Jack Wilshere: Fabio Capello wants England to play like Barcelona
Arsenal and England midfielder http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fabio-c13152 Capello wants the Three Lions to adopt Barcelona’s style of play.
He said, “We watched some videos of Barcelona and the way they pressed their opponents. We tried to do it like them against Wales. We pressed high and the idea was to get some early goals – and we got them. That made it comfortable for ourselves.”
Jack Wilshere, who was given his first competitive start for England, was a vital member of the team that won the Euro 2012 qualifier against rivals Wales at Cardiff recently.
For the first time, Fabio Capello has used the 4-3-3 formation. Jack Wilshere, Frank Lampard and Scott Parker were placed in the midfield while http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wayne-Rooney-c36736 were employed in the attack.
The Three Lions somehow managed to emulate Barcelona’s style of play against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wales-c3041 by pressing the opposition and enjoyed a lot of possession. England were rewarded for their attacking approach as it took them only seven minutes to find a breakthrough.
Ashley Young, who was named Man of the Match against Wales, won the penalty in the 7th minute after he was fouled by former Wales captain James Collin. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 midfielder converted the spot
kick into a goal easily.
It took seven more minutes for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ashley-Young-c6813. The Aston Villa winger did well to hold on to Johnson’s ball and played a superb cross
inside the box, which was easily met by his club mate Bent, who blasted the ball inside the net to double England’s advantage.
England easily managed to overcome Wales by winning 2-0 and moved to the top spot of their Euro 2012 qualifying round group. Jack Wilshere was happy to be part of the England team that defeated Wales and claimed that the players should be credited for exceptionally
emulating Barcelona’s playing style.
Wilshere, who outshined the likes of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296, Xavi Hernandez and Andres Iniesta to become the Man of the Match in Arsenal’s win over Barcelona, has claimed that the Catalans are the best team in the world.
He said, “http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 are the best in the world at pressing other teams and we have to learn from teams like that. At my age I am always learning and I can learn from players like that.”
Wilshere, who has featured 45 times for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ghana-c2905 on Wednesday.
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