Capello explains captaincy decision

He said:

“Look it could have been done something better but it is the past. I respect the players, I respect all the people and sometime I regret what really happened, but it’s possible to do something better.”

Reiterating a point he recently made, that he was unhappy at the sight of confusion over the role being changed 3 times in 1 game, Capello added:

“Something happened in my mind when I saw the armband being passed around during our game in Copenhagen [against Denmark]. We changed it in the second half and it was unfair for John Terry to see this. I thought that it was time for John Terry, after punishment, to return and be captain.

“I know that Rio Ferdinand and Steven Gerrard are not fit. I knew it was the moment, with one game which is so important, to have one captain like John Terry.”