Capello rests European finalists

Updated 09.01 Thu May 29 2008
Keywords: chelsea, gerrard, manchester united, terry, usa friendly, wembley, fabio capello

England will leave seven players behind when they fly off to the Caribbean for a friendly against Trinidad and Tobago.

Manager Fabio Capello named a 29-man squad for back-to-back friendlies this week and, after watching a 2-0 win over the United States, he will allow most of the players involved in the Champions League final to stay at home and rest.

"Now we have to move on because we need to get better in every game" - Fabio Capello

Only Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand and Chelsea's Wayne Bridge are expected to travel.

Capello was happy with his team's performance in the 2-0 win over the United States and now he wants to look at some of his fringe players.

He said: "We need to score more goals but we won and that was very important.

"Now we have to move on because we need to get better in every game."

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