No Euro 96, quando nos deslocámos para a zona de Nottingham, para jogar com a Turquia e a
Croácia, ficámos instalados num excelente hotel nos arredores dessa cidade. Chama-se Priory
Hotel, Breadsall, Derby. Fizemos vários amigos, como é habitual nestas situações, e um deles,
de seu nome Trevor Willdig, funcionário desse hotel, mantém até hoje, contacto regular comigo e
com outros elementos da nossa delegação, incluindo jogadores.
No dia 3o de Dezembro, ao colocar uma entrada sobre mudanças de jogadores, falei no Miguel Garcia.
Não o conheço bem, só tendo tido com ele breves contactos, mas o Miguel protagonizou um facto
que me fez vibrar como adepto do futebol, no célebre jogo do Sporting CP, em Alkmaar.
Miss-a-likes When David Villa slid onto Andres Iniesta cross during last night's World Cup
semi-final but agonisingly could not connect, I - and probably most England fans old enough to
remember - could only think of one thing: its remarkable similarity to another semi-final miss
against Germany. The slide and awkward body shape, as well as the [.
By Ollie Irish
The English is patchy but the message is clear. I'd like to have seen some flies swarming around
the poop, but apart from that the artwork is impressive.
As spotted at Anfield during Italy's group match against the Czech Republic at Euro '96.
So the man himself has confirmed it, whatever happens in Poland and the Ukraine, whether England
get there or not, whether we win it or go out in the Quarter Finals on penalties, Capello will step
down after that tournament has finished, to do his gardening.
"Absolutely. Yes, we have to qualify first of course but after that I will be too old.
