Key Honduran players Wilson Palacios and David Suazo, who picked up injuries in a 3-0 loss to Romania in a friendly, say they are feeling better.

Palacios told a Honduras television program that the injury appeared to be a pulled muscle in his left leg.

The midfielder added: "Thank God, everything is OK." He was taken off the pitch on a stretcher after the injury on Saturday.

Suazo told the newspaper La Prensa: "I already feel better" after the striker picked up a right-leg injury.

Honduras coach Reinaldo Rueda said the loss to Romania brought his Central American team "back down to earth." Honduras is winless in five straight friendlies and has not won since January when it defeated the United States 3-1 in a friendly.

Rueda told Honduran media on Sunday that Romania, which did not qualify for the World Cup, was superior in almost all phases of the game in Austria. In two other friendlies in Europe, Honduras drew 2-2 with Belarus and 0-0 with Azerbaijan. Rueda, a Colombian, acknowledged there was little time for his team to regroup.

Honduras arrives Wednesday in Johannesburg and opens in Group H against Chile on June 16. It also faces Spain and Switzerland.

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