Capello to wait on Rooney decision

Fabio Capello will wait for a decision on Wayne Rooney’s appeal against a three-game ban before deciding whether to take him to Euro 2012.

Rooney was sent off in England’s final Euro 2012 qualifier against Montenegro for kicking out at Miodrag Dzudovic and stands to miss all of his country’s group games.

England manager Capello is hoping UEFA will reduce the ban to just two matches at an appeal review on Thursday and, until then, will not declare if he will include the Manchester United striker in his squad.

“I need to wait,” Capello told reporters. “I need to see how the appeal goes.”

“The sentence, three games, was too much and I hope the appeal will help us reduce it. I hope he (Rooney) will be available for game three.”

If the ban is reduced to two matches, Rooney will miss England’s opening Group D fixture against France and the following clash with Sweden, but would be available for a potentially decisive game against host nation Ukraine on June 19.

Rooney has scored 28 goals in 73 appearances for England.