The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Germany-c2904.
Having coached the Three Lions for four years, Capello had to part ways with his http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/John-Terry-c18895.
The English Football Association took the decision to strip John Terry from the English national team's captaincy without the consent of the former Juventus boss. The Italian, who has always had an authoritative persona surrounding him, took this as an insult
and resigned from his position of the England manager.
His successor was the former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 manager, Roy Hodgson, who has led England through an unbeaten run into the quarter-finals of the European Championship.
The Three Lions also managed to top their group along the way, setting up a knockout match between the runners-up of the Group C. The eventual set up turned out to be the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Italy-c2926 vs England clash which will be fourth and last quarter-final of the tournament,
played in the Olympic Stadium in Kiev, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ukraine-c3032.
The former AS http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roma-c31603 tactician feels that the English and the Italians do not possess the necessary strength and depth to disturb the superiority of the Spaniards and the Germans, and predicted a repeat of the final of Euro 2008.
The former Azzurri international head coach stated that he could not chose between England and Italy ahead of their tie, and went on to state:
"I have contrasting sentiments about Sunday’s game. I worked with England for four years and I can’t easily forget that. However, Spain and Germany will be the two finalists at Euro 2012."
The 66-year-old went on to state that http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011 and Germany possessed qualities unique to all other competitors in the tournament, and was quoted to have said:
"Germany have an incredible spirit and have real strength, while Spain are the side who play the best football even if they are missing something in attack – they need a player like http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296. Generally speaking, I think that these two sides are superior
to the rest of the teams in the competition."
The match between the two sides will be contested on the 24th of June.
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