England boss Roy Hodgson says his side will go on the assault against Uruguay although defeat could mean a first World Cup group stage exit in 56 years.
England lost their first match to Spain & defeat in their second Group D game on Thursday could see them go out.
But Hodgson won't abandon the attacking philosophy adopted in the 2-1 defeat in Manaus, insisting: "We're not going to put any of our weapons down.
"Any weapon they have got they are going to try to make use of."
"We definitely won't be saying on Thursday 'we're going all-out defence', but it is important at this level that you get both aspects right - that when they get the ball they use it, & they use the players they have got who can hurt the opposition."
The 67-year-old added: "Against Spain they set out to play the game they thought they desired to play. They didn't say 'right, today we are going all-out attack'.
Temperatures for the twenty:00 BST kick-off at the Arena de Sao Paulo are likely to be in the mid-teens - a more comfortable climate than the mid-30s England experienced in the Amazonian rainforest - but with twenty,000 Uruguay fans having converged on Brazil's largest city, the atmosphere in the 65,807-capacity stadium is likely to be a hostile for Hodgson's men.
England are expected to return Wayne Rooney to his more familiar central attacking role after they played wide in the Spain game, with Liverpool's Raheem Sterling likely to swap places despite excelling against Spain.
& Hodgson accepts that with Uruguay - who will recall Liverpool's Luis Suarez after his recovery from knee surgical procedure - also having lost their opening game, this match has now taken on a sudden-death element for both teams.
Rooney has 39 goals for England but has yet to score in nine appearances in World Cup finals.
If Costa Rica & Spain draw in Thursday's earlier Group D game to move to points each, then England or Uruguay will be out in the event that they lose.
"It is knockout footy, although it is the group stage," admitted Hodgson. "Any team that is lost its first game is entering a knockout stage even in the groups.
England coach Gary Neville also said it would be wrong to underestimate the South Americans.
"I'm sure Uruguay are not 100% happy with that performance against Costa Rica, but they have so lots of other videos of Uruguay & so lots of other recent performances where they have actually been excellent."
"You look at Uruguay & you think that Edinson Cavani, Suarez, Diego Forlan, Christian Stuani, Cristian Rodriguez & Gaston Ramirez have got lots of attacking talent," said the former England & Manchester United full-back.
"Look at Suarez. You leave him one-on-one together with your defender & you are in trouble.
England lost their first match to Spain & defeat in their second Group D game on Thursday could see them go out.
But Hodgson won't abandon the attacking philosophy adopted in the 2-1 defeat in Manaus, insisting: "We're not going to put any of our weapons down.
"Any weapon they have got they are going to try to make use of."
"We definitely won't be saying on Thursday 'we're going all-out defence', but it is important at this level that you get both aspects right - that when they get the ball they use it, & they use the players they have got who can hurt the opposition."
The 67-year-old added: "Against Spain they set out to play the game they thought they desired to play. They didn't say 'right, today we are going all-out attack'.
Temperatures for the twenty:00 BST kick-off at the Arena de Sao Paulo are likely to be in the mid-teens - a more comfortable climate than the mid-30s England experienced in the Amazonian rainforest - but with twenty,000 Uruguay fans having converged on Brazil's largest city, the atmosphere in the 65,807-capacity stadium is likely to be a hostile for Hodgson's men.
England are expected to return Wayne Rooney to his more familiar central attacking role after they played wide in the Spain game, with Liverpool's Raheem Sterling likely to swap places despite excelling against Spain.
& Hodgson accepts that with Uruguay - who will recall Liverpool's Luis Suarez after his recovery from knee surgical procedure - also having lost their opening game, this match has now taken on a sudden-death element for both teams.
Rooney has 39 goals for England but has yet to score in nine appearances in World Cup finals.
If Costa Rica & Spain draw in Thursday's earlier Group D game to move to points each, then England or Uruguay will be out in the event that they lose.
"It is knockout footy, although it is the group stage," admitted Hodgson. "Any team that is lost its first game is entering a knockout stage even in the groups.
England coach Gary Neville also said it would be wrong to underestimate the South Americans.
"I'm sure Uruguay are not 100% happy with that performance against Costa Rica, but they have so lots of other videos of Uruguay & so lots of other recent performances where they have actually been excellent."
"You look at Uruguay & you think that Edinson Cavani, Suarez, Diego Forlan, Christian Stuani, Cristian Rodriguez & Gaston Ramirez have got lots of attacking talent," said the former England & Manchester United full-back.
"Look at Suarez. You leave him one-on-one together with your defender & you are in trouble.
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