Roy Hodgson Is Confident

Roy Hodg­son

Eng­land take on old his­tor­ical enemies France at Don­bass Arena Sta­dium in Don­et­skin in their open­ing match in the 2012 European Cham­pi­on­ships this Monday. The last time The Three Lions met France in a com­pet­it­ive game was in Euro 2004 in Por­tugal when two late goals from Zined­ine Zid­ane secured a 2–1 vic­tory for Les Tricolores.

Roy Hodg­son: “It’s been a three weeks where I feel I have very quickly been accep­ted by the group and feel com­fort­able in my pos­i­tion. It is a stern chal­lenge, we´re facing a team that is in excel­lent form and 21 matches unbeaten. I think when you come to the European Cham­pi­on­ships to some extend hav­ing good form or bad form isn’t neces­sar­ily the factor which is going to be decis­ive, it is how your team is able to play on the night.” Eng­land Squad: Robert Green, Joe Hart, John Ruddy, Leighton Baines, Gary Cahill, Glen John­son, Ash­ley Cole, Phil Jones, Joleon Lescott, John Terry, Gareth Barry, Stew­art Down­ing, Steven Ger­rard, Frank Lam­pard, James Mil­ner, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Scott Parker, Theo Wal­cott, Ash­ley Young, Daniel Wel­beck, Jer­main Defoe, Andy Carroll.

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