Capello loses his cool

England's footballers have already felt the lash of Fabio Capello's tongue this week.

Yesterday, it was the turn of some of the photographers following Wayne Rooney and co.'s every move at the Royal Bafokeng Sports Campus.

Infuriated by the sight of his players being snapped as they emerged from their changing room, Capello morphed into sergeant major mode to deliver an angry tirade that, as intended, brought the shooting to an abrupt halt.

The Italian, who had lambasted his players at half-time in Monday's warm-up match against Platinum Stars, appeared to believe that some of the zoom lenses were being directed beyond the players and into the inner sanctum of the changing room.

Capello took exception to his players being filmed inside a building which also houses a medical room and rounded on those responsible, demanding to know: "Why do you take photos of the rooms? No excuses."