Russia coach Fabio Capello aims to replicate his 2010 outing with England by leading his side to the last eight in Brazil. But don't expect to hear any updates, selfies and latest from inside the camp from any Russian players as the disciplinarian has banned the squad from tweeting throughout the tournament.
'They must abstain for one month, then when they get home they can go crazy,' Capello said.
Warming to his theme he continued: 'Tweets sometimes can be a nuisance, if they're not written in an intelligent fashion - so in order to prevent that nuisance I'd prefer to ask my players not to use social media.'
Alan Tyers will be here from 10pm to bring you build up and commentary.
In the meantime, read Jason Burt on Capello's chance of redemption.
One of the compelling reasons given by Pierfilippo Capello, Fabio Capello's son and lawyer, why his father wanted to remain as England manager after the 2010 World Cup debacle was because he was embarrassed and wanted to put things right.
It was a message that everyone wanted to believe, and there had to be some truth in it surely, given his proud nature, although in reality there was also a hard-headed reason for not quitting.
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Entities 0 Name: England Count: 2 1 Name: Fabio Capello Count: 2 2 Name: Capello Count: 2 3 Name: Brazil Count: 1 4 Name: Pierfilippo Capello Count: 1 5 Name: Alan Tyers Count: 1 6 Name: Jason Burt Count: 1 7 Name: Russian Count: 1 8 Name: Russia Count: 1 Related 0 Url: http://ift.tt/1r2N4Wn Title: World Cup 2014: Russia manager Fabio Capello has chance of redemptio Description: Everything that could have gone wrong did. The warning signs were there but they came very, very quickly following an outstanding qualification campaign spearheaded by Wayne Rooney. There was everything from the ill-fated and frankly stupid Capello Index where he rated England players, to his nonsensical squad selection as he brought people out of retirement, to his decision to house England in the wilderness of Rustenburg and to his tactics and team choices.
