“Two good national teams with good players met and, in the end, in the second half, we managed to get the goals and win the match”, the Porto goalkeeper said.
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The Tottenham striker has also called for fans to remain patient and is adamant Roy Hodgson’s men are playing such friendlies in order to be ready for next summer’s European Championship.
“He would have to recover and be fit for us to play him and the chances aren’t more than 50-50”.
Hodgson continued: “The important thing is that we keep our eye on the ball”.
“We won’t know that of course until he’s had an X-ray or a scan, but it doesn’t look good”.
If Arsene Wenger trusts Theo Walcott to play through the middle often enough, you could see the Arsenal man grabbing a few as well.
Diego Costa had Spain’s best chance before the break when he was picked out by Chelsea team mate Fabregas but curled his effort narrowly wide.
But the opening goal came gloriously from a more unlikely source in the form of Mario and Hart stood firm to stop substitute Juan Mata from doubling Spain’s advantage. We’ve got to keep doing things right and working hard on the training field.
“We had taken Delph and Lallana off already and then Michael Carrick gets injured and we concede the second goal with Chris Smalling limping so we didn’t have the best of luck in those areas”.
Striker Harry Kane says there is no reason to press the panic button ahead of tomorrow’s global against France and is confident England can redeem themselves after a lacklustre performance in the 2-0 friendly loss to Spain.
Spain’s seventh straight victory was somewhat soured after Thiago Alcantara was forced off midway through the first half with a knee problem and the Bayern Munich midfielder will have tests on Saturday.
If you are on the fringes and think to yourself: ‘It doesn’t matter what I do, because he’s playing regardless, ‘ that’s not healthy for any coach.
For instance, apart from the Premier League talents that I’ve mentioned above, I’ve not touched upon either Danny Welbeck or Daniel Sturridge. I was disappointed not to have Jamie Vardy to have a look at him – although it was nice to have Wayne up our sleeve.
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“The opposing team have less possession of the ball because they are so good technically and pass the ball so well”, he explained.
