England upbeat ahead of Peru World Cup warm-up

Roy Hodgson impressed with his squad as he faces Wembley selection headache

Wayne Rooney and Danny Wellbeck at St George's Park
(Image credit: ANDREW YATES/AFP/Getty Images)

England play their last match on home soil this evening before embarking on their World Cup adventure, which begins in earnest on 14 June against Italy. Peru are the opponents at Wembley and manager Roy Hodgson was in upbeat mood when he faced the press on Thursday.

"The training sessions have been very impressive and if I could bottle what I'm seeing and release it on 14 June I'd be very happy," said Hodgson. "The performance of the players in the last ten days has been good."

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