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Leighton Baines hails England team spirit

Leighton Baines insists that team spirit within the England camp is high ahead of their opening World Cup game against Italy on Saturday.

England left-back Leighton Baines has insisted that team spirit within the crop of players in the World Cup squad is high ahead of their opener against Italy.

Roy Hodgson's men will have to tackle the heat of Manaus when they take on Italy in Group A on Saturday.

"For the time I've been involved with England, this is as good a group as there's been," Baines told the Football Association's official website.

"There's a real good spirit throughout the camp and part of that is probably down to the preparation we've been doing.

"We've been working hard but have obviously been spending a few weeks together that has enabled us to get that kind of club feel to the international setup."

England will also face Uruguay and Honduras in Group D.

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Group A

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Q Germany Germany32107
Q Switzerland Switzerland31205
3 Hungary Hungary31023
4 Scotland flag Scotland30121

Group B

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Q Italy Italy31114
3 Croatia Croatia30212
4 Albania national flag Albania30121

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Q England flag England31205
Q Denmark Denmark30303
Q Slovenia Slovenia30303
4 Serbia Serbia30212

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Q Austria Austria32016
Q France France31205
Q Netherlands Netherlands31114
4 Poland Poland30121

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Q Belgium Belgium31114
Q Slovakia Slovakia31114
4 Ukraine Ukraine31114

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Q Portugal Portugal32016
Q Turkey Turkey32016
Q Georgia Georgia31114
4 Czech Republic Czech Republic30121


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