Fabio Capello
Fabio Capello
Fabio Capellois an Italian manager and a former professional footballer who was most recently the head coach of the Russia national team...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth18 June 1946
challenge champions favorites greatest meet munich possible quite win winning
Bayern Munich are, in my mind, the favorites to win the Champions League. It's quite possible that we'll meet Bayern in the final. I'd even say that Bayern are our greatest challenge to winning the Champions League.
difficult good leg played possible stage
We did everything possible and played a good match, but the 2-0 from the first leg was too difficult to recover. We could not have done any better at this stage of the season.
certainly game goal kick last lucky second winner
The second goal was a lucky ricochet and unfortunately the winner was practically the last kick of the game and certainly an avoidable incident.
closing dangerous fighting form good hope liked means played players qualify result spirit
Roma played very dangerous counterattacks. It's in good form right now. I liked the fighting spirit of my players in the closing minutes. The result means that we still can hope to qualify (for the semifinals).
defense quick watch
Our defense is quick enough but we need to watch out for their counter-attacks.
high plays skill team
Bremen is a team that plays with a very high skill level.
believe confident miracles tomorrow
Sometimes, miracles can happen. We are confident about tomorrow because we believe we can do something exceptional.
decisions motivate pull strings
You have to pull the right strings to motivate players. There are no untouchables. I tell the guys, 'Accept my decisions and everyone will get their chance.
brazil champions cup defend european involved liverpool next qualify won
Liverpool won the European Cup and they should have the right to defend their trophy. The champions should be involved but I think they should have to qualify like Brazil have to qualify for next year's World Cup.
compared extremely last quality terms together training year
We have an extremely competitive roster in terms of quality and quantity. And compared to last year we know each other better and have all been together from the first day of training camp.
performance
We could have used a performance like that on our side.
capable closed game match open
We could have closed out the match in the first half. At the end, when the game did open up, we showed how we are capable of playing.
closed match
We could have closed out the match a lot sooner,
determined easily goal goals high minutes played saw team tempo today
Today I saw a determined team who has played 20-25 minutes with a high tempo and determination. We could have scored more goals and we conceded a goal that could have been easily prevented.