Suspicions raised by John Terry’s swift return
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Turning his back on England? Terry played for Chelsea in the 5-0 win over Middlesbrough, but missed the matches for England
Fabio Capello has privately expressed surprise at John Terry’s sudden return from injury in Chelsea’s 5-0 win away to Middlesbrough on Saturday. The Italian was forced to leave his captain out of England’s recent World Cup qualifying wins over Kazakhstan and Belarus because of a back problem and had expected him to continue to rest until Chelsea’s Champions League tie against Roma at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday.
Although Capello did not have a formal agreement with Chelsea, the England manager was under the impression before the weekend that Terry would continue to recuperate because he was not fully fit.
He was barely troubled during the match and came through the comprehensive victory unscathed, but the uncertainty highlights the potential for conflict between club and country when it comes to managing Terry’s increasingly common injuries.
Terry suffered the back problem that continues to trouble him during Chelsea’s Champions League draw with CFR Cluj almost three weeks ago, since then he has played in two games for his club and missed two for England.
The potential for conflict is heightened by the differing attitudes of Capello and Luiz Felipe Scolari, the Chelsea manager, towards managing injury. Capello insists that all of his players must be fully fit to play, or even travel with the squad to away games, whereas Scolari is prepared to let them play through the pain barrier, speaking in awestruck tones on Friday about Terry’s willingness “to die on the pitch”.
Terry’s instinct is far closer to Scolari’s, to such an extent that in an interview last season he said he would be happy counting his “medals from a wheelchair” at the end of his career if his sacrifices led to serious injury, but he is unlikely to be indulged in such a manner at international level and his continued willingness to put his body on the line could even be detrimental in the long term.
England do not have a competitive match until Ukraine visit Wembley on April 1 and Terry could be rested from the intervening friendly internationals against Germany, Spain and Slovakia, particularly because Capello wants to look at alternative options at centre back in the event of further injury. Terry will want to play, however, and whether the FA will be happy to have the England captain sidelined because of his commitment to his club remains to be seen.
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which asshole reporter wrote this?
duh...
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don't play play, England captain leh... if he can't play, means he injured..but when he can play, means he is not injured... we have to trust his words...
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so capello thinks terry faked his injured not to play for england?
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didn't capello said he only choose 100% fit players?
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ha nor
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terry the one who want to play for england, but capello forced him out by claiming he's not 100% fit in order to make drug-addicter ferdinand capt.
n why is there so much crap stories here regarding manure's rivals? oic, the mod himself is manure.
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Originally posted by 798:
terry the one who want to play for england, but capello forced him out by claiming he's not 100% fit in order to make drug-addicter ferdinand capt.
n why is there so much crap stories here regarding manure's rivals? oic, the mod himself is manure.
your mouth sinks like shit!!!!
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Originally posted by 798:
terry the one who want to play for england, but capello forced him out by claiming he's not 100% fit in order to make drug-addicter ferdinand capt.
n why is there so much crap stories here regarding manure's rivals? oic, the mod himself is manure.
Fuck off, pervert.
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Originally posted by Y_Shun:
didn't capello said he only choose 100% fit players?
yep, that's why he is surprised terry is fully fit for chelsea game.