MICHAEL Owen has blamed tactical naivety for England's early departure from South Africa.
Owen, who has not enjoyed favour with Capello since his appointment, thinks the rigid 4-4-2 employed against Germany was not fit for purpose.
Writing in the Daily Telegraph, the Manchester United striker said: "There is no-one in the world who can convince me that the German players are better than ours, but after seeing our team line-up I knew we were going to lose.
"I don't think it is down to our players so much; I just feel their formation has basically beaten ours.
"We were outplayed due to being tactically beaten.
"The days of 4-4-2 against a good team are going. I hoped the manager would revert to 4-5-1 as soon as we met stronger teams."
Writing in the Daily Telegraph, the Manchester United striker said: "There is no-one in the world who can convince me that the German players are better than ours, but after seeing our team line-up I knew we were going to lose.
"I don't think it is down to our players so much; I just feel their formation has basically beaten ours.
"We were outplayed due to being tactically beaten.
"The days of 4-4-2 against a good team are going. I hoped the manager would revert to 4-5-1 as soon as we met stronger teams."
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