By Simon Peach, Press Association Leighton Baines does not believe England's World Cup preparations could have gone any better, thanks not only to the acclimatisation process but the club-like bond that it has helped create. The Three Lions are now just a day away from their Group D opener against Italy in the suffocating humidity of the Amazon jungle. Roy Hodgson's side have spent time in the Algarve, Miami and Rio de Janiero to prepare for the tough conditions of Manaus, while warm-up matches against Peru, Ecuador and Honduras have shown them first-hand the kind of opponents they could face in Brazil.
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Baines says England's preparations couldn't have been much better
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Team spirit is 'club-like', according to the Everton left-back
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Roy Hodgson's side take on Italy in Manaus on Saturday
Team spirit: @placeholder left-back Leighton Baines says the World Cup squad have a 'club-like' spirit in Brazil