Football: Capello favours youngsters for friendly

LONDON: Fabio Capello plans to have several young players in his starting-eleven as England attempt to build on their morale-boosting win over Spain when they face Sweden at Wembley today. Capello believes England have unearthed the basis of a new team following Saturday’s 1-0 friendly victory over the Spaniards, which saw several youngsters making useful contributions. The Italian plans to blood more of his younger squad members against the Swedes, with Chelsea’s promising striker Daniel Sturridge poised to make his England debut. Capello will also hand a first start to Spurs defender Walker, a late substitute against the Spanish.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 15^th,  2011.