England boss Fabio Capello is confident of a successful 2010 World Cup - if they can get past their two upcoming qualifiers.

Capello said: "First we have to get through to South Africa but I think we will be a very good team if we achieve that. We are very strong and we can play against all the best teams of the best countries in the world.

"I am very happy with these players, with this group and I have big confidence in the future."

He said: "At the end of the season, the players are not fresh like when we started. But we have to play two very important games against Kazakhstan and Andorra.

"The problems of players, if they are tired or not, is no excuse. We have to play, we have to win and everyone who plays has to be very strong.

"There will be no excuses that we are tired or wanting a holiday. None of that."