No easy rides from Capello
England coach Fabio Capello has insisted he will not change his methods to protect key players ahead of the World Cup finals.
Tottenham Hotspur defender Michael Dawson arrived in South Africa on Saturday and immediately joined in the squad's training session. That followed a knee injury suffered by Rio Ferdinand at the end of Friday's session which has ruled him out of the finals.
But Capello says he cannot treat his top players any differently to the rest of the squad, explaining that the whole squad must train professionally and accept that injuries such as that suffered by Ferdinand are part and parcel of the game.
"I know what can happen but that is the job,'' Capello said. "What do you do? Swim and not play? You have to train. Sometimes you try to be careful and it still doesn't work.
"You might have a situation where if someone gets a yellow card they miss the next game. They don't play and then, before the next game, you are injured during training. You cannot know the future.''
Capello will now turn his attention to a warm-up game against local side Platinum Stars arranged for Monday afternoon, and he intends to give every member of his likely starting XI against the USA at least 45 minutes.
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