England boss Roy Hodgson warns Welsh wizard Gareth Bale that the Three Lions will do their talking on the pitch
Real Madrid star claimed before the all-British clash that none of the Euro 2016 Three Lions squad could get in the Wales side
ROY HODGSON has warned Wales the talking will be on the pitch in tomorrow’s Battle of Britain.
The Three Lions boss responded after Gareth Bale insisted NO players would get in the Welsh team.
He said: “It surprises me that people are focused on the talking as if we are really seriously what they are saying in the other team and allow that to affect what we are doing, we would be ashamed of ourselves
“Talk is talk and action on the field is action on the field.
“We are totally satisfied with the passion we ring to our games and have no doubts about our desire and commitment.
“If other people think they are better than us, that is fine by me.”
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Skipper Wayne Rooney also insisted that talk is cheap ahead of the Stade Bollaert-Delelis clash.
Rooney said: “We have been preparing for this game a we always do, behind closed doors, and all the info we need we’ve worked on in training pitch or in meetings.
“It is them that have come out with the comments so you will have to ask them about it.”
Roo also says he is ENJOYING his football now more than when he burst onto the Euros in 2004.
He said: “It’s different when I broke into the team, I was the youngest player in the squad and today I am the oldest so it is a different role but one I am enjoy. I am enjoying it now more than I was in 2004.”
Roo added: “He is a fantastic player but Wales have a lot of fantastic players.
“It’s not England v Gareth Bale, it’s England v Wales and we’ll have to stop all their players to win.
“It needs to be the same mentality as Russia. We are preparing the same and not going to change.
“We know a lot of their players. It is the same whether it is Wales, Russia or Slovakia.
“It is down to us now to do it on the pitch. We have done all our work on the training pitch.”
Hodgson added that the pressure is off Wales as they are almost certainly in the next round with three points on the board.
He added: "They are under less pressure as they have won a game."
