England manager Roy Hodgson speaking on ‘Radio 5live’ after England beat Australia 2-1 in a Euro’2016 tune up game Friday night expressed his delight with Manchester United striker, Marcus Rashford for his impressive Three Lions debut.
“I’m delighted for Marcus Rashford and delighted that he’s received such praise. I’m also delighted that my decision to thrust him into the side was not proved to be ridiculous.
“He’s shown that only seconds into the game. An added bonus was that we were able to try a diamond situation. He tired but it was good to see him for 15 minutes out wide and know that he can do a job for us out there if selected.
“This game we knew was going to be a good game and to test us out. And I hoped it would show up any problems we might have.
“Sturridge has a minor injury and we hope it will settle down tomorrow. He’ll be doing extra training on Sunday and he’ll be throwing his hat into the ring and it looks like 25 players will be asking for a seat on the plane and that I’m going to have to disappoint two of them.
“It isn’t just a question of quality of player but it’s also about the balance of the team. There’s a lot of factors to consider and we’ve been doing that non-stop in the build-up and playing two different teams have given me a chance to test some things out,” he said.
