International Hammers

Yossi Benayoun scored and seemed to come through the Israel vs Croatia game uninjured. Croatia won this high scoring game 4-3. With Russia winning as well England have dropped to third place in the group.

Alan Pardew has commented today that West Ham's international absentees should all be fit by the weekend,

"None of them would have been fit enough for their international matches, but we are hoping that they can make it back in time for Saturday's game. The boys have been working hard this week and obviously the Chelsea game is going to be a very different one to the one at Middlesbrough."