CAPELLO: FANS WERE WRONG TO BOO COLE
England manager Fabio Capello, who earlier in the week had urged supporters to applaud the national team, hit out at the Wembley crowd for booing Ashley Cole during England’s 5-1 World Cup Qualifying win over lowly Kazakhstan, ranked 105 places below their hosts according to Fifa.
The result means England have a 100 per cent success rate after three games, and they sit clear at the top of Group Six. But, to the frustration of supporters, the Italian’s team did not open the scoring until 52 minutes, when stand-in captain Rio Ferdinand headed in. Two goals from Ferdinand’s Manchester United team-mate Wayne Rooney, a strike from substitute Jermain Defoe and an own goal followed.
But Chelsea defender Cole allowed the visitors a consolation goal when his misguided pass found onrushing striker Zhambyl Kukeyev and briefly let the Kazakhs back into the game at 2-1. Capello was disappointed by the fans’ reaction who aimed their derision at the left-back following the blunder.
“He did one mistake,” protested Capello. “I don’t understand why the crowd boo against one player.
“When you play you can do a mistake. It is easy. The crowd help us a lot but I do not understand why they are against us for one mistake.”
Despite the reaction of sections of the Wembley crowd, the England coach pronounced himself pleased with the performance.
“It’s a good result,” he added. “We played a good second half and also the first half [was good]. After 2-0 we had more occasions to score the third goal.”
England manager Fabio Capello, who earlier in the week had urged supporters to applaud the national team, hit out at the Wembley crowd for booing Ashley Cole during England’s 5-1 World Cup Qualifying win over lowly Kazakhstan, ranked 105 places below their hosts according to Fifa.
The result means England have a 100 per cent success rate after three games, and they sit clear at the top of Group Six. But, to the frustration of supporters, the Italian’s team did not open the scoring until 52 minutes, when stand-in captain Rio Ferdinand headed in. Two goals from Ferdinand’s Manchester United team-mate Wayne Rooney, a strike from substitute Jermain Defoe and an own goal followed.
But Chelsea defender Cole allowed the visitors a consolation goal when his misguided pass found onrushing striker Zhambyl Kukeyev and briefly let the Kazakhs back into the game at 2-1. Capello was disappointed by the fans’ reaction who aimed their derision at the left-back following the blunder.
“He did one mistake,” protested Capello. “I don’t understand why the crowd boo against one player.
“When you play you can do a mistake. It is easy. The crowd help us a lot but I do not understand why they are against us for one mistake.”
Despite the reaction of sections of the Wembley crowd, the England coach pronounced himself pleased with the performance.
“It’s a good result,” he added. “We played a good second half and also the first half [was good]. After 2-0 we had more occasions to score the third goal.”
Labels: Ashley Cole, England, Fabio Capello, Kazakhstan, World Cup 2010
