Slowly but surely, we are starting to see some continuity in this England set up under Roy Hodgson.
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Sturridge, in particular, will be keen to take the chance afforded to him after both Vardy and Kane – two guarantees to be called up to the European Championships in France in the summer – both scored in the German capital. England have lost just once in 16 games, and will be looking to cause an upset on foreign turf this weekend and ahead of Euro 2016. Poland stepped up their preparations for Euro 2016 with a thumping 5-nil victory over Finland, while Austria overcame tournament newcomers Albania 2-1.
They went through a rollercoaster of emotions, two goals down, roared back with two fabulous goals from Harry Kane and supersub Jamie Vardy.
“That is where it hurts the most and I think that is one of his biggest qualities”. Best night so far?
There are tremendous positives for England to take from this win with the World Champions.
England started to show signs of fighting their way back into the tie and Neuer got down well to keep out a Dele Alli daisy-cutter before Henderson saw an effort deflected over from a Danny Welbeck cutback.
“We dug in and got the goals”.
“What worries me now, quite frankly, is that, whilst enjoying this night and admitting reluctantly that it is my best night with England so far, all of the criticisms we’ve had in the past will suddenly get forgotten for a moment and we get lifted up”. We have four more friendly games and two and a half months of work before we play the game that really will count, against Russian Federation in Marseille.
“It was about staying focused, not just kicking long balls, and staying patient enough to wait for our chances”.
Making his fifth consecutive appearance for England, the Tottenham teenager was a bundle of energy, enthusiasm, and attacking threat – and his hosts struggled to cope with him.
“The result won’t do any harm, but it’s a friendly match and you have to be careful of attaching too much importance to it”, he said.
Alli’s displays are helping Tottenham push for a first league title since 1961 and have made him the bookmakers’ favourite to cap his maiden top-flight campaign with the PFA Young Player of the Year award.
“Jamie [Vardy] and Harry Kane have had wonderful seasons with their clubs and are playing with confidence”.
Brad Smith played the full 90 of Australia’s 7-0 thrashing of Tajikistan earlier this week and could also play against Jordan before the end of the worldwide break.
“This will be a prestigious game and I want to try new things out, either from the start or during the game. Even when we were leading we weren’t fully in control”, Germany coach Joachim Loew said.
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“It’s a great night for England, 2-0 down against the world champions and coming back shows what kind of a team we are”.
