Barry: Positives to be taken from defeat
Gareth Barry believes England can take some positives from last night's 1-0 defeat in France and revealed Manager Fabio Capello was encouraged by his side's performance.England were not at their best but they are, as Barry pointed out, are still working on new ideas and new formations.
Capello insists his side will be ready by the start of a World Cup qualifying campaign in September, and Barry said: "Defeats are always hard to take but overall, especially from the first half performance, there was a lot to take from the game and the manager said afterwards he was disappointed with the defeat but felt we had taken the next step.
"He didn't say a lot but he made a quick point after the game that he was reasonably happy. He said we had moved to the next step but he only had two days again to work with the team.
"We will look forward to the summer when we have two more games and a bit more time to work together."
Those matches are against the United States at Wembley on 28 May and in Trinidad & Tobago on 1 June, and the squad should spend the best par of a week together.
That should help with team morale and team tactics - and Barry believes there are plenty of building blocks in place already.
He said: "In the first half against France we were compact and stopped them playing but it fizzled out for us after that which is slightly disappointing. They had too much of the ball in the second half but it is a friendly and subs have to be made.
"In terms of confidence, I don't think it will be affected. France are a great team, especially playing away from home, so I don't think the confidence will be affected too much. We will look forward to meeting up in the summer."
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