A satisfied Fabio Capello said the performances of some of his fringe players and the experience gained by new faces more than justified his decision to field a vastly changed team against Ghana.<\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cI\u2019m very happy because I saw a fantastic game, not a friendly. Every tackle was a fight,\u201d said Capello, who picked out the goalscorer Andy Carroll, the debutant Danny Welbeck and the again impressive Jack Wilshere for praise.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe players played very well and those who played not a lot of games, the new players, also played well,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was interesting for me to know the value of these players to play here at Wembley in a senior shirt. All the players played really good..\u201d<\/p>\n
Carroll, replaced by Jermain Defoe after an hour as he seeks to recover his fitness, praised Capello\u2019s decision to stick with a 4-3-3 formation after the straightforward 2-0 victory over Wales in Cardiff.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s great to be playing again and to have scored a goal. I enjoyed the 4-3-3 formation. I\u2019m here and ready to score goals if picked,\u201d said the \u00a335m striker.<\/p>\n
Capello said Carroll could still \u201cimprove a lot\u201d and admitted it was difficult for \u201cbig players\u201d to find their form as quickly as the more nimble likes of Wilshere and Aaron Lennon.<\/p>\n
\u201cCarroll scored a goal but needs more time to improve but he\u2019s a really important player. It\u2019s important for the striker to score a goal.\u201d<\/p>\n
Much of the pre-match discussion centred on whether fans of both sides, and the Ghana team, would feel short changed by an England squad shorn of five of its biggest names, but Capello said his decisions, and the fixture, were more than justified. \u201cI know a lot has been written but it was an exciting game, a fast game, a really important game for the fans to know some players who never played,\u201d he said, after enduring a difficult week dominated by questions about the captaincy and his decision to send five players home.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is the most important thing I saw. Everyone tried to go forward and score goals. It\u2019s not easy to see a friendly game like this.\u201d<\/p>\n
Of Wilshere, the Arsenal prodigy who is rapidly becoming one of the first names on his team sheet, Capello said simply he was \u201cso important\u201d. Both Capello and Ars\u00e8ne Wenger, the Arsenal manager, would have been relieved to see Wilshere complete his 60 minutes unscathed, the midfielder having remained with the squad while most of those players who still have Champions League commitments were sent home. Capello agreed beforehand with the midfielder that he would be replaced after an hour.<\/p>\n
Wilshere called on critics to lay off Capello. \u201cBefore the World Cup he couldn\u2019t do wrong and since the World Cup everyone has been getting onto his back,\u201d he said. \u201cI think we need to give him a break. He is a great manager.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe has proved it at clubs before and he has got a great record for England as well. He is one of the best managers I\u2019ve ever worked with. People need to get off his back a little bit.\u201d<\/p>\n
Following an encouraging display against a team that reached the World Cup quarter-finals, Capello said Carroll and Welbeck could be fixtures for England in the years to come.<\/p>\n
Welbeck, booed when he came on by Ghana fans annoyed that he had not chosen to represent the team of his parents\u2019 birth, would also become a \u201creally important player for England and very important for Manchester United next season\u201d.<\/p>\n
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