Capello could bench Cole again

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Cole came off the bench at half-time to spare Capello's blushes with a brace but television pictures then showed the England boss venting his anger towards the former West Ham player and Wayne Rooney after they had failed to obey his tactical demands.

Cole has not featured in the starting line-up for England's last four internationals and Capello said: "Yes, I have got to think about Joe. He is very good for himself at the moment and very good for us."

He added: "But I have to decide what the first 11 will be against Croatia. It will be another game - and it will a different sort of game."

As regards the row with Cole and Wayne Rooney, Capello explained: "When we started the second half, the two of them played near Emile Heskey. But when we went 2-0 up, they both then started to come back into midfield.

"I was asking them to go forward again because Heskey was all on his own. That is what I was trying to transmit to them."

Capello admitted the introduction of Heskey and Cole had helped to revive England's fortunes.

He said: "We started very well and for about 15 minutes Theo Walcott was incredible.

"But after not taking one or two chances to score a goal we started playing too slowly. It was not easy to find space when you have opposition putting nine players behind the ball.

"The team came out early for the second half but that was not because I was angry, it was because the dressing room we were in was very warm, and we needed to get some air."