http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fabio-c13152 Capello has assured the Russian striker of including them at World Cup qualifying matches only if they will impress him at club level
Russian national team manager, Fabio Capello, has revealed the reasons behind excluding http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Andrei-Arshavin-c5771 from the 23-man squad ahead of the World Cup qualifying matches against Northern Ireland and Israel.
The 66-year-old Italian tactician, who took the vacant managerial spot after d**k Advocaat’s departure to PSV-Eindhoven, insisted that he will stick to his principles to play in-form players rather than to play famous yet out-of-form
individuals in his team.
And while football analysts have blasted the newly appointed coach for excluding Arshavin, who captained his side at Euro 2012, and Pavlyuchenko, who made three substitute appearances for his national team at the European tournament,
Capello reveals the reasons behind taking the big decision.
“I chose the players based on a simple principle: who are enjoying top form at the moment. However the door is no closed for Arshavin, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Yuri-Zhirkov-c37683 and Pavlyuchenko to return to the first team action.” The former
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749 boss was quoted as saying.
Capello replaced Arshavin and Pavlyuchenko with Dynamo Moscow’s http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Aleksandr-Kerzhakov-c4569 retained his place in the squad as a striker.
The Italian national, who is particularly famous for his successful managerial tenure at AC Milan and AS http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roma-c31603 respectively, went on to warn the senior members of the team to improve or else he will be forced to pick a different
playing eleven every time.
Capello admitted that his side got a terrific result in the opening group stage game against Northern Ireland, saying that http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Russia-c2991 thoroughly deserved the win and assured the fans of extending the winning run in the upcoming game
against Israel national team on Tuesday.
"Tomorrow's match will be very important in terms of reaching the later stages of the tournament. We will strive to take all three points. Thank God, all the players are ready for the game. We had a great workout yesterday, so
I think we have a chance.” he concluded.
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