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Remembering Capello Index, the ‘car crash’ that foretold football’s future
- The Capello Index aimed to translate Fabio Capello's match judgments into an objective player score with a formal algorithm.
- Capello worked closely with Merighi, reviewing hours of games to define over 100 FCIs events that would shape scores.
- Opta provided live match data to feed Capello’s unique weighting of actions on the pitch.
- The Capello Index was publicly unveiled at the London Stock Exchange in 2010 with Capello as the face of the project.
- The FA privately urged Capello to reconsider, but the project proceeded before stakeholders pressed for postponement.
- Public and media backlash contributed to the project being postponed ahead of the 2010 World Cup run.
- Capello’s England tenure continued for 18 more months after the Index before he left in 2012.
- The Capello Index influenced later trends in data analysis, fantasy games, and football gambling.
- The piece frames Capello Index as ahead of its time, yet mis-timed for public scrutiny and institutional alignment.
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