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England manager Roy Hodgson said he has his 'fingers crossed' over Arsenal midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain's prospects of returning from a medial knee ligament injury -- which he suffered in the warm-up game with Ecuador -- in time to feature at the Brazil World Cup, which begins next week. England play Honduras in Miami in their final friendly on Saturday (KO 21:45 BST) before facing Italy in their opening World Cup Group D fixture on 14 June. Los Catrachos kick off Group F with a clash against France on 15 June.

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SOUNDBITE: (English) Roy Hodgson, England manager:
(on Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain's participation in World Cup)

"He's been working with a physiologist the last couple of days and we'll monitor the situation and keep our fingers crossed that the injury is not too serious and he'll be able to recover in time to take part in this World Cup."