<p><br /> Bobby Zamora admits he was forced to put the national interest ahead of personal glory when he made the decision to remove himself from contention for England's World Cup squad.<br /> </p><p><br /> The Fulham striker was enjoying a stunning season which had thrust him into Fabio Capello's plans until he suffered an Achilles injury last month.<br /> </p><p><br /> Capello had intended to include Zamora in the provisional 30-man World Cup squad named on Tuesday, with the 29-year-old on course to make his England debut against Mexico on May 24.<br /> </p><p><br /> But knowing that he required pain-killing injections to play, Zamora was forced to concede that he would not recover in time and told Capello.<br /> </p><p><br /> Zamora limped through 54 minutes of Wednesday's 2-1 Europa League final defeat by Atletico Madrid in his last game of the season.<br /> </p><p><br /> "I told Fabio that I was struggling and I knew that, had I gone, I wouldn't have done myself or England justice," he said.<br /> </p>
