Fabio Capello has given a frank account of England's 2010 World Cup campaign and has admitted that it pained him to put David James in goal following Rob Green's error against USA.
Capello's side were knocked out in the Round of 16 in South Africa after a 4-1 defeat to Germany.
That defeat was preceded by England finishing second in their group, behind USA. And when the two sides met, poor handling from former West Ham and Chelsea goalkeeper Green saw Clint Dempsey's feeble effort beat him.
That left Capello with no choice but to make a change in goal, but admitted he was only persuaded to introduce 'calamity' James because of the defence's superior faith in him than the inexperienced Joe Hart.