Roy Hodgson admits he will find it difficult to rest his midfield veterans despite concerns over their fitness.
Scott Parker failed to last 90 minutes against France on Monday, while skipper Steven Gerrard, 32, came into Euro 2012 on the back of an injury-hit season.
But injuries have left Hodgson with a lack of experienced alternatives, and both are likely to start Friday's Group D contest with Sweden.
The manager said: "Scott Parker and Steven Gerrard are both over 30 and had to work really hard. But I'm sure I'm not going to be the only coach wondering 'can they do it every four days?' about their players. That is what tournament football is about.
"I will have to assess the freshness of my team and see whether they are able to do that again.
"My gut feeling, if we have a good recovery day on Tuesday, a sensible training day on Wednesday and sensible recovery day on Thursday, is that it will be very hard for me to leave people out.
"If we said 'we're going to give you a rest because it's too much to play two games in four days', some of them would have us up against the wall."
Scott Parker failed to last 90 minutes against France on Monday, while skipper Steven Gerrard, 32, came into Euro 2012 on the back of an injury-hit season.
But injuries have left Hodgson with a lack of experienced alternatives, and both are likely to start Friday's Group D contest with Sweden.
The manager said: "Scott Parker and Steven Gerrard are both over 30 and had to work really hard. But I'm sure I'm not going to be the only coach wondering 'can they do it every four days?' about their players. That is what tournament football is about.
"I will have to assess the freshness of my team and see whether they are able to do that again.
"My gut feeling, if we have a good recovery day on Tuesday, a sensible training day on Wednesday and sensible recovery day on Thursday, is that it will be very hard for me to leave people out.
"If we said 'we're going to give you a rest because it's too much to play two games in four days', some of them would have us up against the wall."
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