The result means that Wales were able to pip their rivals to top spot in the group after their impressive 3-0 win over Russian Federation on Monday night, despite Chris Coleman’s men suffering a frustrating 2-1 loss to England in their second game last week.
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As a result, England will face the Group F runners-up in the last 16 of the competition – on Monday night in Nice.
Spain are now the 3/1 favourites to win the tournament ahead of hosts France at 4/1.
England are still unbeaten, having won one and drawn two of their games so far, but they have scored just three goals.
“I look at the way the team played and I don’t honestly believe any players I could have put out there would have done a lot different to the ones that actually played from the start or came on in the game”.
“I know how risky football is”.
“I’m still not sure where the goals are going to come from”.
ENGLAND defender Gary Cahill has responded to the disappointment of a 0-0 draw with Slovakia by saying they will dish out “a real beating” soon. “We did our homework, we knew what to expect and I thought our game plan was ideal”.
“If we do end up playing France it’ll be interesting”.
“I thought Lallana, Sterling and Kane did very well against Russian Federation”.
They’re dominating possession but perhaps they could being a little cuter around the penalty area and trying to play through-balls earlier.
“We’ve got one job to do and that’s to win the game and that’s it”. “I think everyone’s aware of that, we’re all aware of our positions”.
The Slovakians soaked up intense pressure against a reshuffled England side whose manager Roy Hodgson made six changes to the starting line-up.
Todd, though, did not necessarily agree with those who felt the decision backfired.
“I don’t think it was the wrong thing to make those changes, because I can see the reasons for doing it”.
What I want to see is Hodgson be proactive in his selection for both games, and select players for a specific gameplan targeted at exploiting the opposition’s weaknesses.
England aren’t winning many free-kicks around the box, which tells you they aren’t getting into those areas enough.
“When teams have sat in against us we’ve struggled to find the net”.
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According to the Telegraph, Rooney will return straight into the team on Monday (8pm) when England take on Iceland in the second round. “They’ll be asking questions of us when we get the ball and we might be able to show we are quite a good counter-attacking team”.
