Former England player http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-c10409 James believes that the teams will struggle to score goals in the ongoing European Championships given the teams competitive nature, and backed manager Roy Hodgson’s defensive strategy against France in the opening game
on Monday.
The 41-year old was impressed with the Three Lions’ defence for holding on the Les Blues to a 1-1 draw, and felt that Hodgson adopted the right approach of drawing on his defensive strengths against the mighty French side.
France sprayed 19 shots at the English goal as compared to just 3 from the latter, and also enjoyed 60 percent of the possession during the game. In total, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Hugo-Lloris-c16408 mostly stood as a mere spectator, as Hodgson’s
side fired just one shot on target which however managed to find the back of the net.
With the majority of the games turning out to be close affairs in the tournament, James supported Hodgson’s defensive mindset for the competition, and believed that England’s defence needs to stand firm if they are to progress to the later stages.
He told the reporters in an interview, “I think every game will be tight in this tournament. Bar the fact there have been more goals than I anticipated, only the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Croatia-c2879 games have had a two-goal or more deficit.”
“So that’s two games out of 12. So it’s still tight, and the 1-0 model definitely works.”
The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749 improve on their set-pieces, and pointed out that it will be one weak area in Sweden’s game.
The Three Lions scored their lone goal against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Joleon-Lescott-c18941.
The Swedes on the other hand conceded their second goal in a 2-1 defeat to Ukraine from a corner kick.
James added, “It's the kiss of death, isn’t it? They concede from set pieces against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sweden-c3015 game knowing where the flaws in Sweden’s game are, and utilising that.”
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