England Tiffany have not reached the semi-finals of the FIFA World Cup for twenty years. It was in Italy in 1990 that Bobby Robson's team progressed to those latter stages but failed to get past West Germany who beat them on penalties after extra time. West Germany had gone ahead after an hour through Brehme but Gary Lineker equaised ten minutes from time to take the game into extra time and the dreaded penalty shoot out. West Germany scored four penalties but after Lineker, Peter Beardsley and David Platt had scored Stuart Pearce and Chris Waddle missed their spot kicks to send West Germany into the Final. Quarter Finals in 2002 and 2006 England have lost out in the quarter-finals in the last two finals losing on penalties to Portugal in 2006 and succombing to Brazil four years earlier in Japan after taking a first half lead through Michael Owen. Brazil equalised in added time at the end of the first half through Rivaldo and Ronaldinho scored the decisive goal early in the second half to eliminate Sven Goran Eriksson's team. Capello's Target However, disregarding England's disappointing record in the World Cup finals, the current manager, Fabio Capello, Tiffany has set a high target for his squad this year.
If England were to reach the Final, Capello is hoping to play against his home nation, Italy. However, while he describes Italy as 'his country' for that final he would be wearing the white shirt of England. 1966 - Alf Ramsey Aims High Capello has set a high goal for his players and the last manager to set such an exacting target was Alf Ramsey who shortly after taking on the roll of England manager announced that England would win the World Cup in 1966. He was reminded of that claim on many occasions over the next few years but Ramsey had the last laugh when Bobby Moore lifted the Jules Rimet trophy at Wembley after an exhilerating victory over West Germany.
After a very successful qualification campaign, he expects England to reach the semi-finals in South Africa, at least, and is hopeful that they could even go on to win the competition . He is confident that he has the players at his disposal who could accomplish that challenge. Capello regards England as one of the top four European teams who are capable of winning the competition and he thinks that it is time for a European side to win outside of Europe. In a very positive assessment of England's chances in South Africa, Capello feels that his players are good enough to beat any team because they are can play to the same level as any of the other teams. Wayne Rooney: 'A Top 3 Player' The manager regards Wayne Rooney as one of the top three players in the world, setting alongside his former team mate, Christiano Ronaldo of Portugal, and the Argentine Lionel Messi. Each player has their own individual qualities - pace, imagination and strength with Rooney having that greater strength to face any opposition.
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