Wayne Rooney expected to be fit for Germany

Rooney's silence appeared to be linked to the damaged ankle from which he is still suffering, and which led to his substitution. Worryingly, the injury is also having a psychological effect on him. His form is poor.
On Wednesday night the indications were that Rooney will be fit for Sunday's last 16 match, although the England team doctors will make another assessment today at the training camp near Rustenburg.

Rooney is likely to sit out training, but then he has been doing that after each of England's games because of the soreness he still feels.
England manager Fabio Capello brushed aside the concerns over the striker, but he did so in the kind of perfunctory way that revealed his own worry.
Rooney was feeling his right ankle, which suffered ligament damage at the end of March, midway through the second half. This is what prompted his withdrawal.
Capello was quick to react, bringing on Joe Cole, but it was instructive that as Rooney realised he was going to be replaced, he stopped limping.
As he trudged off he made an arc around Capello, not seeking to shake the manager's hand – and the Italian did not seek his either – which indicated the striker's unhappiness and maybe his preoccupation with his struggling form.
If his ankle is fine, then the problem is undoubtedly a mental one, something that Capello has spoken about, and which will, if this continues, raise questions as to whether Rooney is equipped temperamentally to fulfil hopes that he can become one of the world's greatest players and take hold of this World Cup. There has been precious little evidence of that so far.
Given the type of player he is, relying on power and speed and aggression, he needs to be fully fit to be operational. He is not a ball-player as such. His game is about tempo, physicality and technique, and if there is frailty in his body it has an effect.
Frustration is also a factor. There is a spiral here. If Rooney is not fully fit, he does not play as well. If he does not play well, then he gets more frustrated – and the more frustrated he is, the more distracted he is, the worse he plays.
Having been sold on the idea of being allowed to be used in advertising campaigns as one of the tournament's stars he is struggling to live up to that billing.
The fact that Capello has felt the need to speak to him on several occasions shows that the manager is concerned. Privately he has said Rooney looks like he has the weight of the world on his shoulders, and it is a heavy burden