England manager Roy Hodgson has admitted he's concerned about the fitness of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain - just 10 days before their first World Cup match. Oxlade-Chamberlain suffered an injury scare during the 2-2 draw with Ecuador in Miami when Gruezo kicked the bottom of Oxlade-Chamberlain's right foot and then, while rolling over exaggeratedly, landed on the back of the Arsenal midfielder's leg.
Afterwards, Hodgson said: "Oxlade-Chamberlain is the one that bothers. His knee buckled under the the challenge as the player turned into him.
"He'll have a scan tomorrow, I'd imagine. When we've had the scan, we'll know more."
England's first game in Group D is against Italy in Manaus on June 14 -but Hodgson eased fears about Jack Wilshere and Luke Shaw, who also went off.
Hodgson explained: "It was cramp. We took them off for those reasons alone."
Raheem Sterling and Antonio Valencia were dismissed in the second half after the Manchester United winger reacted to a challenge by his Liverpool counterpart.
Hodgson continued: "I'm disappointed. I thought it was a fierce challenge from young Raheem, not a foul challenge. He played the ball and accelerated into the ball.
"I'm disappointed with Antonio's reaction, grabbing the player. Had he not jumped up there wouldn't have been a problem but, when he does that, the referee had to deal with that and sent Raheem off. I'm pleased Raheem didn't react to a lot of people milling around him.
"Jack had been on the receiving end a few minutes early from a very similar challenge from an Ecuadorian player and did not react.
