LONDON, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- England boss Fabio Capello has thanked Slaven Bilic for providing the team-talk ahead of their World Cup qualifier and will simply tell his players to remember what the Croatia manager has branded them.
Capello's men can qualify for South Africa with victory against the side that denied them a place at Euro 2008 - but there is the added incentive of proving Bilic wrong after he stirred up the mind games this week, English website Sportinglife.com said.
Bilic has suggested that England have lost their "Englishness" under Capello, which the Italian feels has motivated his squad.
"Thank you Mr Bilic," Capello said. "It is the best. I have no need to motivate my players after this. It's fantastic assistance."
Instead of a moving speech to rally his players towards eight wins from eight Group Six qualifiers, Capello's message will be simple.
"You have to remember what Bilic said," he said.
Capello has also warned Bilic that his side has improved since their 4-1 win in Zagreb last season, when Theo Walcott scored a hat-trick and gave England their momentum for the rest of the campaign.
"In Croatia we played very well and won 4-1," he said. "We played a lot of good games for qualification and won seven games, improving in every game."
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