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Inside Team Capello
Inside Team Capello
Post categories: Football
Simon Austin | 20:08 UK time, Tuesday, 8 June 2010
As the Football Association discovered when they first approached him in December 2007, Fabio Capello doesn’t come alone but as part of a package.
To secure their man, the FA also had to take on Franco Baldini, Italo Galbiati, Franco Tancredi and Massimo Neri.
Team Capello was formed in 2001 and boasts a formidable range of skills and personalities.
Together they returned the Scudetto to Roma after an 18-year wait and whipped the underachieving galacticos into title-winning shape at Real Madrid in 2007.
Now they embark on their toughest challenge of all, to end 44 years of World Cup hurt for England.
At the heart of this inner circle is Baldini, England’s suave general manager.
The 49-year-old is Capello’s diametric opposite, an open and charming man whom the players feel able to confide in.
Fitness coach Massimo Neri and goalkeeping coach Franco Tancredi join Capello in training.





