Capello will keep England grounded (0)
- 8 Oct 08, 07:54 AM
A victory from nowhere against opposition with plenty of previous for beating England - inspired by a hat-trick from a player with the world at his feet.
The last great false dawn of English football was that famous 5-1 win against Germany under the guidance of Sven-Goran Eriksson and inspired by Michael Owen's treble in September 2001.
Fast forward seven years to Zagreb and England are beating Croatia, the team that ensured they spent last summer at home instead of Euro 2008, 4-1 with Theo Walcott announcing his arrival on the world stage by repeating Owen's feat.
I was at both of those games and saw how the rampant optimism of Munich became the disappointments of Shizuoka, Lisbon and Gelsenkirchen under Eriksson.
So can Fabio Capello do things differently and transform an unexpected victory into tangible success?
