The new England coach, Fabio Capello, left David Beckham out of the England squad for today's friendly against Switzerland, apparently because he is not 'match fit'.
Beckham himself has admitted that this is true – however he has been training with Arsenal for a month, and he is on 99 caps. It was a great opportunity for Capello to give Beckham the honour of leading his team out as captain to earn his 100th cap – it's a friendly, and he could have taken him off after half an hour.. and who knows, he might have pulled something out of the bag.
I suspect this is Capello asserting his authority over the England team over against everyone else – especially the media, but also the players. It is his team, and his job to do however he likes.
Let's hope the team do well today, or he'll have trouble in the press..
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