Hodgson says England must take the heat

England coach Roy Hodgson said on Monday his side would have to rise above the World Cup heat when they tackle Italy in the Amazonian heat of Manaus on June 14.  Hodgson was pilloried in the Brazilian media and by Manaus politicians when he suggested before last December’s World Cup draw that the city was the venue he wanted to avoid. ‘It is hot here, but World Cups are played in the summer. It was hot (in 2010) in South Africa and it was very hot in America in ‘94,’ he reflected, having been coach of Switzerland at USA ‘94. But ‘that is something you have to come to terms with.’