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England manager Roy Hodgson praised Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney on Friday. The Three Lions 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: Roy Hodgson, England manager:

(on the current form of striker Wayne Rooney)

"So there was never a reason to doubt that Wayne could do that position. But I was pleased that he did well and I was pleased that he was able to score a goal, which is always important. His record of goal-scoring in friendlies is really quite incredible and Steve and I hope he's going to continue that because you can only win games by scoring goals and we need our goals scored in good form."