Two nations looking to return to form will do battle today in an international friendly between England and Honduras. The World Cup tune-up scheduled for 4:45 p.m. ET will be held at Sun Life Stadium in Miami and can be live streamed here free. Additional TV coverage can be found on beIN Sports.
With only one friendly remaining for England, head coach Roy Hodgson has plenty to consider before the tournament opener against Italy, including the potential for his side to win the World Cup. "What makes me think we can win it is that it is a knockout competition.
"If we look at previous tournaments like [Euro] 1992, Denmark didn't even qualify, they rounded people up from the beaches, and beat Holland on the way to the final and Germany in the final," Hodgson said (via the Guardian). "We are not low down the rankings [10th], so anyone who thinks we can't win has to be barking up the wrong tree," he added.
"And anyone who comes in with England and thinks we can't win has to be barking up the wrong tree."
"All I know is that we can work towards it, that the process of winning it is being done as perfectly as possible. With the process we have, and the staff I have, that gives us a really good chance. I can guarantee you that the players are 100% committed to winning it even though they know it is a big ask.
"We'd like to think we will go beyond the group stage, we are planning for it.''
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Player to Watch: Four Liverpool players are projected to get the start for England this afternoon, with Glen Johnson, Jordan Henderson, Steven Gerrard and Daniel Sturridge serving as the aforementioned four. If you believe the rumor mill, Adam Lallana will be the fifth. The 26-year-old made 38 appearances for Southampton last year, scoring nine goals and six assists.
England's Projected Lineup (4-2-3-1): Hart; Baines, Jagielka, Cahill, Johnson; Henderson, Gerrard; Welbeck, Rooney, Lallana; Sturridge
Honduras' Projected Lineup (4-4-2): Escober; Garcia, Figueroa, Chavez, Beckeles; Martinez, Chavez, Palacios, Espinoza; Palacios, Bengtson
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