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Fabio Capello has won it all but is he the right choice for England? In this article, I'll tell you if he is.
Fabio Capello joined the England team coaching setup in the last couple of months but is he the right guy? Let's take a look at his credentials.
First of all, he has won the highest accolades, a true European club super titan. In fact, he has won the domestic league with every single one of the sides that he has managed and in more than one country.
Winning leagues in more than one country is a fine achievement but also one that Sven-Göran Eriksson had before him and we know how England appeared to underachieve (at least in the eyes of Englishmen) under his tenure.
OK, so he has won in more than one country with every team but what about his style of managing?
Many say that he is a disciplinarian. In this way, he is similar to Sir Alex Ferguson who believes in using the iron fist when necessary. In fact it's ironic because when Fergie was going to retire a few seasons ago, Capello was name as a potential man for his job and Ferguson even recommended Capello for this England job as well.
In fact, this is why I think that, in my final analysis, Capello will turn around England's fortunes.
England have always had a poor football style that prevents them winning at the top level since '66. They think they are great because of the quality of their league which is in fact enhanced by foreigners. Yes, on paper, most of the players are very good but unfortunately they play with the English football mentality which is never to take risks and always choose the safe option.
In the game of football, much like the game of life, you don't get anywhere if you never take any risks. I think that Capello will instil this, as I'm sure Eriksson tried to before him, but unlike his predecessor he won't take a hands off approach to making them take risks - he'll demand it and not just drop a player if he doesn't comply but probably give him the "hair dryer" treatment in front of his teammates if he doesn't.
In my opinion, I think that Capello and his style of soccer coaching are just what the England team needs and I cannot wait for their imminent success.

England's first International football match was against their fierce rivals Scotland, on 5th March 1870. This event made both countries the oldest national football teams in world football. This inaugural match was organised by the English Football Association, just 2 years later on 30th November 1872 the Scottish football representatives organised the return match between the two sides the result was 0-0.
It took place at Hamilton Crescent, Scotland as is taken to be the first official international between England and Scotland because the two teams were picked and organised by the two independent organisations rather than only the English FA as in the first match in 1870.
The English FA have always run the English national football team since it's first match against Scotland. At the beginning they played all their matches against the home nations' teams which were Scotland, Ireland (later becoming N.Ireland) and Wales (The British Home Internationals).
The English FA first joined FIFA in 1906 only to withdraw in1928 together with all the British association teams due to differences of opinion with FIFA, they later rejoined FIFA again in 1946.
The first home match against a European international team was against the Belgium in 1922. In 1923 Wembley Stadium was used for the first time Scotland again being the opponents result 1-1 draw.
It wasn't until 1953 that England lost their unbeaten record at home 81 years from the first fixture that was played against Scotland. The team to beat them was the great Hungarian Team including 'Puskas' who won 6-3.
England did not take part in the FIFA World Cup until the 1950 World Cup in Brazil, where they did not pass the first group games. Arguments between FIFA and the FA, the two sports governing bodies were the cause of the English team missing out on the first three FIFA World cup finals.
Their biggest triumph came when the World Cup Finals were held in England in 1966 when they went on to win the trophy at Wembley in the historic match against Germany 4-2 after extra time.
Since that victory the England team have never appeared in a major championship cup final coming close in the 1990 World Cup in Italy and 1996 European Championships in England, featuring in semi-final matches losing both on the penalty shoot out

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