The question who will take over for Juan Pablo Angel as team captain has been swiftly answered. It's Thierry Henry.

"It's nothing new to him," Hans Backe told reporters. "He's the kind of guy who can talk to the other players in the right way. He can be the guy who is calm. He's not the screaming, shouting captain. He would be the type of guy who would say, 'OK guys, we have 11 captains on the pitch. I can do this and that, but you also have to step up, too. So, definitely, the right guy. He is hard working in every training."