The former captain is not alone in hoping Cole features in Port Elizabeth, and there remains the very real possibility that the 29-year-old will make his first appearance of the tournament in a game Capello counts as “one of the biggest” of his career. The Italian was just as unimpressed with Terry’s ill-advised call for Joe Cole to be selected in tomorrow’s decisive match with Slovenia, with the defender’s comments seen as betraying a lack of respect to his other team-mates. But I hope that from the big mistake comes out a big performance.”
Every time we have a meeting I ask the captain: ‘ problems? You want to say something?’ Never. My door is open always if they want to speak with me. “I spoke with some players, and only John Terry said this. The mistake is you have to speak with the players, with me, with the dressing room. I know sometimes some players want to speak more with the media than with the other players. because, when you speak, you have to speak privately, not with the media. I don’t understand why he doesn’t speak with me every time. I read yesterday that John Terry said this. It’s one mistake from one player, no more. The team meeting at the Royal Bafokeng complex passed without incident, with Terry having been warned of the implications of speaking out by a member of Capello’s coaching staff.Īsked whether England had been on the verge of a player revolt to match that has erupted in the France squad, Capello said: “No, it’s not a revolution. Terry was subsequently left exposed after fellow players reacted in dismay having become aware of his comments, with the Chelsea defender understood to have since apologised to some of his colleagues for the outburst.
The Italian claimed the deposed captain had let down his team-mates by effectively implicating them in a perceived coup that was due to take place at a meeting on Sunday evening. GROUP C: ENGLAND:FABIO CAPELLO has condemned John Terry for making “a very big mistake” by publicly calling for senior players to stand up to the England manager after the side’s stuttering start to the World Cup.