England experiment for Ghana friendly

Fabio Capello will not field an entirely new England team against Ghana on Wednesday, but the coach is planning significant changes.

England secured a comfortable 2-0 win over Wales in Euro 2012 qualifying on Saturday, but six of the players involved have now been released to rejoin their club sides.With a near-capacity crowd at Wembley Stadium expected to see a second-string team in the international friendly, Capello has been forced to justify his thinking.”There will not be 11 changes. It will be seven changes, depending on which players will be fit tomorrow (Tuesday),” the Italian said.”(Phil) Jagielka, (Gary) Cahill, (Leighton) Baines and (Andy) Carroll will start, (Gareth) Barry will be captain and (Joe) Hart will be in goal.” “It is important for me to see the players play a team like Ghana, this is a really important team.””I respect the fans but it will be interesting to see some players they don’t know so well.””It will be interesting for me as well because these players who will play are really good.”Reinstated captain John Terry, Manchester United forward Wayne Rooney and Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard were among those who featured against Wales but have now been released.All six players are expected to be in Champions League action next week.”The players that went home are not here because I prefer to preserve them for the clubs and for us,” Capello said.”At this moment if you are tired it is easy to be injured.” “They would have played four games in 10 days. It is dangerous for players to play so many games in a short time. Now they will play only three in eight days. Capello also gave his blessing for Jack Wilshere, newly promoted to the senior team, to take part in the England under-21 side’s European Championship campaign in June. “Yeah, I will support him 100 percent because I think the players will be really important for the under 21s,” he said.”Those players can make the difference.”