Capello underlines Ibra threat

England coach Fabio Capello has hailed Sweden international striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic and described him as "a fantastic player".

The Three Lions will host Sweden in a friendly international at Wembley on Tuesday fresh from their 1-0 victory over Spain in a similar fixture at the same venue on Saturday.

Ibrahimovic is the visiting nation's main attacking player andCapello understands the threat the AC Milan star poses for them having coached him at Juventus between 2004 and 2006.

"Ibrahimovic is a fantastic player," said the Italian on Monday. "He has good imagination, technically he is fantastic and scores goals from long and short distance.

"He is one of the best players I trained in my life, in my career, and he proved it a lot when at Juventus."

Positive performance

However, Capello is confident that his young players will be able to cope with Sweden following the impressive performance of Jack Rodwell, Phil Jones and Danny Welbeck against Spain.

"It is really important for me to know the value of some players from how they played against Spain and now Sweden," explained the Italian tactician.

"I am really happy because this experiment was positive (against Spain). The players who played, Rodwell, Jones, Welbeck, did really well. For these players it was a really important experience.

"I personally checked these players and I am really happy with the performance and the personality and the confidence they showed.

"It is difficult for young players to play with the confidence that they showed with Spain.

"If these players during the season will (continue to) improve, all these players will be ready to play with us with at the Euros.

"The games are good to improve experience, but the quality of a player you can see in a really short time.

"When you play at Wembley, you can understand the value of a player.

"Jack Wilshere played at Wembley without a problem, Jack Rodwell played 20 minutes with no problem, Danny Welbeck the same. Tomorrow we can see Kyle Walker."