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Wembley concern for Capello

September 10, 2008

Capello’s England travel to Croatia this evening to face a side never beaten in a competitive game at home but is more confident about a victory there than at Wembley.

“When we play at home we don’t play with a lot of confidence, so I prefer to play away from home,” the England coach said.

“We are very good technically but sometimes during games we don’t do it.”

Some England players including Captain John Terry have said they would be happy with a draw but Capello is looking for a win.

“I think we played every game better and with more confidence, in this moment I know Croatia and their strong points.

“I’m sure tomorrow we will play well. I understand the spirit of the group, the spirit of the team is going up.”

England are well aware that the games against Croatia are crucial for progression as they found out in the qualification for the Euros but Capello doesn’t think that will be playing on his players minds.

“I know what happened in the past but I always think about the future,” he said.

“It’s a new game, a new season and the players now aren’t thinking about what happened in the last game, they’re focusing on this game.

“We’re a different team, with a different manager.”

Terry believes that the defeats England suffered to Croatia will be good motivation for the players.

“Sometimes it’s called for and I will do that to get the group going, but a calm head is sometimes a wise head.

“The memories of what happened here last time will be enough to get the lads fighting.

“Their home record speaks for itself, we have to respect them and that’s what we will do.

“But we’ve moved forward from a year ago, we’re in better shape than we were then, and we need to move forward with confidence.

“We didn’t have that at Wembley, but here it’s a fresh start, and a new campaign.”

“We owe every single England fan success, good performances and results,” he said.

“The fans are paying a lot of money to see us and we need to improve.”

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