England manager Roy Hodgson worried ahead of the match against Poland

England manager Roy Hodgson addresses the media ahead of the match against Poland

England manager Roy Hodgson has stated that he is concerned about Tuesdays crucial match against Poland but is sure that his side will pull through, Sky Sports reports.

The 66-year-old is convinced that his team will be no pushovers against Poland and stated that his side has done everything they could have done to prepared for the match.

“We’ve prepared. We’re ready. Bring it on,” he said.

A win will seal England’s 2014 World Cup berth in Brazil but if the match goes a different way, they will have to battle it out in the play-offs as Ukraine look set to defeat the bottom placed San Marino in their World Cup qualifying match.

The match means a lot to Hodgson, who has his reputation as England boss at stake, and that understandably makes him nervous.

“I’m a worrier,” he said. “Anyone who works in football is a worrier. It won’t be my best night’s sleep because all of my waking thoughts are around England versus Poland. It’s not good we’ve got to wait until Tuesday evening for it.

“But I have great faith and trust in the players. I couldn’t be putting a stronger or more confident bunch of players onto the field.

“But football is not a science. Things can happen in games you don’t want to happen.”

Hodgson has experienced such anxiety before when he traveled with former England boss Glenn Hoddle to Rome where his country had a goalless draw with Italy which was enough to book a spot for the Three Lions in the 1998 World Cup.

“He was quite relaxed,” said Hodgson. “It was a very big game but I didn’t get any particular vibrations that he was suffering in any way.

“His approach was probably like ours: ‘I’ve got a good England team that’s capable of producing a result’.

“If it comes off (on Tuesday night) and you get what you want, you must get a tremendous feeling of pride and satisfaction which I’ll share with Steven Gerrard, hopefully, if we’ve won it.

“But you have to be aware of the flipside, the other side of the coin. You can imagine what’s ahead and guess how it’s going to be in various situations, but you have to be in there and doing it.

“The important thing is being in there and doing it with a good team. Good teams protect you and I believe we have a good team now.”