Expectations of Rooney too high: Hodgson

England boss Roy Hodgson has admitted it was too much to demand Wayne Rooney would win Euro 2012 on his own – but denied the Manchester United forward was not fit enough to do himself justice.

Expectations of Rooney too high: Hodgson

England boss Roy Hodgson has admitted it was too much to demand Wayne Rooney would win Euro 2012 on his own – but denied the Manchester United forward was not fit enough to do himself justice.

Hodgson invested a huge amount of faith in Rooney.

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