Danny Welbeck and Andy Carroll will fight for their position
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Roy Hodgson confirmed Wayne Rooney will return to the
starting line-up after serving his two-game ban, but the England
boss hailed his other strikers for their goalscoring efforts in the
3-2 win over
Sweden.
Rooney will make his comeback in the final Group D clash with
co-hosts Ukraine on Tuesday. Despite both scoring crucial goals
against Sweden, Hodgson declared either Danny Welbeck or Andy
Carroll will certainly make way for Rooney.
"I welcome those kind of selection problems," said Hodgson. "I
was really pleased with the performance of the front players.
"But Wayne Rooney is a special player and, frankly, it will be
hard to leave him out. I'm afraid you expect him to get back into
the team when the suspension is served."
Carroll nodded England in front in the first half, while Welbeck
flicked home the winner from a Theo Walcott cross in the final
moments of the match. Walcott also netted the equaliser himself as
he made a dramatic impact after coming on as a substitute.
"Theo's contribution was enormous," said Hodgson. "To come on as
a sub, score and set up the winner means he'll be very happy.
"It was a good move [in the lead-up to the winner]. Theo was
able to skip away from the full-back and showed a lot of composure
to find Danny at the near post.
"He timed his run very well and it was a very clever finish with
the pirouette past the goalkeeper who thought he was going to toe
it towards the near post. It was a great goal to win the game."
Welbeck and Carroll will battle it out to partner Rooney as
England look for the point required to progress beyond the group
stage. However, after a match-winning cameo, Walcott may also come
into contention for a starting berth.
"Of course I believe in him," said Hodgson. "He's a good player
with good qualities. That's why I selected him in my 23.
"I have only worked with these guys for a month and am still
learning what they're really good at, and what areas we can find
improvement. But I was delighted with his performance tonight."
