgraced former captain John Terry.
