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Fabio Capello: Must decide how best to cover the loss of Rooney through suspension
England coach Fabio Capello is pleased to have booked a place at Euro 2012, but admits he is looking for 'new solutions'.
The Three Lions booked their place at next summer's European Championship with a 2-2 draw in Montenegro on Friday.A point was enough to see them top Group G, but an eventful night in Podgorica posed as many questions as it delivered answers.The main concern for England heading forward will be an impending suspension that must be served by Wayne Rooney following his reckless dismissalA petulant kick out at Miodrag Dzudovic means the Manchester United forward will miss at least one fixture at Euro 2012.He may miss more, depending on the punishment dished out by Fifa, and Capello concedes that he must find a way of covering the talismanic striker's absence.He told Sky Sports: "I think the red card is okay. He was unhappy with the performance and when he lost the ball he kicked the opponent. He will be suspended so we will try to find new solutions."He is an important player, but sometimes the most important player doesn't play well and makes mistakes. It will be a good lesson for him and for the team."YoungstersCapello saw England establish a 2-0 lead against Montenegro, only to then lose their way and end up drawing the game.The Italian tactician admits they have much to work on before next summer and has revealed that he intends to take a look at a number of youngsters in a friendly date with Spain on 12th November."We are happy. We played this game to qualify for the Euros," added Capello."I need to speak about the game because we played really well for 35 minutes and then the last 10 minutes of the first half we relaxed and after they scored the goal they found more charge to draw the game. I think the result is okay."We now have to think about the next friendly game. We will play against Spain at Wembley and for this game I will select young players and some of them will play for the first time at Wembley. It will be interesting."I am happy with the result because to qualify was the first goal."Read more http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_7230231,00.html
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