http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749’s national squad for Euro 2012, and vowed to make an impact if given a chance to represent the Three Lions during the course of the tournament.
The 29-year old, who was initially put in the list of standby players by manager Roy Hodgson, received a late call-up after Manchester City player http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Norway-c2974
on 26th of May.
With the England squad marred by further injuries which also ruled out http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/John-Terry-c18895 has also been hampered by a hamstring injury. Given the veteran Blues defender fails to make a
timely recovery, Jagielka will be all set to make a starting appearance for England in the opening match against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/France-c2899 on Monday.
Nevertheless Jagielka admitted things have swung in his favour recently, paving his way in the national squad. However, he expressed his resolve that given he gets the opportunity to feature in England’s matches during the tournament, he will grab it with
both hands by putting up a good show.
He told the reporters in an interview, “I may have gone up in the pecking order but I will bide my time, take my chance and, if it comes my way, try to perform to the best of my ability.”
Speaking of his side’s opening game against the Les Bleus, the Evertonian player tagged it as the biggest game in Group D and mentioned that since it was the opening game for both the teams, there was an extra hype amongst the fans and the media.
He continued, “When the group got drawn out, we knew, not taking anything away from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ukraine-c3032, that probably the biggest game in the group was going to be France. It adds spice being the first.”
England will be without the services of their main striker Wayne for the first two games, as the Manchester United star is currently serving suspension.
Jagielka indicated that the striker was gutted not being able to take part in his country’s preliminary matches in the tournament, and was desperate to get playing time on the field.
He added, “He knows that is going to be the situation. He is just desperate to get some game time. He supports us and can keep himself amused.”
He went on to predict that Manchester City’s goalkeeper http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Joe-Hart-c18699 will be the star performer for the Three Lions, and termed him as the best player in the Eastlands team.
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