We will liaise with the French federation over the weekend.
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The defender maintained England has not been outclassed in Friday’s defeat to Spain as Roy Hodgson’s side endured their first reverse since the World Cup.
Spain have recalled Chelsea’s Diego Costa for the game who has scored just once for La Roja since choosing to play for them over his native Brazil. To put it into context, this was a Spain side who could not even shoehorn Juan Mata, Pedro Rodriguez and David de Gea into their starting XI.
“In nearly every position there are two quality players, but there are other teams out there that are believing”. We were hoping on the counterattack we could cause problems but we didn’t profit enough from those moments. Things were looking good going forward but gave the ball away and got punished by a fantastic goal. “Individually, they have great players so if they get a little bit more organised they will be a very strong team, as they have been in the classification stage, winning all their games”.
“Michael has got a severely twisted ankle which normally means ligament damage. But we won’t know until the X-ray or scan tomorrow”.
Rooney’s indifferent domestic form has seen him score only five goals for Manchester United this season in contrast to Kane’s six goals in his last four outings and Jamie Vardy finding the net in nine consecutive Premier League games.
“We conceded the second goal with Smalling limping, so we didn’t have the best of luck in those areas”.
“It’s an important game in terms of preparation and hopefully we can get a result out of it”. “We did not do that”. It was a bitter blow for the 34-year-old, who is still hoping to be part of England’s squad at the European Championships next summer.
Spain beat England three times in a row prior to 2011 and Three Lions fans will hardly need reminding that where England have not won a major tournament since the 1966 World Cup, Spain have won the last two Euros (2008 & ’12) and the intervening World Cup (2010).
“The opposing team have less possession of the ball because they are so good technically and pass the ball so well”, he explained.
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Speaking ahead of the friendly game against the Spanish national team, Rooney told reporters that his nation now possesses “the best group of strikers since I’ve been involved in the squad” and many of them are still out injured.
