Saturday, 12 June 2010
Capello should shoulder blame for Green gaffe
If looks could kill, Fabio Capello would not be accessible to drillmaster the blow of England's World Cup campaign. Instead, he would be calling Coronation Street's Tony Gordon to artifice his way out Rustenburg penitentiary afterwards getting activate accusable of the annihilation of Rob Green.
The England drillmaster was absolutely barmy at the afterimage of Green's howler on Saturday, afterwards the goalkeeper's bogie bendable easily accustomed Clint Dempsey to 'fire' USA level. Ruining England's afire alpha handed to them by Steven Gerrard's fourth-minute opener, Green did what we all knew he might: He accidentally chucked one in his own net.
Yet afore Capello makes a dupe of the West Ham goalkeeper, he should acquire that he is every bit as abundant to accusation for what is assuredly the a lot of awkward moment of the World Cup to date. It was Capello who best Green and, abundant added importantly, it was Capello who beatific him assimilate the acreage after the aplomb of alive that he was England's acknowledged No. 1.
Think about one of those moments in activity if you accept been accustomed a hot coffee, and somebody tells you 'be careful'. Or anticipate of a moment if you're cat-and-mouse to accomplish a hill-start in the car, and a back-seat commuter warns you not to let the car roll.
What happens? You discharge the coffee and you arrest the car.
In candor to Rob Green, he is the alone goalkeeper at the World Cup who went into the aperture bout of his clash after the aplomb of his manager. Capello's clandestineness over the goalkeeping bearings could alone anytime advance to one thing: Nerves.
Regardless of who got best to play in ambition adjoin USA, Capello's abnegation to name his acknowledged No. 1 meant England's goalkeeper knew one aberration would end his tournament. There artlessly was no allowance for error, which is absolutely if errors activate to occur.
The debates over which England 'keeper is best are absolutely subjective. To the naked eye, it seemed even afore the clash began that Joe Hart is England's best, and Green is England's worst.
But there is artlessly no abstinent that Capello's ambivalent over his aboriginal aggregation alternative alone encouraged all-overs - a part of players and supporters alike. Green will absolutely accurately accept the feel of blame, but England's administrator should accede his own role as accent to the crime.
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