England sweating over Barry fitness ahead of Euro 2012

Gareth Barry has emerged as a doubt for Euro 2012 after sustaining a groin injury during England's friendly win over Norway in Oslo on Saturday evening.

The Manchester City midfielder lasted less than 30 minutes of the second half after coming on as a substitute for Steven Gerrard and will now undergo a scan on Sunday to assess his injury.

Scott Parker was also forced off due to the Achilles problem that had threatened his place in Ukraine and Poland but England boss Roy Hodgson expects the Tottenham midfielder to be fit.

Hodgson revealed: “Well I think Scott [Parker]’s been okay, we wanted to give him a bit longer than 45 minutes to test him out to see if he was going to get a reaction. At the moment there’s no reaction, we’ll find out maybe tomorrow.

“Gareth Barry worries me more, because he did feel his groin so we’ll have to get that scanned.

“We don’t have a lot of opportunities [and] we don’t have much time left and if it was a serious groin injury I dare say that could be something for me seriously to think about.”

Ashley Young's ninth-minute strike secured a 1-0 victory for England in Oslo and Hodgson was buoyed by his side's performance.

“I don’t think you lay foundations in three days,” he stated matter-of-factly.

“I hope that any foundations we lay will be done over the coming weeks and months.

“I just think it was a very positive start to my time as the national team coach because it’s a good result, it’s a good win and it keeps us all looking forward to the next game.”