World Cup 2014: LIVE news as Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Robin van Persie sweat over injuries
With just a week until the big show gets underway in Brazil, we're bringing you all the latest injury news, friendlies round-ups and more as it happens
9:43 am
Joe Mewis
Well red
Luckily for Raheem Sterling and Antonio Valencia, their Miami reds will NOT rule them out of any World Cup games.
But the Liverpool man's red got our colleague's at Row Zed thinking - where does his dismissal rank in England's all-time sendings off?
A total of 15 red cards have been dished out to players wearing the Three Lions shirt and young Raheem only just troubles the top ten.
So who's top of this particular list of infamy? Find out here.
9:34 am
Joe Mewis
The red mist
Next item on the agenda from last night is the pair of red cards dished out to Raheem Sterling and Antonio Valencia as we were treated to a little Liverpool vs Manchester United bust up.
The England speedster was guilty of a rash challenge in the second half when he went in (mostly) over the ball, causing the Ecuador skipper to grab the 19-year-old by the throat in a flashpoint which saw both men sent off.
But they appear to have kissed and made after Valencia apologised, saying that he feared picking up a serious injury.
"I am sorry for the fight with Sterling," he said. "England are the best team we've played so far. I apologised to the team after the match and the coach.
“When he (Sterling) tackled me I thought about Segundo Castillo. He nearly missed the World Cup because of injury and I feared I would too, but thankfully I am OK."
9:17 am
Joe Mewis
Ox's wounded knee
The big take from last night's game was probably Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain limping off in the second half.
The Arsenal man was having a very good game until he was clobbered by Carlos Gruezo in the second-half and will today undergo a scan to see if the ligaments in his right knee have gone all wonky or not.
Those of you playing England World Cup build-up bingo at home can tick off pre-tournament injury scare now.
9:01 am
Joe Mewis
England player ratings
Who impressed you in Miami last night?
Our man John Cross was in attendance at the home of the Dolphins making sense of the rubbish defending, stonking goals, red cards and injuries and he somehow found time to dish out his player ratings.
Did Wayne Rooney work on the left? And how about that Milner at right-back experiment? Read Crossie's ratings here.
Ross Barkley was his man of the match, and was "strong, positive and dangerous going forward".
But has the Everton youngster played his way into England's starting XI?
Vote in our poll below and I'll bring you the results later this morning.
8:49 am
Joe Mewis
What did we learn last night?
Roy Hodgson rang in the changes last night, making 10 changes to the team that eased past Peru on Friday night, with just Wayne Rooney keeping his place - albeit playing wide on the left.
But what did we learn from the Three Lions penultimate warm-up match before the tournament kicks off next week?
For starters, no-one listened to Roy's edict to sing the national anthem and England's will be a tad worried, should any of their first-choice defenders go down to injury.
More on those two plus eight more nuggets from last night here.
8:36 am
Joe Mewis
Morning!
Morning folks and welcome to our daily live blog on all things World Cup.
We're into t-minus seven days now, as this time next we'll be getting set for Brazil's curtain raiser against Croatia.
We'll be here all day to bring you the fall-out from England's draw with Ecuador last night and there's a fair few injury doubts racking up, so more on those will be coming your way sharpish.
But we'll kick off with last night's match report from England's entertaining 2-2 stalemate with the Ecuadorians in Miami.
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