Vardy’s determination to play will no doubt please Hodgson, even if his presence is not necessarily required.
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However, a second-half change in system saw Vardy move from a wider position to form a two-pronged strike force with Kane – a move that quickly paid dividends as his pace and directness earned a penalty.
England also face Portugal at Wembley on 2 June but Hodgson must cut his preliminary squad of 26 by three before the 31 May deadline.
“I’d hope he plays, yes”, said Hodgson.
Hodgson, who said he was encouraged by an improved display from Raheem Sterling against Turkey on Sunday, accepted that it was not ideal that Jamie Vardy’s wedding on Wednesday had led to him being excused from the game on Friday.
Vardy, whose victor against Turkey on Sunday was his third in three successive internationals, says the wedding will be another high in an incredible season when he won the Premier League title with Leicester, set a new record for scoring in 11 successive games, scored his first goal for England, was crowned Footballer of the Year award and is even having a film made about his remarkable rise from non-League football.
Paul Scholes insists England need to start Wayne Rooney if they want to have success at Euro 2016.
The Three Lions played in the absence of young Manchester United star Marcus Rashford, who was part of the Red Devils side, along with Wayne Rooney and Chris Smalling, that beat Crystal Palace 2-1 in extra time to claim the FA Cup on Saturday. “I hope he will be sensible and I believe he will be sensible”, Hodgson said. We knew it was going to be hard, Turkey are a good team and made life difficult, but we managed to get the win.
Per BBC Sport, the Leicester City striker revealed he has manager Roy Hodgson’s permission to take time off for his wedding, saying: “The boss has given me Wednesday off but I’ll be back training after that”.
‘We probably won’t win it yet, no, ‘ he said, ‘but they’re not too far away from possibly the semi-final when you look at the talent in the squad.
England started fastest, going close through Vardy after he got on the end of Kane’s fine through ball into the area in the first minute.
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The England manager continued to say that he is “ruling nothing out” with Rashford for the Euros, and the manager thought Rashford’s performance in the FA Cup was “very good”.
