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Belgium<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Romelu Lukaku scored a hat-trick to lead Belgium to a 5-1 win over Luxembourg and boost his chances of being his country\u2019s first-choice striker at the World Cup in the absence of the injured Christian Benteke.<\/p>\n

The substitute Nacer Chadli and Kevin De Bruyne, with a penalty, scored the other goals. The game was also noteworthy for the debut of Manchester United\u2019s winger Adnan Januzaj, who made an immediate impact.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe gives us an extra dimension,\u201d said Belgium\u2019s coach Marc Wilmots, but warned Januzaj was still far off getting his spot in the starting lineup. \u201cHe faces a lot of competition.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cameroon<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Pierre Web\u00f3 picked up a left shoulder injury while scoring Cameroon\u2019s first goal in a 2-0 victory over Macedonia in a World Cup warm-up game.<\/p>\n

Webo beat Macedonia\u2019s goalkeeper Tome Pacovski with an acrobatic bicycle kick in the 52nd minute but landed on his arm and left the field immediately. The Fenerbahce striker, who scored his 18th goal in 54 international matches, had his left arm in a sling though there was no immediate information on the extent of his injury.<\/p>\n

In the 84th minute, Eric Choupo-Moting scored with a low shot after loose defending by Macedonia to double Cameroon\u2019s lead.<\/p>\n

Volker Finke\u2019s team, which has been drawn in Group A with Mexico, Croatia and hosts Brazil, was without Samuel Eto\u2019o, who is recovering from a knee injury.<\/p>\n

Russia<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Russia secured a workmanlike 1-0 victory at home to Slovakia, with the substitute Alexander Kerzhakov heading the only goal eight minutes from time. Fabio Capello chose a strong side, with seven almost certain to begin Russia\u2019s opening World Cup game against South Korea in Group H. \u201cOur training sessions were very intense last week, so the footballers were not in peak condition,\u201d the coach said.<\/p>\n

Croatia<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Niko Kranjcar has been ruled out of the World Cup through injury. The Croatia midfielder limped out of Queens Park Rangers\u2019 play-off victory over Derby on Saturday with a hamstring injury.<\/p>\n

Germany<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Joachim L\u00f6w has dismissed suggestions Germany\u2019s pre-World Cup camp resembles a hospital due to the number of injured players and said all would be fit \u201cwithin days\u201d.<\/p>\n

The captain Philipp Lahm and goalkeeper Manuel Neuer have yet to start training after injuries, while Bastian Schweinsteiger and Marcel Schmelzer are training alone. \u201cWe will travel to Brazil with a competitive and good team,\u201d said L\u00f6w. \u201cThe players are working very well and as it stands now I am very satisfied. Some are still injured and cannot fully train with the team but they are all training individually and I am very confident that it will work out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Spain<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Fernando Torres has dismissed concerns the Spain players may be over-tired after a gruelling season as the world and European champions\u2019 squad gathered for Friday\u2019s World Cup warm-up game against Bolivia.<\/p>\n

Most of the Spain team will be drawn from Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atl\u00e9tico Madrid and the three clubs were involved in a tense La Liga title battle that was only decided on the final day. Real and Atl\u00e9tico also clashed in Saturday\u2019s Champions League final, when forward Diego Costa came off injured in the ninth minute and the full-back Juanfran appeared to be struggling with an injury in the latter stages.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s true that the national team players have been competing until very recently,\u201d Torres said. \u201cBut you forget the tiredness when you go to a World Cup. It was the same with other tournaments in the past and it went well for us. The players from big clubs are used to having long seasons.\u201d<\/p>\n

Source: Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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