Blatter criticises England's choice of foreigner as coach: BBC (AFP)
Published 1/7/2008 at Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
FIFA president Sepp Blatter criticised England's decision to hire a foreign coach on Monday, the day Fabio Capello arrived at FA headquarters for his first day of work.
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