Wembley pitch 'not as good as it should be'

The national stadium has hosted three NFL games in the past two months, as well as England's comfortable Group E victory over San Marino.

England manager Roy Hodgson raised concerns that the Jacksonville Jaguars' clash with the Dallas Cowboys on the weekend had been scheduled too close to the Slovenia clash - and he will have looked on in dismay as the pitch was cut up during the Cowboys' 31-17 win.

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