Bulgarian media report Thursday on tensions in the English national football team which have led to a acrimonious anti-Capello piece in the Daily Mirror.

Friday England and Bulgaria are clashing at Wembley for their first Euro 2012 qualifier.

The English team has been pestered by injuries that have left out players such as John Terry, Frank Lampard, Peter Crouch, as well as two of England's goalies – Scott Carson and Ben Foster – leaving the team with only one active goalkeeper for Friday's game.

The Daily Mirror article, entitled "Fabio Capello has lost his players and now he will lose his job", suggests that some players are willingly not competing for England because of tensions within the team, Capello's unpopular approaches and his alleged overall low motivation.

The material goes on to unconditionally ask that Capello leave, no matter what the result of the game against Bulgaria and next Tuesday's qualifier against Switzerland.

Daily Mirror further even writes that Capello is a deterrent for young future English players to join their national team.

Earlier this week it was reported that William Hill announced bets on whether Fabio Capello will be fired after the next two matches.

These reports notwithstanding players such as Gareth Barry and Joe Hart came out with statements in support of their manager and of the unity of England's team.

Thursday the Bulgarian team flew off for London. Manager Stanimir Stoilov expressed optimism and stated the team must play with full force in its first game.

He stated his players will try to "close" the English as efficiently as possible and will seize every opportunity to score a goal.

Stoilov did not want to comment the situation of fellow England manager Capello and said the game was no rivalry between two managers.