LONDON — The impression is that if you told Fabio Capello he had just won a record lottery jackpot — or even had he discovered he had lost the winning ticket — his expression would not change.

As the England manager walked to the dressing room after the stunning 4-1 win over Croatia, any viewer who had just turned on the television would not have known the outcome from the ice-cool Italian's body language.

After each England goal the camera panned in on Capello, who allowed himself no more than a polite clap of his hands.