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Roy Hodgson: England manager critical of NFL game scheduling
England boss Roy Hodgson has questioned the Football Association's decision to allow an NFL game to take place at Wembley six days before his side's Euro 2016 qualifier against Slovenia.
Sunday's match between Jacksonville Jaguars and Dallas Cowboys is the third NFL match at Wembley this year.
"I don't really think you could expect me to say 'excellent, delighted, well done'," said Hodgson.
"If I was asked if it was a good thing or not, I would have to say not."
Hodgson, who gave West Brom striker Saido Berahino a first senior international call-up on Thursday, added: "I can't pretend it is something that makes me leap for joy,"
"The pitch, unfortunately, is not in the best of nick anyway, which we're all a bit unhappy with.
The FA board sanctioned the NFL's partnership with Wembley, which is now in its eighth year and has three more games lined up for 2015.
One one of those will take place on 4 October - just five days before England host Estonia in their last home Euro 2016 qualifier.
"It is a decision Wembley has made and I know the ground staff will work very, very hard to give us the best pitch they can give us," said 67-year-old Hodgson.
"Hopefully in the future the pitch will recover to its normal level and when it has done that we will be better able to support this type of activity."
England have won their first three qualifiers and will go six points clear at the top of Group E with victory over Slovenia.
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