Brown clings to World Cup hope

The injured midfielder Tim Brown still hopes to bring New Zealand FIFA WM 2010 ™ line-up is back in the gym on Monday, four days after three screws inserted into a wound in the shoulder.

He said the decision whether he would go to South Africa on June 10 after one week of rehabilitation and fitness. Brown, vice president of all white captain broke a bone after falling sharply in the 2-1 defeat of his team's friendly against Australia on Monday.

fears of 29 years after his first World Cup was over, but after surgery on Thursday, said he would be able to join the team, but he would not go if not 100 percent.

Brown said Saturday he would leave hospital this weekend and work in the gym on Monday to its capacity. "I think if I can help, I'm fit and I can help. Stay there, if I think I can do. Otherwise, not only because I think it is fair."

Brown said the first time you saw a radiograph of a shoulder injury, was devastated. "I thought my world cup is over and he had tears in his eyes. I was everywhere."

But he said the surgeon told him that "Aced" and had three screws anchored to the bone in place. Fortunately, ligaments and muscles are intact.

Although Brown is recovering at home, the New Zealand team to Austria for training at altitude and continued with two more friendlies before their first pool party of the FIFA World Cup against Slovakia listening Rustenburg June 15