Fabio Capello reveals his debt to the Theatre of the Absurd
Discussion on the England coach Wayne Rooney’s red card was a farce of non sequiturs, and hidden meanings
by Martin Kelner 1 day ago
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I do not know if anyone has considered releasing Geoff Shreeve-Fabio Capello talks like a CD or other form of entertainment, but I’m sure those of us who remember the theater of the absurd, then in vogue in the 1960′s and 70′s, the like the intellectual challenge of the collection through them again to try to discover a deeper meaning.
Communication failure has been the central theme of comedy Absurdistan, which questioned the ultimate purpose of human existence – and who among us has not done that in the match England – so that the audience nodded wisely non sequitur, of save them for later analysis, is sitting cross-legged on the floor, a plate of spaghetti bolognese and a glass of red wine.
For Montenegro against England on Sky, was the tireless Shreeves cast and sage Nodder, and while Glenn Hoddle and Jamie Redknapp avoided the chance to sit cross-legged on the floor of the studio – an idea for the spectacle of football heaven to come, you can have one on me – they were accused of making sense of a typical dysfunctional post-match interview.
In the theater of the absurd, the characters have always been against the current, and even if you’ve never seen a work of NF Simpson and Samuel Beckett, you may be familiar with this unit of work of the late Peter Cook and some of the sketches Monty Python. A particular piece came to mind during the execution of Fabio on Friday, where he played the head chef at Scotland Yard for questioning about the great train robbery. It is important to note, Cook told his inquisitor, the train itself was not stolen, there was no actual loss of the train, only the content, and, indeed, the police failed to track either of the trains, having not lost since 1943.
Wayne Rooney will be shipped in the shadow of England’s squad for the next eight months. After the red card in front 2-2 with Montenegro last week, Fabio Capello has decided to use it exclusively as a substitute until he has served his suspension by the Euro 2012 finals in June UEFA will decide Monday if the attacker should be banned for a game or two.
“Without the expulsion of Rooney, would have won,” said the director as he sets out the consequences of dismissal in the second player’s international career. “Sometimes it’s half time, but not from the beginning. All we need to start preparing the first XI, to be launched in Euros ..” sardonic humor mood cleared a little when Capello added: “. It will be great”
There was also a warning that Rooney should not assume that it will cease to be a simple substitute for the final. “I have lots of strikers at the moment, very good step forward,” said Capello. “In my life as a manager, I put on the bench for many players.”
The only consolation for Rooney came in the fact that the manager will take you to the Euro 2012, Capello was still keen to stress the alternatives and provided more praise than usual. “Danny Welbeck [Manchester United] played 15 minutes [against Montenegro] and played very well and it will be interesting when we play against Spain [in a friendly at Wembley on November 12] that these new players start.”
Rooney will not be involved in this slice of everything. A second friendly against Portugal, is due three days later, as these opponents are not in the Euro 2012 play-offs. Capello is keen to experiment with team selection and tactics. He wants to study the emerging talents of young strikers like Chelsea, Daniel Sturridge.
His investigation continues with the power of the players’ target man to intervene. Andy Carroll and Bobby Zamora will be in this group. In addition, Jermain Defoe, a very different kind of Tottenham Hotspur striker, has caught his attention, even if it was not a party in Montenegro.
“Defoe and Sturridge, these two,” said Capello when asked last week after the draw some strikers in his thoughts. “For this game, I selected the five players. I wanted to see Zamora, Andy Carroll, [education]. This was the third or fourth time Andy’s with us. Zamora is an interesting player and we need to see him play against some of the major teams . We will.
“I saw the game against him, Defoe Arsenal [2-1 victory at Tottenham Hotspur] and played really well, and ran a lot, a lot of pressure. Sturridge is the same. I need to find a solution for the first game or two games that Rooney does not play. And if we find the solution, it needs to return to work in the first XI. ”
In reality, of course Capello can not dismiss from his mind of a player the caliber of Rooney. Before the red card ahead was involved in the construction of two goals in England. Then there was the dismissal and the consequences that caught your attention. If UEFA are consistent, Rooney could miss the first two group games at Euro 2012.
A vengeful misdemeanor Andrey Arshavin in a qualifying match with Andorra has led to the suspension of the Euro 2008. The Football Association still hopes Rooney will miss the first match in England.
Rooney has not participated as a substitute for his country since the 2006 football World Cup, when the ankle injury has limited his participation in Trinidad and Tobago.
Currently, no pain is felt in his mind. Capello was furious at the unnecessary red card against Montenegro, where Rooney has lost control of himself because he had lost control of the ball.
The manager was sure that the player was imperturbable temperament despite the arrest of Father Rooney as part of a police investigation suspected of Paris, but the management of Montenegro said that he could have played a role in their subsequent expulsion.
Capello’s confidence in the professionalism of the front has moved and the memory of the debacle will remain in the minds of Italians.
Cynics may think that the player has enough of a star for UEFA to be lenient. Capello intends to marginalize Rooney until June could be the greatest difficulty at all. It is almost possible that the front may by then have to worry about his place in the starting line-up.
Rooney has had a turbulent career, but it is a strange territory. Although it does not have to be justified with goals, it is important for England, if someone in such a central role was a more direct threat.