Fabio welcomes selection poser

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Last updated: 19th November 2008

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Capello: Impressed

I'm very happy because today I saw some players play very well and I needed to know them better.

Fabio Capello
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England manager Fabio Capello insists he has a welcome selection headache in the wake of Wednesday's 2-1 victory in Germany.

Capello took his squad to Berlin without the likes of Steven Gerrard, Rio Ferdinand, Wayne Rooney and Frank Lampard due to injury, while Arsenal forward Theo Walcott was forced home early after dislocating a shoulder.

The absences left Capello with an inexperienced squad, but Matthew Upson and captain John Terry scored the goals to earn an impressive, and deserved, win as Germany could only respond through Patrick Helmes.

Debutant Gabriel Agbonlahor and Middlesbrough winger Steward Downing were among those who caught the eye and Capello is pleased that supposed fringe players impressed.

"I'm very happy for these problems," said the Italian when asked about a difficult selection process for England's next match, against Slovakia on 28th March.

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"This is no problem for me, we have time to decide when we do the next squad.

"I'm very happy because today I saw some players play very well and I needed to know them better.

"The result is important but the performance was very good because we played here against Germany, a good team, played very well and had a lot of chances to score," he said.

"I like the attitude of the team, they played with confidence and personality."

"I said yesterday I have confidence in my team and we had a good opportunity to know some players better.

"All the players played well and it's very important, the spirit we have now in every game."