The 62-year-old, whose long English honeymoon abruptly ended with an early return trip home from the World Cup, faces potentially tricky tests against Bulgaria and Switzerland over the next week.
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Even his English, for so long a target of criticism from his detractors, seemed a little more fluent when he appeared at a pre-match briefing ahead of England's return to competitive action.
"I'm the manager, it's normal," said Capello, as relaxed as a regular at England's plush golfing resort hotel north of London.
'WITHOUT FEAR'
"We have to play without fear," said Capello, whose job earns him around 6 million pounds ($9.25 million) a year.
"I saw the players trained well today and with confidence and I hope they play like that against Bulgaria.
"It will not be easy to play against them, they will defend with nine players and one forward and play the counter-attack really fast and with quality.
"But this is not an excuse. We have to win, we have to play well and I hope the fans get behind us during the game."
Capello, who has been under intense pressure in his illustrious club managerial career before - "the second time at Real Madrid and the second time at Milan" was how he summed up his most intense periods.
"Since the World Cup I have changed some things, I always learn something after new experiences and games, I've changed some things, but not a lot."
"I hope they will be really focused and I hope (Ashley) Cole and (Glen) Johnson will help these players."
He said he was also delighted that Wayne Rooney's five-month goal drought was over.
"I monitored him during the last game that he played against West Ham," said Capello.
"He's good, he's back and I'm happy because he scored a goal.
"Rooney runs a lot around the pitch, he's free to move whe
