England coach Roy Hodgson insists they're not obsessed by Juventus midfielder Andrea Pirlo ahead of the World Cup opener against Italy.
He insists it is the Three Lions who will dominate when the old rivals renew hostilities in the Amazon jungle.
Hodgson said: "How are we going to stop Pirlo? What we're going to do first of all is we're going to play better against Italy this time than we did then.
"All the players would agree with me. We didn't think we'd played anywhere near as well as we could play.
"Of course, against a tiring team and a team that was playing with Pirlo had a very, very good game because he's a very, very good player.
"But what we did do, we showed incredible character, incredible determination, incredible fight.
"Although we weren't playing well, we kept a very strong Italian team at bay for 120 minutes and actually gave ourselves a chance of winning on penalties.
"What are we going to do this time against Pirlo? First, we'll play a lot better, we'll play with more energy because we'll have more energy because it will be the first game in the tournament. We'll be even more compact than we were in that game."
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