Tosh confident over Euro 2012 draw (From Campaign Series)

Tosh confident over Euro 2012 draw

11:10am Monday 8th February 2010

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JOHN Toshack has welcomed the chance to pit his wits against old friend Fabio Capello as Wales and England came out of the hat together in yesterday’s Euro 2012 qualifying draw.

And, while relishing the prospect of home and away clashes with ‘the old enemy’, the Wales boss insisted that his side will fancy their chances against Bulgaria, Montenegro and Switzerland in the race to qualify for the finals in Poland and Ukraine.

Toshack said: “Without doubt, drawing England will please all the Welsh fans – plenty of history there and we like nothing better than another chance against the old enemy!

“We have had recent experience against both Bulgaria and Montenegro, and Switzerland are a good mid-ranking European side. In truth, there will be little between ourselves and those other two sides.

“I imagine that all three sides would feel that second place is possible, it will be up to us to try and go one better than that.

“I know Fabio Capello quite well, so will look forward to being able to pit our talents against a powerful England team later in the year,” he added.

“I think it will be an advantage to us to be in a group with only five teams rather than six.

“It means we will have less travelling and it will be possible to not play so many double-header games.

“Also, we do not have any far away fixtures such as we have had last time with Russia and Azerbaijan.

“All-in-all, a very interesting draw.”

England manager Capello believes his side have been given one of the toughest draws.

The Italian said: “I think the worst groups were group A and group G and we got group G.

“It’s a tough group because each game will be strong games to play.

“Wales are one of the best teams now, although they are very young.

“Switzerland have qualified for the World Cup and are one of the best teams at the moment.’’

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