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Spain boss Vicente del Bosque confirmed striker Diego Costa has recovered from a thigh injury in time to feature against El Salvador in La Roja's final warm-up game on Saturday (KO 21:00 BST) in Maryland, America. The reigning world and European champions begin their World Cup defence with a Group B match against the Netherlands on 13 June -- a repeat of the 2010 World Cup final -- before playing Chile and Australia.

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SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Vicente del Bosque, Spanish boss:
(On whether Costa will play Saturday)

" If we thought playing Diego Costa was going to be a risk, he wouldn't play. But he's fine, he has recovered from his thigh injury. Diego Costa is in good shape and I've decided he'll feature against El Salvador."