? Does he only understand Scottish, says Italian
? Nothing lost in translation with Italian's retort
Fabio Capello has delivered a withering assessment of Wayne Rooney's England performances by highlighting the disparity between his displays with Manchester United and questioning whether the striker "only understands Scottish".
Capello was unimpressed with Rooney as England were outplayed against Italy in Kiev on Sunday and went out of Euro 2012 in the now-familiar story of a penalty shootout defeat.
Rooney also had a miserable World Cup in South Africa two years ago, when Capello was in charge of the team, but scored 34 goals for Sir Alex Ferguson's side last season and was runner-up to Robin van Persie in the footballer of the year awards.
"After seeing the latest [England] game, I think Rooney only understands Scottish," Capello said.
The Italian, who resigned as England's manager in February in protest at John Terry being stripped of the captaincy, was then asked to explain his remarks. "He only plays well in Manchester ? where Sir Alex Ferguson speaks Scottish," he replied.
Capello might have had on his mind that Rooney had spoken earlier in the tournament about there being benefits working with an English manager, saying it meant there were "no words lost in translation and we understand what the manager wants from us". That had brought a sharp response from Italo Galbiati, one of Capello's assistants. "He's ungrateful," Galbiati said. "Capello made himself understood and respected."
Rooney scored his first tournament goal since Euro 2004 in the 1-0 defeat of Ukraine that helped England win their group, after missing the first two games because of a red card for kicking a Montenegro player during a qualifying match last October.
Roy Hodgson, Capello's successor, had gone to great lengths to build him up as a player who could give England authentic hope of winning the tournament, describing him as the team's "ace in the hole" and questioning whether he could have the same impact as Pel� once had for Brazil. Hodgson has since admitted that England defended well against Italy but attacked with little impact and that Rooney "did not have his best game".
Though Rooney was far from alone in that respect, his inability to replicate his United form for England at major tournaments has nonplussed the current and previous regimes.
Andrea Pirlo, whose role in Italy's midfield was so instrumental against England, believes the problem for Hodgson's team was a lack of attacking adventure. "England played very a prudent and careful way," Pirlo said. "They were sitting back all the match, like Chelsea did in the Champions League final. They tried to keep that same shape. For them, getting to the penalty shootout was already a good result."
Pirlo, speaking at Italy's training base in Krakow, expects a much more difficult assignment when Italy take on Germany in Thursday's semi-final in Warsaw. "Unlike England, Germany can create many threats to our defence. The difference is that, against Germany, I expect [Mesut] Ozil to be a great threat in and around the areas where I am playing, whereas Rooney stayed further up."
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/jun/26/euro-2012-wayne-rooney-capello-england
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