The only sour note for the hosts on a grey day in east London was Manuel Lanzini's first-half withdrawal with what appears to be a recurrence of his recent thigh injury.
They employed Wayne Rooney in a new midfield brief against Russia, albeit with success, having never used him there before and Roy Hodgson later admitted that his captain's second-half withdrawal, much to the Manchester United player's frustration, had partly been born of the stresses of adapting to the demands of a relatively fresh role.
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Asked if his half-time withdrawal had been a precautionary measure, the defender replied: "Um, yeah.
At 29-6 the result was already a foregone conclusion, although the half-time withdrawal of Kieran Read gave England some respite.
The half-time withdrawal of Aljaz Struna, who was clearly culpable in allowing Griffiths scoring space, was the first indicator of this.
Thiago Motta was injured late in the first half and his withdrawal, combined with Blaise Matuidi being suspended and Marco Verratti's absence through injury, meant they had to get through the majority of the night without the three first-choice midfielders.
They fielded a 20-year-old, Rhys Priestland, at fly-half following the withdrawal of Stephen Jones with a neck injury.
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The Oracle Corporation said yesterday that it remained committed to acquiring a rival software maker, PeopleSoft, in a $7.3 billion hostile deal despite the withdrawal of half the shares tendered as of October.
