England coach Fabio Capello would not be drawn on whether Robert Green would start the next game against Algeria.
Green cost the Three Lions three precious points against the United States when his fumble allowed Clint Dempsey’s tame long-range effort to cancel out Steven Gerrard’s fourth minute opener.
And while Capello defended his decision to delay the announcement of his goalkeeper until only a couple of hours before kick-off, he was coy when asked whether the West Ham man would start England’s next group game.
“We have time to decide and to speak with him and I will decide,” said Capello. “I decided Green would be the goalkeeper because he played the last game very well and at Wembley (against Mexico) the performance was very good too. He made one mistake, but in the second half he made a good save. This is the problem of the goalkeeper. We have to accept the mistakes of goalkeepers and of referees and of forwards. This is football.”
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