“It’s a good thing that we have it in our hands”, Slovakia coach Jan Kozak said.
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Gareth Bale insisted Wales would keep fighting for a last-16 place at Euro 2016 following their shattering 2-1 defeat to England.
“It’s certainly my best double substitution of these Euros, but we’ve only had two games”. The danger with this one is everyone was looking at it from the outside as the Battle of Britain.
“We have already spoken about what we need to do, we will not get too down as much as it does hurt”.
“Vardy obviously has a lot of confidence and I had no hesitation in putting him on the field of play at half-time”.
I know only too well how Roy gets the best out of young players as he gave me my worldwide debut over 20 years ago.
“I know a couple of the guys and it has been a long time since I have seen them”, Weiss added.
“It is okay, I will come back stronger”, he said.
“I’d have been a lot less ecstatic if we’d not conceded that late one against Russian Federation at the weekend which robbed us of a deserved victory”, said Hodgson, whose reaction had been joyful in the dugout.
England’s final group match is against Slovakia on Monday night and a positive result will allow them to seal top spot in the group. “To lose it like that was gut-wrenching for the players and our supporters”.
“From what we have seen of Russian Federation so far we are confident we can get a result”, said the West Bromwich Albion defender, who has been one of Wales’ most impressive performers so far in the tournament.
Bale was a 15-year-old schoolboy when Russian Federation beat Wales in a Euro 2004 play-off at Cardiff.
But defeat to Russian Federation could leave them at risk of elimination by finishing bottom of the group.
“We have to get ready well for them”, midfielder Juraj Kucka said from the team’s training base in Vichy. It’s great. There’s one more game in the group to go so no one’s getting too excited but the atmosphere is unbelievable, and the togetherness between the two countries is incredible.
Asked whether this was the low point of a career that has included spells in charge at Fulham, Real Sociedad and Greek side Larissa in Greece, Coleman responded: “I’d have to say yes to be honest. Whichever team are able to put the disappointments behind them, they’ll be the ones to prevail”.
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Smith expects Hodgson to rotate his squad for Monday’s game with Slovakia and thinks the England boss could use the clash to experiment with his formation and tactics.
