The qualifying competition affords all three the opportunity to restore their battered confidence and rebuild tarnished reputations after they limped to humiliating early exits in South Africa.
France, who face Belarus in Paris, and Italy, who travel to Tallinn to play Estonia, have drawn a line in the sand under their World Cup failures by appointing new managers.
"We have to play without fear," said Capello, who will be without several first-choice players like injured John Terry and Frank Lampard. "I saw the players trained well today and with confidence and I hope they play like that against Bulgaria."
"When you're a coach, you can try to ask your players to behave on the pitch in a way which can inspire them for their day-to-day living," he said.
Blanc's Italian counterpart, Cesare Prandelli, must re-instil a winning mentality in a team that has not tasted success in seven internationals and finished bottom of their World Cup group.
