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Plenty of work to be done before England can thrive under Capello
The revolution within the set-up of the English national football team that many people have expected from new manager Fabio Capello – or why else pay him about £6million a year? – will clearly take longer to transpire than we had all hoped. England, who lost 1-0 to France at the Stade de France tonight, in just Capello's second match in charge, looked lost for ideas at times, particularly ...
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England beaten but is it all doom and gloom?
The Soccer Weblog — ... for England, but instead there was a familiar sense of gloom around the national team last night as a miserable 1-0 defeat by France brought Fabio Capello's honeymoon period to an abrupt conclusion. - The Times > The losers do have specific, professional reasons to brood on it. Barring a brief spell in the middle of the first half the side were tame in defeat.- The Guardian > Other writers have been quick to point out the negatives. > . . > . But was it really as bad as all that? > ...

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