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Capello finally calls on Crouch
After missing the last few England squads Pompey striker Peter Crouch's performances recently have earned him a recall to the England squad for the Kazakhstan and Belarus.
One face that continues to miss out is Newcastle striker Michael Owen, who is still over looked by Capello.
"Is he in good form now?" said Capello. "He's scoring but it's not enough to score goals.
"Sometimes I see games where a player has not played for 89 minutes and then scores a goal. It's not enough.
"Goals are very important but not only goals."
Only Chelsea has as many players called up to this England squad as Portsmouth does, certainly a change from a few years ago when Pompey players never got called up.
Since joining Pompey Crouch has proved his worth and has created a great partnership with fellow England striker Jermain Defoe, could Capello actually use the strike pairing that has done so well?
England squad: James (Portsmouth), Green (West Ham), Carson (West Brom); Brown (Manchester United), Johnson (Portsmouth), Terry (Chelsea), Ferdinand (Manchester United), Lescott (Everton), Upson (West Ham), A Cole (Chelsea), Bridge (Chelsea); Beckham (Los Angeles Galaxy), Walcott (Arsenal), Barry (Aston Villa), Jenas (Tottenham), Lampard (Chelsea), Gerrard (Liverpool), Downing (Middlesbrough), Wright-Phillips (Manchester City); Heskey (Wigan), Crouch (Portsmouth), Rooney (Manchester United), Defoe (Portsmouth).
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