Fabio Capello claims 'players are happy' despite World Cup woes

And the Italian claims he never contemplated dropping John Terry following the England defender's choice to raise a number of grievances within the World Cup squad in a public forum on Sunday rather than behind closed doors.
"John Terry is one of the most important players," Capello said.

Asked about his relationship with the players, he added: "Really good, because every time when I speak with the players they follow me.
"The players are happy. They trained very well.
"I think it's normal to have pressure at the moment. We have a play-off to be in or out. We have to win."
Captain Steven Gerrard, who described the game against Slovenia as "do or die", claimed Terry's outburst is not affecting the players.
"He's gone out and said what he said but I think it's time to move on," said the Liverpool midfielder.
"As captain it's important I switch attention to the game as it's a do-or-die situation.
"Training was very good and sharp this morning so we need to go out and do the business."
Capello also backed Wayne Rooney to up his game following recent criticism of his below-par performances, especially in the goalless draw with Algeria.
"I spoke a lot of time with Rooney and he is an important player for us," said Capello.
"Sometimes the pressure is so big, also for the important players. He improved in the last three days during training. I am sure tomorrow he will play really well."
Rooney has faced criticism in some quarters for voicing his displeasure at the England fans booing the team off the pitch after the Algeria game.
Gerrard sympathises with the supporters and revealed the team are desperate to put on a better performance tomorrow in order to get them back on side.
"I can certainly understand," he said. "We came into this tournament with big expectations.
"People have paid good money and expect us to win football matches so we as players take responsibility for underperforming in the last game and the idea is try to put in a good performance tomorrow, win the game and change the perception of how we've done so far.
"We want to make the nation proud and happy. A good win tomorrow would certainly give the people more confidence.
"You can see that the players hurt from the Algeria performance. We let the country down by underperforming and we want to put that right.
"I can see the hunger in the guys, we can't wait for the game to start to put it right because we haven't enjoyed the past couple of days - the criticism and that feeling you get when you've underperformed and you've not done yourself justice."
Capello admitted it was possible he had made mistakes in England's opening two games but has called for his players to knuckle down and start battling.
"It's possible I made some mistakes," he said. "It's possible.
"We have to improve if we want to win. I expect to see the spirit of the team. I want to see them fighting every moment, I want that we win the ball back quickly.
"We have to press more, we have to run more. This I want to see."
Gerrard insisted the players would try to present a more attacking threat tomorrow as they look to more closely resemble the England team that breezed through the World Cup qualifiers.
The Liverpool skipper added: "In the last performance we stopped doing what we done in the qualifying games. We were really confident, we played aggressive football and we were really difficult to beat.
"Although we never lost against Algeria, there were certainly things missing and tomorrow hopefully we can get those things back.
"We want to start the game really well, play compact, difficult to beat but also have the cutting edge in the final third where we can get the goals that we need."
Gerrard also denied that he and his team-mates had put pressure on Capello to pick Joe Cole in his team tomorrow, adding: "No not at all. Obviously the manager picks the team he thinks best to do the job.
"And obviously the players aren't in any position to question who the manager picks.
"Whoever he picks we go with that and we give it our best shot."