Source: FOOTYMAD
Joke England Performance Has Capello Grasping For Excuses
England came from two goals down to draw their Group G encounter 2-2 with Switzerland after goalkeeper Joe Hart had let in two howlers from Switzerland free-kicks. Fabio Capello claimed a lack of energy cost his England side two points in their European Championship qualifier. Fabio Capello: "Some players arrived at the last 10 minutes without energy. In modern football if you can't press it is difficult. "For this reason I was happy for the reaction and for the chances that we created but the last 10 minutes I was worried. I saw the Swiss team doing really, really well. "I respect all the players. I am focused every time on the game. I know some Swiss players are playing in really important teams. Six players playing in Italy, some coming from Germany and here in England. "The quality of these players is good. They played today with more energy than us. "I was disappointed for the second goal because the wall needed to stay tight and not move. "I changed because I needed to change something. I needed one player to attack the space and one player faster. "The first half we played a lot of short passes and did not go through to the goal. It was a tactical decision, absolutely." "After 2-2 we got four chances to score the third goal. We missed those chances but I can see that in the last 10 minutes some players were without energy. It was a difficult moment to play a game of such importance. "Bent always has the chances but this time he missed the chances. It is incredible because we missed four chances that were really clear."
