World Cup: Roy Hodgson admits selection difficulties

England boss Roy Hodgson says he has World Cup selection "headaches" after young players performed very well in the friendly victory over Denmark on Wednesday. Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge scored the winning goal, assisted by substitute Adam Lallana. Another young player, Raheem Sterling, was named man of the match. "It means headaches for me but it's good news. I'm happy with their desire to get on that plane," said Hodgson. "Raheem Sterling, Daniel Sturridge, Adam Lallana, Luke Shaw, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, even Jack Wilshere, all of those came out of the game with credit." Hodgson will have to name a 23-man squad and seven standby names on 13 May, before a friendly against Peru at Wembley on 30 May. After that match the England team will travel to Miami for a training camp where they will play Ecuador and Honduras before finally flying to Brazil for the World Cup. Hodgson said after the Denmark match: "If I was to say one thing I was most pleased with it would be the fact we put a lot of youngish players who haven't played a lot for England on the pitch, and they did a good job and improved their chances. You couldn't get me to say anything negative about any of the young players on today. At one stage we only had Gary Cahill, Joe Hart, Glen Johnson and Steven Gerrard who would consider themselves seniors. Over half of the players we have in this squad are under 23. We are looking in that direction, but I don't feel under obligation [to pick kids]. The younger players are doing well at the moment. Hopefully you will be impressed with their performances, and I'll have to make a decision going forward." England will play in World Cup Group D alongside Uruguay, Italy and Costa Rica. You can already bet on who will qualify from that group at Bet365, here are the odds: Uruguay - 2/5 Italy - 4/9 England - 8/13 Costa Rica - 10/1