Just hours after gifting Wanderers striker Kevin Davies the opening goal in what turned out to be a 3-1 defeat at Upton Park, the 28-year-old was named in Fabio Capello's squad for the World Cup qualifiers against Kazakhstan and Belarus.

Green - who came through the youth ranks at Norwich before a £2million move to West Ham - has only one full cap, against Colombia during the 2005 tour of the United States, after his World Cup dreams of two years ago were shattered when he suffered a ruptured groin while taking a goal-kick during the England B international against Belarus at the Madejski Stadium.

Yet given the continuing fitness problems of Wigan's Chris Kirkland, Green has found himself back in the international set-up under their new Italian head coach as he plots a route to South Africa in 2010.

However, with Portsmouth stopper David James and Scott Carson, now at West Brom, seemingly ahead of him in the pecking order, Green knows consistency is key to his own international ambitions.

"I want to play and I want to be involved, but you need to be on top form," he said.

"However, these things happen in life. It is gone and it will give me something to work on while I am away with England."

Hammers boss Gianfranco Zola - for whom Sunday was a first defeat in the Barclays Premier League since taking over from Alan Curbishley last month - immediately backed his keeper, declaring Green had the "trust" of the whole squad.

Green certainly does not intend to let the incident - when, in wet conditions, he dropped a high ball at the feet of Davies - play on his mind.

"It was a bad mistake and I will do some extra work on the training ground and practice catching - it is as simple as that," he said.

"It is something that happens, and for keepers it is an occupational hazard, making mistakes.

"We were disappointed because we were controlling the game then and [the goal] really changed the complexion of the game.

"If that happens in the last minutes of game when you are winning 5-0, then you take it with a pinch of salt - but that is football and that is life.

"You treat the successes and failures that you have in the same way. You just have to learn from them and work on them."

Green added: "I have made mistakes in the past and I am sure I will make a few in the future, so I will get on and work hard and put the wrongs right.

"I will be twice as determined to get things right come the next game in two weeks' time."

Former Italy Under-21 coach Zola admitted it would be something of a strange experience at the Chadwell Heath training ground during the international break, with many of the West Ham squad away.

He said: "It is a pity we could not play next week as I would like to have had a game, but I am sure the players will come back stronger.

"I am totally confident that through the work they will be doing during the week, they are going to get better and are going to get stronger mentally."

Zola added: "We are going to be working here, working very hard.

"We are going to spend a bit of time trying to catch up with our fitness and condition.

"It will not be easy because I would like to have everybody in, but I am pleased for all our internationals."

The Hammers boss has yet to make a decision on free agent Diego Tristan after giving the former Spain striker, 32, a trial, and midfielder Nigel Quashie looks set for a loan switch to Coca-Cola Championship leaders Birmingham as his recovery from a serious knee injury continues.