A tale of two Italians

TRAP or Capello? As far as the Italians are concerned it’s no contest after Saturday’s opening World Cup qualifiers – the only question is the amount of egg there will be on Fabio’s face in Zagreb.

“Capello has probably never had to coach a worse group of players than this one,” said Giancarlo Galavotti of the Gazzetta dello Sport after England’s laboured victory over Andorra in Barcelona.

“The idea was to give a chance to some fresher forces in the hope they’d show more hunger for the ball than the traditional first-choice players.