CAPELLO BACKS COLE

The former England manager Fabio Capello has said that he expects the Chelsea defender Ashley Cole to be named as the player of the year when the winner is announced later in the evening. Capello has backed the 32-year-old to win this award after an outstanding year, which has seen him lift the Champions League for the first time in his career. He has also become the first player to win more than seven FA Cup medals. He has won three FA Cup titles with Arsenal, while managing four with his current club Chelsea. Regarded to be one of the best left back in the world, Fabio Capello got the best out of him during his reign as the England manager.

Capello is currently with the Russian national team. Ashley Cole will be picking up his 100th cap in England take on Brazil in the friendly match. He will become only the second player to achieve this feat. Capello noted that Cole was given this award back in 2010 when he was the manager of the national team. Capello has praised the energy, strength, and great experience of Cole as one of the main reasons for trusting him in any situation. Capello has also praised the attitude of the player, who gives everything according to him.

“Ashley Cole for me would be the England Player of 2012. In my time as England Manager he won this same award for his performances in 2010, and he is always consistent in his output. He has fantastic energy, incredible experience and you can rely on him in any situation, he is world class. His attitude matches his ability, he gives everything for the team and he was a very important player during last year. Ashley is my choice,” said the Russian national team manager Capello.

JUVE UNDERACHIEVED

The Juventus manager Antonio Conte has increased the tension between him and the former manager Fabio Capello by saying that the Italian champions underachieved during the reign of the current Russian national team manager. The Russian manager Capello is regarded as one of the most successful Italian managers around. He has managed to lift two league titles with Juventus when he was in charge of the club from 2004 to 2006. Despite the two league titles, the club was not successful in the European competitions as they failed to get past the quarter-final stage in both occasions.

The two titles that was won by the club during this period was also stripped away from them after they were found guilty of match fixing. Conte has said that the club was extremely good in terms of the quality of players. Players like Alessandro del Piero, Fabio Cannavaro, and Pavel Nedved were in the team, while they were also at the peak of their powers. Despite possessing such a quality squad, the club failed to get past the quarter-final stage of the Champions League. Under the management of Conte, the club has once again found its old swagger and are in the last 16 stage of the Champions league. They will be facing Celtic in this round.

“I would say that he [Capello] did very little in the Champions League. Juve in those two years (2004-2005 and 2005-2006) were stratospheric in terms of quality. In fact, I’d say they were stronger than ever: eight players participated in the 2006 World Cup final, there were two Ballon d’Or winners (Pavel Nedved and Fabio Cannavaro) and we had Alessandro Del Piero and Adrian Mutu just on the bench,” said the Juventus manager. Capello has gone on to manage many great club teams and the England national team as well.

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