World Cup qual. - Terry out of Kazakhstan game

Eurosport - Sat, 11 Oct 10:41:00 2008

England manager Fabio Capello has ruled John Terry out of Saturday's World Cup qualifier against Kazakhstan at Wembley.

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The Chelsea defender, who is suffering from a back injury, has not trained fully all week, and is already a major doubt for the game away against Belarus on Wednesday.

In Terry's absence, his central defensive partner Rio Ferdinand will captain the side while Matthew Upson and Joleon Lescott are competing for a place in the starting line-up.

Capello attempted to play down the importance of injuries to Terry and Chelsea team-mate Joe Cole, saying: "We have plenty of players, we have the substitutes, I am sure the substitute of John Terry will play well."

He added that Terry would attempt to train again on Sunday before England make a decision on whether he will travel to Belarus.

"It depends on his back, if he can train a bit the day after tomorrow," Capello said.

The Italian admitted Kazakhstan are something of a mystery following the dismissal of Arno Pijpers and the appointment of Bernd Storck.

The German has made a large number of changes to his squad, introducing several younger players, and Capello claimed he knows only four of the players likely to feature at Wembley.

"I saw three games of Kazakhstan, but they have a new manager, a new squad and have changed a lot of players," he said.

"They have a lot of players from the Under-21s and I have no videos. I know only four players!"

The 62-year-old also defended his decision to leave Michael Owen out of the squad saying that, on present form, the Portsmouth duo of Peter Crouch and Jermain Defoe represent a better bet.

"I saw a lot of games and I decided on Crouch and Defoe. [This season] Defoe is the best scorer in England, this is the reason," he said.

Right-back Wes Brown suffered a minor knock in training after a tackle by David Beckham, but is expected to start, as is Emile Heskey who again trained fully following his injury.

Alex Chick / Eurosport

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  1. This is a great channel but full at times of fanatical­ supporters of MU Chelsea etc who hate players of the­ opposition. May I respectfully ask you to grow up and­ support your national teams. Despite what Shankly said,­ this is only a game and Terry Ferdinand etc will be­ gone in 3 years, but the national team lives on.­ Support your country and buy the shirt. Unfortunately I­ witness many people who do not live in the smoke or up­ north who support the top clubs as it is COOL to do so­ even though they have never been to the grounds. This­ country is not together any more and it is sad. Think­ about the guy who has had to give up as he has cancer.­ What do you want, the Germans or the Argies to win the­ World Cup? Come on!!

    From taff, on Sat 11 Oct 10:29AM

  2. The English manager took his team to the atrocious­ stadium in Croatia and noted the state of the pitch and­ the lack of changing facilites and poor, badly­ maintained toilets.

    The squad turned up on the day of­ the match and changed into their strip while the­ manager fended off press enquiries outside as he had­ not yet named the team.

    When he came back into the­ changing room to announce his selection he saw a human­ turd right in the middle of the dressing room­ floor.

    He asked angrily, "Who's @#$% on the­ ground ??"

    Quick as a flash, Peter Crouch and­ Emile Heskey both shouted out

    "We are boss, but­ we're magic in the air !!"

    Seriously :­ another drab struggle for England.

    From Old Mr Happy, on Sat 11 Oct 9:31AM

  3. I bet all you @#$%;s that are Slagging off Terry are­ either Manc's, Scousers or you support those two­ Scum teams from north london, C'Mon England.

    From derek, on Sat 11 Oct 9:31AM

  4. I see that the Sussex Boys been on the red bull again,­ a Manc in Sussex ha ha you should be supporting­ Brighton you loser, if Terry missing a penalty in­ Moscow excites you then you should get out more, polish­ that premier trophy Manc's its coming back to the­ Bridge this year, C'Mon England.

    From derek, on Sat 11 Oct 9:26AM

  5. John Terry ! who is he? he' just another overpaid­ cockney @#$%'' who couldn't captain a­ shuggy boat in Hide park let alone England, Who wants­ to bet that he'll playing next week for them­ tossers at Stampford bridge!!

    From Ali, on Sat 11 Oct 9:23AM

  6. John Terry ! who is he? he' just another overpaid­ cockney @#$%'' who couldn't captain a­ shuggy boat in Hide park let alone England, Who wants­ to bet that he'll playing next week for them­ tossers at Stampford bridge!!

    From Ali, on Sat 11 Oct 9:23AM

  7. sussexdietcoke, what a complete and utter @#$% er you­ are.get a life di****ad

    From barriew, on Sat 11 Oct 9:22AM

  8. @#$% me some of these comments are full of @#$%!! just­ support the country you were born in no matter who­ pulls on the three lions, c'mon England....

    From Ricky, on Sat 11 Oct 9:15AM

  9. Yet again as a forigner I get to laugh at England. You­ must be the only nation with fans that persistantly­ forget that your national team is made of 11 players­ drawn from different clubs. Your animosity between­ north and south east and west and inter club rivalry­ out weighs your ability to get behind your national­ team. Whilst you have such devision your national side­ will always fail, yet without doubt you have great­ players like Terry Cole Lampard Rooney Ferdinand­ Walcott Gerrard to name just a few . I am so pleased­ that the English club fans are so passionate about­ their clubs to the extent that they are unable to ever­ truly support the nationat side hrough predjudice.­
    Sussexdietcoke is a prime example. By the way if I­ was an England player I would not wish to play in the­ national side with supporters like the England team­ have, perhaps Terry doesnt want to play and who could­ blame him. Your players are great but many of your­ supporters are @#$%

    From Sadoldgit, on Sat 11 Oct 8:23AM

  10. alumina should be the goalkeeper as he is the one who­ save more goals to be in the net than others

    From Abhishek Pankaj Kumar R, on Sat 11 Oct 8:20AM
  11. Comment hidden due to its low rating. Show

    Lets get one thing straight. JT is a bottler. None of­ us will forget those hilarious scenes of the cheat­ crying his eyes out when he missed THAT penalty. ­ Whenever I am feeling a bit down I just recall that­ picture in my mind and all of a sudden everything feels­ right with the world again. When you think of the­ GREAT players like Moore and Charlton who have­ captained England in the past and all we have today is­ a crybaby cheating bottler. Sad days indeed.

    Sorry­ this email is lengthy. I appreciate that all the tits­ who support Chelsea will have a problem concentrating­ for so long but there you go. Life's a @#$%.

    From Mike S, on Sat 11 Oct 6:50AM

  12. matt killgallon for england centre half

    From dezfairfax, on Sat 11 Oct 5:55AM

  13. terry dosent want to play cause he dont wana lose to a­ team ranked way below england!

    From shizzelez, on Sat 11 Oct 12:29AM

  14. wtf???? u know message no.114, i never wrote that!!!!­ But it has may address rrepun_7 on it, from the­ computer i am surfing on!!!

    From Ripster, on Fri 10 Oct 11:09PM

  15. Eat @#$% Robbo

    From Tony K, on Fri 10 Oct 10:30PM

  16. terry??????????????????????????????? He's on the­ list of top 10­ players................................................­ .....not

    From Ripster, on Fri 10 Oct 10:19PM

  17. how's tings dannysbac? lockness monstaa's­ comin

    From Tony K, on Fri 10 Oct 9:12PM

  18. thats why chelsea have only let in three goals this­ season and are top of the league,and will still be top­ come next May thats why John Terry is the captain of­ England. C'MON ENGLAND

    From derek, on Fri 10 Oct 8:51PM

  19. Latest news from my PS3
    PES2008- England (my team) 4-1­ Romania (my friend)

    goals-Terry 23"57"­ (recieved a red card in 61") Mutu 42"
    ­ Rooney 35"
    Crouch 80"

    If us ordinary­ citizens can do it, then they can do it.

    From Ripster, on Fri 10 Oct 8:35PM

  20. So the crab Terry is out come on England you can win­ with out him!!

    From tc, on Fri 10 Oct 7:55PM
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