“The mind of the players is key to everything,” the Italian
coach said. “I don't know what we have to do to improve the minds of the
players. At this moment I do not know. We did not play with confidence, we
played with fear.”
England will face Hungary on Wednesday in a friendly at
Wembley Stadium, and Capello retained only 10 players for that match from the
squad that lost to Germany in the second round of the World Cup in South Africa.
“I know the players I left out very well,” Capello said.
“At this moment I have to change something but who knows
what will happen in the future. Maybe I will decide to put them in the squad
another time.” Capello, who is expecting his team to be jeered when they walk
out onto the field at Wembley, needs to figure out what needs to be done to transform
England before qualifying begins for the 2012 European Championship.
“I think they can boo us when the game starts but after a
short time I hope they get behind us,” Capello said. “On Wednesday we will play
against a team with good organization in Hungary. It will be important to see
something new on the pitch. It will be important for me, the crowd, for
everyone. That is why it will be a really interesting game.
“It is possible we will see something new ... but no system
is good if the players are not in good form. We got criticized for playing with
a 4-4-2 in South Africa but I saw yesterday (in the Community Shield between
Manchester United and Chelsea) the old style, with wingers.” Capello has called
up three players for the first time: Arsenal duo Jack Wilshere, 18, and Kieran
Gibbs, 20, along with 29-year-old Fulham striker Bobby Zamora.
“We have to monitor these young players and check their
personalities,” Capello said. “The England shirt is different. It is different
playing at Wembley compared to other stadiums. The pressure is really high. I
want to know the reaction of all the players.
“These players that I have chosen are really good. They are
young. I monitored them last year. Gibbs and Wilshere are the younger ones.
They have done very well in preseason. The quality of these players is really
high. It is interesting for me to get to know these players. Zamora is not
young but he is a good player.” Capello's plans to rebuild the team will go
ahead without goalkeeper Paul Robinson and defender Wes Brown, who marked their
international recalls by announcing Sunday that they were quitting the team.
“The decisions to retire are individual decisions, which I
respect,” Capello said. “Robinson said he prefers to stay at home. I spoke with
Brown. I told him that I did not pick him in the squad for South Africa because
he did not play in the two months before.
“I picked him in this squad because he had played all the
games in preseason. He said, 'Thank you for everything but I prefer to stay at
home and not play with the national team.”' England's Euro 2012 qualifying
campaign begins in September with matches against Bulgaria and Switzerland.
