Capello not worried about mistakes

August 13, 2009

England drew 2-2 with the Nether lands in Amsterdam, a good result considering they found themselves 2 down by half time. The two Dutch goals were a result of defensive mistakes from England but Fabio Capello was unfazed by the defensive errors from Rio Ferdinand and Gareth Barry.

“These were just two silly mistakes,” said Capello, who has a 100% record with England in competitive games.

“I was not angry about them because I can accept they were freakish.”

But Capello said he would not be so relaxed about the mistakes if they came as a result of players ignoring instructions.

“Sometimes you are angry because some mistakes that they did were incredible,” he said.

“I don’t accept mistakes where the position is wrong or if I try doing something in training and then, afterwards, I don’t see it being put into practice on the pitch.”

The Italian said he avoided raising his voice at half-time following England’s tepid and mistake-ridden opening 45 minutes.

“I was really calm at half-time, really calm,” he said.

“You have to understand what you have to do. It is not always the same.

“It is very important psychologically for the players to understand if the manager has confidence that they can recover the result.”

Capello introduced Defoe after the interval in place of Emile Heskey with the forward having a immediate impact scoring four minutes after the break and then again 13 minutes from time to get the draw.

“He is one of the best English forwards,” said Capello.

“He is very fast, he is always in front of the goal and technically he is very good.”

Meanwhile, England’s hero of the night was thoroughly pleased with his night’s work.

“I think it was my best game for England,” he said.

“Our performance was good and I think that’s what the manager was looking for.

“In the first half I thought we were a bit unlucky with the goals we conceded - it’s pre-season for a lot of the lads, but the second half was a lot better, we showed good spirit and we deserved the result.”

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